Shows on CF via WMV

rjsmith608 · 04-18-04, 03:16 PM

I have been looking for a way to record tv shows directly to wmv format for my Axim and I have now found it. I bought the ATI TV wonder card and I love it. It has a tivo style record setting and you can record in wmv format. The only problem I have is it doesnt have a PPC wmv format so the file is a bit larger then a 256 mg CF. But a half hour show fits nicely on the 256 card even with commercials.
Just thought I would share this if someone is looking for a easy way to record tv shows on computer and save space. Oh and to move the shows to a CF I use a CF reader and usb 2.0. It roxs soxs.

Silent Shark · 05-09-04, 08:08 AM

I use Windows Media Encoder 9 to record TV shows and stuff from my Hauppauge WinTV card, and it has a PPC format. I can fit 2 hours onto a 256 SD card (not fullscreen though).

P.S. If you want to re-encode the WMV's you get from your recorder, use WME or even Windows Movie Maker 1/2 (1 comes with XP), and they both have PPC settings.

Gerard Samija · 05-09-04, 02:16 PM

I bought an Irez USBLive cable a couple of years ago, and use it hooked up to my VCR and old notebook PC. WMEncoder9 has a ton of profiles included, and one can build new ones easily enough by editing an existing profile and saving it as a file. I tend to encode movies using the basic 'DualISDN' profile found under Custom Settings, with the audio bumped up to 22kbps. It's a fullscreen 240x320 profile, and results in video files which average around 12fps, with some breaking up during fast action scenes but generally very clear appearance. Supposed to be 15fps, but I think my old Acer PIII 600 with only 192MB of RAM is at fault here. I have to defrag just before trying to catch a whole movie, or it'll just crash.

Anyway, just saying the stock profiles aren't all there is. You can tweak the bandwidth all you want in Custom settings, both audio and video rates. My movies end up around 70MB/90 minutes, so I can have two or three movies on a 256MB CF card and still have lots of room for other stuff. Oh, and for some reason the only save option I get in WME9 is ASF, which is fine, as WMP plays those just fine.