Excellent article by Stephen Toub about how to develop managed applications in C# that can work with Windows Media Centers DVR-MS file format.

"...I delve into working with DirectShow and DVR-MS files (the recorded television files generated by Windows Media Center) from managed code, and I demonstrate how to do things like work with DirectShow filter graphs, play DVR-MS files in your own applications, convert DVR-MS files to other file formats, edit and splice DVR-MS files, extract and change metadata, etc."

3/18/2005 9:07:36 PM (W. Europe Standard Time, UTC+01:00)    Comments [0] 

The following document explains how to watch dvr-ms files on a standard Windows XP machine:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/using/tips/recordedTV.asp

1/6/2004 4:20:29 PM (W. Europe Standard Time, UTC+01:00)    Comments [0] 

Another MCE related post:

On a thread on TheGreenButton.com I found a nice enhancement to the Irremote.ini file that makes the Hauppauge remote control work with MCE. I do have some problems with the shortcuts that include special keys like Ctrl, Alt etc. (I have to press several times until it recognizes it) but it works.

Link is here and search for "IR.exe". One additional comment: delete the remarks like "; Up arrow" from Kenzos listing.

Update: updated the link

1/3/2004 12:11:26 AM (W. Europe Standard Time, UTC+01:00)    Comments [9] 

Now, that I've set up Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 on my brand new Dell Dimension 8300 with ATI Radeon 9800XT and Hauppauge WinTV PVR350, I wanted to know how to burn the recorded dvr-ms files to a DVD so that my standard DVD player is capable of displaying them.

During my Google search I came across these three cool MCE community sites:

• TheGreenButton.com: informative forum, good FAQ and download section
• xpMCE:good forum and FAQ as well
• shspvr.com: which is mostly related to the Hauppauge WinTV card

The answer to my question is:

The dvr-ms format is a MPEG-2 stream extended by some metadata. For further reference see this MSDN article. Sonic MyDVD and Nero's newest version 6.3 are able to import these files and burn them onto DVD.

However, when I try to import a recorded TV show using either program, it suddenly locks up with a Watson screen. Anyone aware of what's wrong?

12/30/2003 11:30:23 PM (W. Europe Standard Time, UTC+01:00)    Comments [0]