Thread: Using PC as a DVR / DVDR

I think I am going to give up and buy an Xbox 360. That way I don't need to have a PC in my living room at all and as far as I can tell it plays most formats including WTV without having to mess around with converting everything. That and I really like windows media center's scheduling abilities compared to dvrms and the wintv software that came with the tuner.

It does record in mpg, but it wraps the files in a container. That's why it fairly quick easy to change the format because it's just changing the wrapper.

I use win xp home on my dvr - don't ask, it was cheap at the time. GBPVR records mpg's. I guess WMC won't record in a non-proprietary file format like mpg? I've never tried watching a show on my dvr from another computer. I'd love to build another dvr for my bedroom but time and money are in short supply. I'd suggest you download gbpvr and give it try. It's free. And if you don't like it just remove it....

Quote: Originally Posted by wild4mn This might be the ticket, I will have to check and make sure we have the right slots available. Also it doesn't say if it will work with Windows 7 but we don't plan to stop using the old XP PC if it works. http://www.buy.com/prod/avermedia-av...206832291.html Do you have cable/satellite or are you going to be recording only over-the-air tv shows? For most people, I'd still recommend a TiVo as...