I want to stop Windows Media Center live TV recording...

[homercles337]

I found this option a while back, and disabled it for a day or so before turning it back on. Im pretty sure WMC has updated itself (without my permission) and maybe removed this option. Is it possible to disable "live TV" recording and just display the show without recording? TIA.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

you might find your answer on thegreenbutton.com

 

[homercles337]

you might find your answer on thegreenbutton.com

That comes up a lot, but as far as i can tell WMC is a DVR and there is no way to turn off live tv recording. This is perhaps the most retarded thing ever...

 

[Tegeril]

I'm curious...why? It stores a 30 minute buffer max. That's less than 4.5GB max even with a completely uncompressed MPEG-2 HD feed.

Edit: un-re-compressed, that is.

 

[BornStar]

You could try decreasing the live TV recording buffer to something like a minute. It's not completely stopping buffering but it's less. Not knowing what you're trying to accomplish by disabling the buffer, I'm not sure if this helps.

http://www.hack7mc.com/2009/07/incr...-buffer-length-in-windows-7-media-center.html

 

[homercles337]

I'm curious...why? It stores a 30 minute buffer max. That's less than 4.5GB max even with a completely uncompressed MPEG-2 HD feed.

Edit: un-re-compressed, that is.

I was trying to troubleshoot a terrible hitching problem. There was no indication that buffering was the problem, but i wanted to try it. The problem turned out to be a bad cable (D'oh!).