WTV and Media Center

[Perryg114]

I have a Win7 Media Center Computer and MCE 2005. I am trying to get my MCE2005 computer to play programs recorded in Win7 MC. The problem is Win7 MC uses the WTV file format. So either I need to get MCE 2005 to read WTV files or make the Win7 MC record in the older dvr-ms file format. A plug in for MCE2005 would be great.

Perry

 

[janas19]

Hi Perry,

Can you send me a PM regarding your Windows Media Center PC? I am having an issue installing Media Center on a computer and wondering if you could offer just a minute of your time.

Jamal

 

[ViRGE]

On the Win7 PC, right click on the WTV file and select "Covert to DVR-MS". That should put it in a format the WinXP machine can read.

 

[Perryg114]

There is no way to have the Win 7 machine record in the older format by default?

Perry

 

[ViRGE]

Sadly no. Your only option is to convert existing recordings.

 

[Binky]

You can use DVR-MS toolbox to automatically convert the WTV files to the older format. The Win7 machine should have no trouble using either format. Be prepared for some reading and learning about dvrms toolbox, but it's worth it (commercial skipping!). Personally, I think MCE2005 was a terrible OS that always gave me trouble and I wouldn't run it unless I absolutely had to.

http://babgvant.com/files/folders/dvrmstoolbox/default.aspx

 

[Perryg114]

Well I tried the conversion thing and the MCE2005 machine would not read the converted file.

The MCE 2005 machine is working fine so I did not want to rock the boat right now.

How come media player won't even play the files?

Perry

 

[ViRGE]

Well I tried the conversion thing and the MCE2005 machine would not read the converted file.

The MCE 2005 machine is working fine so I did not want to rock the boat right now.

How come media player won't even play the files?

Perry

If MCE 2005 won't even read it then it probably has DRM on it (meaning the original broadcast was flagged copy-once).

 

[Binky]

Well I tried the conversion thing and the MCE2005 machine would not read the converted file.

The MCE 2005 machine is working fine so I did not want to rock the boat right now.

How come media player won't even play the files?

Perry

Can the Win7 system read the DVR-MS files in MCE and/or media player?

Here's another utility that may work, but I've never used it: http://mcebuddy.com/