<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 14, 2008 3:18 PM, Rob Ogle <<a href="mailto:rogle@css1.net">rogle@css1.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Yes...this "another machine" is...wait for it...Vista.<br><br>I've got a WinTV-PVR-500 MCE. When I pulled the mpeg over and they wouldn't<br>play, I tried using G-Spot to figure out what codecs I needed and all it
<br>said was "not a valid avi file". Which kind threw me. I thought avi's and<br>mpegs were completely different. Unless of course G-Spot only detects stuff<br>for avi's.<br><br>...and before anyone asks...the reason I think it's an mpeg is because the
<br>file extension is .mpg. :) Just thought I'd cover my bases there.<br><br>If there's no way to pull them off using existing hardware, I'll try the<br>burner. I hadn't even thought of MythArchive. Good call.
<br><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org">mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org</a><br>[mailto:<a href="mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org">
mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org</a>] On Behalf Of Cole Brodine<br>Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 10:45 AM<br>To: Discussion about mythtv<br>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Saving off Shows<br><br>On Jan 14, 2008 9:17 AM, <
<a href="mailto:jedi@mishnet.org">jedi@mishnet.org</a>> wrote:<br>> > Rob Ogle wrote:<br>> >> I've got a friend serving in Iraq. I'd like to copy some shows off to<br>> >> CD/DVD<br>> >> and send to him to watch.
<br>> >><br>> >> I tried using WinSCP to copy the mpeg files off to another machine, but<br>> >> they<br>> >> won't play.<br>> ><br>> > Is this "another machine" running Windows?
<br>> ><br>> > You could try installing VLC on the windows machine,<br>> > it should be able to view the files.<br>> ><br>><br>> You can install the ffmpeg libraries for windows and this<br>
> should allow windows media player to play your recordings. In<br>> general, Windows doesn't have much in the way of codecs built<br>> in. (despite all of the noise to the contrary)<br>><br>> [deletia]
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http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br>><br><br>If you have a CD/DVD burner on your Myth box, you can try MythArchive.<br> I've had really great luck with it. I added a DVD burner to my box,
<br>since they are only about $25 to $30 US off of Newegg. MythArchive<br>even does menus.<br><br>That turned out to be the best option for me. I was having problems<br>with transferring them to Windows and getting them to burn properly.
<br>It also frees up your windows box to do something else while your Myth<br>Box does the encoding and burning. (Like be turned off so it doesn't<br>suck down valuable power)<br><br>Hope that helps.<br><br>Cole<br>_______________________________________________
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http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br>I also send recording to my Brother in Iraq. i find that nuvexport is the best solution for me. My brother has a laptop there so exporting them to xVid saves a lot of space. I set it up to convert recording as soon as commflaggin is done. Then i just show up, dump the xvids to the dvd drive, burn, and mail.
<br><br>Mitchell<br>