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- speciestraitor - 2005-04-30 01:25
for videolan to work w/transcoding, you first have to transcode to a format vlan can play natively (mpeg, avi, xvid, etc.) then stream it to your xbox via a vlan playlist.
there are alot of programs that can transcode dvr-ms files. some free, some not - but once its transcoded you can just stream the files however you want (smb or your xbmc media server of choice) and don't need vlan at all.
here are two free programs.
automated dvr-ms to mpeg
graphrenderer
i have only used automated dvr>mpeg, but graphrenderer offers some sort of commercial skip/strip as well as transcode.
automated dvr is awesome ime.
- thesilenttheatre - 2005-05-14 06:46
i just use the autodvrconvert i got from tbg to a smb and play them through xbmc from there. takes up twice the space on your mce, but you can set it do delete the dvr-ms file once its done converting.
- Heimiko - 2005-05-25 13:42
for all who are interested, autodvrconvert will soon have an update with an internal xns server. this internal xns server will help integration mce with xbmc. for owners of hauppauge pvr cards, there will be an option to watch life tv within xbmc. (also, through the xns share)
stay tuned.......
- Gamester17 - 2005-05-26 08:23
(heimiko @ may 25 2005,12:42 Wrote:for all who are interested, autodvrconvert will soon have an update with an internal xns server. this internal xns server will help integration mce with xbmc. for owners of hauppauge pvr cards, there will be an option to watch life tv within xbmc. (also, through the xns share)hmm, someone should tell them that the xns-protocol was made obsolete a long time ago in favour of the xbms-protocol (which for example ccxstream and ccgui uses) :hmm:
- dupfold - 2005-07-20 12:52
i've found a solution for the time being.
autodvrconvert - autodvrconvert will automaticly convert your mce recorded television files into mpeg files (ready for playback on your xbox!
http://www.mcesoft.nl/index.p....t&cat=2
works a treat :thumbsup:
- Toaster - 2005-08-15 02:39
i'm gathering from re-reading this thread, no progress has been made in the effort to have xbmc play .dvr-ms files ?
using programs that convert .dvr-ms files to .mpg? you have to convert them before playing? whats the point of that....? i have an mce box on my living room tv, and have a dedicated xbox in my bedroom, where at night, i browse my lan for video files to watch, stuff i've downloaded or whatever.. :pirate: .. i'd like to be able to browse the mce recorded tv dir and randomly select an already recorded show to watch while in my bed
i don't want to convert it first 
is there somekind of on-the-fly server program we mce users can run on the mce box that would serve up the list to xmbc and auto-convert the .dvr-ms to a .mpg (or other xbmc friendly file type) as it streams to the xbmc? without the need of having both the .dvr-ms file and the .mpg on the mce box at the same time?
- Gamester17 - 2005-08-15 09:42
@toaster, no. now please read this => http://www.xboxmediaplayer.de/cgi-bin....;t=1921 which explains when (and how) xbmc can fully support .dvr-ms
- dupfold - 2005-08-28 16:50
autodvrconvert can auto convert dvr-ms files and delete the original dvr-ms file.
- gtiseb - 2005-08-31 19:52
hey guys, i've pretty much setup xbmc the way i want it. it works perfectly. i've just got one problem and i was wondering if there was anyone who's figured it out. i have xbmc reading my media off a share on media [today's english lesson, our name is xboxmediacenter] pc, all my mp3's show up fine , as do my downloaded movies and pictures. the only thing that doesn't show up are the recorded tv files that media [today's english lesson, our name is xboxmediacenter] creates when it records tv shows. i've shared out the folder where it stores it and i can see it from xbmc. i can see any other file i put in that folder (.mp3, .mpg, .txt, .doc) but it will not detect any of the tv files. i know media [today's english lesson, our name is xboxmediacenter] encodes extra info in those files and it's a wierd format, is there something i'm missing?
- mcqueary - 2005-10-01 00:51
(gtiseb @ aug. 31 2005,18:52 Wrote:hey guys, i've pretty much setup xbmc the way i want it. it works perfectly. i've just got one problem and i was wondering if there was anyone who's figured it out. i have xbmc reading my media off a share on media [today's english lesson, our name is xboxmediacenter] pc, all my mp3's show up fine , as do my downloaded movies and pictures. the only thing that doesn't show up are the recorded tv files that media [today's english lesson, our name is xboxmediacenter] creates when it records tv shows. i've shared out the folder where it stores it and i can see it from xbmc. i can see any other file i put in that folder (.mp3, .mpg, .txt, .doc) but it will not detect any of the tv files. i know media [today's english lesson, our name is xboxmediacenter] encodes extra info in those files and it's a wierd format, is there something i'm missing?the moderator who edited the above post (inserting "today's english lesson...") seems to confuse "xbmc" with windows media center edition, which is very clearly what the poster was referring to.