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Digital Media Converter v2.78 |
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Converting DVR-MS Files Created by Media Center PCs |
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Now your
Personal Video Recorder can also be your Windows PC. A Media Center PC is a Windows system enhanced
for home entertainment, with built-in TV and PVR features
that let you view and record broadcast quality television. |
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Media Center PCs use the DVR-MS file format to record video. The DVR-MS format derives its
name from DVR, Digital Video Recorder, and MS,
Microsoft. A DVR-MS file is encoded using MPEG-2
video and audio compression. A DVR-MS file can also be copy-protected
by its creator. Copy-protected can only be played
back on the Media Center PC used to record them. |
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Windows Media Center allows applications
to seek in, pause, and rewind a live video stream without interrupting the
recording of the stream. Transitions between
live and recorded content are seamless. However, a major
disadvantage is the large file sizes of DVR-MS files. A two-hour TV show recorded in DVR-MS at the Best quality
setting can take up to 5.5 GB on your hard disk.
This is reason enough to convert your DVR-MS
files to some other format like WMV for easy distribution
and storage. DVR-MS files cannot be edited easily either.
If you want to remove commercials or do
other editing, it is necessary to convert
your DVR-MS files to another format (like AVI) which
can be easily edited. (Note that you cannot
convert copy-protected files into another format.) |
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of DVR-MS files usually takes a long time, since they
are high resolution and very large.
Digital Media Converter makes it easy to convert your DVR-MS
files to other video formats. You can batch-convert
all your video and audio files between: VCD, DVD, AVI
(DivX, MS MPEG4, uncompressed, etc), MPEG-1, MPEG-2
(PAL, NTSC), MOV, WMA, WMV, and WAV formats. |
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| DVR-MS
file Conversion Requirements |
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Before converting DVR-MS files, you need to make sure
that your PC meets the following requirements: |
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Requirements for Windows
Versions that come with Media Center, and all Windows
Vista PCs |
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MPEG
2 Decoder: An MPEG 2 decoder allows you to play
and work with DVR-MS files. You can download a free
MPEG 2 decoder from the following link:
http://www.deskshare.com/download/mpeg2decoder.exe |
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Requirements
for Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, and XP |
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You will need to make
the following upgrades to your Windows XP Operating
System |
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XP (SP2): Service Pack 2 is a free
update to Windows XP. It contains up-to-date drivers,
tools, security updates, patches, and customer-requested
product changes. To learn more about how to install
Service Pack 2, simply click on the following
link:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/sp2_whattoknow.mspx |
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Media Player 9 or higher: The Windows Media
Player 9 contains a lot of enhanced features,
along with wide codec support for different formats. To learn more and to download:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/player.aspx |
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9C: DirectX 9.0c improves the graphics,
security, and performance of your operating system. Download and install this update for your Windows
98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003,
or Windows XP-based system from the following
link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en&categoryid=2
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MPEG
2 Decoder: An MPEG 2 decoder allows you
to work with files compressed using the MPEG 2
technique, including DVR-MS files. You can download
a free MPEG 2 decoder from the following link:
http://www.deskshare.com/download/mpeg2decoder.exe |
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