» Converting DVR-MS Files Created by Media Center PCs:
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.
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.
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).
Conversion 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 (before converting DVR-MS files, you need to make sure that your PC meets the following requirements):
Requirements for Windows Versions that come with Media Center, and all Windows Vista PCs:
Free MPEG-2 Decoder (Download Now!): An MPEG-2 Decoder allows you to play and work with DVR-MS files.
Requirements for Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, and XP (You will need to make the following upgrades to your Windows XP Operating System):
1. Windows 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.
2. Windows Media Player 9 or higher: The Windows Media Player 9 contains a lot of enhanced features, along with wide codec support for different formats.
3. DirectX 9C: DirectX 9.0C improves the graphics, security, and performance of your operating system.
4. Free MPEG-2 Decoder (Download Now!): An MPEG-2 Decoder allows you to work with files compressed using the MPEG-2 technique, including DVR-MS files.
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High quality conversions between all popular media formats like MPEG, AVI, DivX, WMV, WMA, MP3, WAV, ASF, MOV, AIFF, AU, SND, CDA, DVR-MS, VCD, SVCD, DVD, etc. Digital Media Converter makes it easy for you to convert your video and audio files from one format to another. Now you can organize and batch convert all your video and audio files between: VCD, DVD, AVI (DivX, MS MPEG4, uncompressed, etc.), MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (PAL, NTSC), MP3, MOV, WMA, WMV, and WAV formats. [More information]
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