RECORDING QUESTION

"Syfo-Dyas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]

> I have noticed that many people record TV shows. They are
> then uploaded to the web or the newsgroups or even the
> bit torrent sites. The shows look great and what I have
> seen is that they are almost always maybe 99% of them
> Xvid or Dvix format. Does anyone know how this is done?

Sure. First you get a TV or video capture card. The software that comes
with most of them records in standard A/V formats.

> Can this be done in Vista Media Center?

Not the preferred route, especially if Vista is like the XP predecessor.

> I thought that VMCE only recorded in the dreaded dvr-ms format.

However, VMCE is not the only alternative. Lots of video capture cards
record in industry standard formats like MPG and AVI.

On 23-Jun-2008, Syfo-Dyas <[email protected]> braved the keyboard with the
following result:

> I have noticed that many people record TV shows. They are then
> uploaded to the web or the newsgroups or even the bit torrent sites.
> The shows look great and what I have seen is that they are almost
> always maybe 99% of them Xvid or Dvix format. Does anyone know how
> this is done? Can this be done in Vista Media Center? I thought that
> VMCE only recorded in the dreaded dvr-ms format. If I am wrong can
> anyone show me how to record in Xvid or Dvix via VMCE. If it is not
> done via VMCE then I would still like to know how it is done and/or
> what program they are using.

My capture device records in SD MPEG2 format, from there I convert it to
Xvid (AVI) using a few free tools that can be found here ==>
<http://www.doom9.org/> .

g.

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:29:46 GMT, "gxs" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>On 23-Jun-2008, Syfo-Dyas <[email protected]> braved the keyboard with the
>following result:
>
>> I have noticed that many people record TV shows. They are then
>> uploaded to the web or the newsgroups or even the bit torrent sites.
>> The shows look great and what I have seen is that they are almost
>> always maybe 99% of them Xvid or Dvix format. Does anyone know how
>> this is done? Can this be done in Vista Media Center? I thought that
>> VMCE only recorded in the dreaded dvr-ms format. If I am wrong can
>> anyone show me how to record in Xvid or Dvix via VMCE. If it is not
>> done via VMCE then I would still like to know how it is done and/or
>> what program they are using.
>
>My capture device records in SD MPEG2 format, from there I convert it to
>Xvid (AVI) using a few free tools that can be found here ==>
><http://www.doom9.org/> .
>
>g.


Thanks to both of you for your responses. I was wondering if there
were some suggestions you could make as to what capture software you
are using to record in divx/xvid.

Thanks

On 24-Jun-2008, Syfo-Dyas <[email protected]> braved the keyboard with the
following result:

> >> I have noticed that many people record TV shows. They are then
> >> uploaded to the web or the newsgroups or even the bit torrent sites.
> >> The shows look great and what I have seen is that they are almost
> >> always maybe 99% of them Xvid or Dvix format. Does anyone know how
> >> this is done? Can this be done in Vista Media Center? I thought that
> >> VMCE only recorded in the dreaded dvr-ms format. If I am wrong can
> >> anyone show me how to record in Xvid or Dvix via VMCE. If it is not
> >> done via VMCE then I would still like to know how it is done and/or
> >> what program they are using.
> >
> >My capture device records in SD MPEG2 format, from there I convert it to
> >Xvid (AVI) using a few free tools that can be found here ==>
> ><http://www.doom9.org/> .
> >
>
> Thanks to both of you for your responses. I was wondering if there
> were some suggestions you could make as to what capture software you
> are using to record in divx/xvid.

Sorry, I only capture in MPEG2. It's handy if I want to make DVD versions of
whatever I capture without any loss in quality, and whilst a bit time
consuming, I find it easy to convert captures to Xvid.

As for capturing in Xvid, you'll need to find a program that's compatible
with your capture device and can record in Xvid or convert to Xvid on the
fly, I've never looked for such a thing. I'd start at your preferred search
engine? Not much help I'm afraid...

Best of luck.

g.

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:30:56 GMT, "gxs" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>On 24-Jun-2008, Syfo-Dyas <[email protected]> braved the keyboard with the
>following result:
>
>> >> I have noticed that many people record TV shows. They are then
>> >> uploaded to the web or the newsgroups or even the bit torrent sites.
>> >> The shows look great and what I have seen is that they are almost
>> >> always maybe 99% of them Xvid or Dvix format. Does anyone know how
>> >> this is done? Can this be done in Vista Media Center? I thought that
>> >> VMCE only recorded in the dreaded dvr-ms format. If I am wrong can
>> >> anyone show me how to record in Xvid or Dvix via VMCE. If it is not
>> >> done via VMCE then I would still like to know how it is done and/or
>> >> what program they are using.
>> >
>> >My capture device records in SD MPEG2 format, from there I convert it to
>> >Xvid (AVI) using a few free tools that can be found here ==>
>> ><http://www.doom9.org/> .
>> >
>>
>> Thanks to both of you for your responses. I was wondering if there
>> were some suggestions you could make as to what capture software you
>> are using to record in divx/xvid.
>
>Sorry, I only capture in MPEG2. It's handy if I want to make DVD versions of
>whatever I capture without any loss in quality, and whilst a bit time
>consuming, I find it easy to convert captures to Xvid.
>
>As for capturing in Xvid, you'll need to find a program that's compatible
>with your capture device and can record in Xvid or convert to Xvid on the
>fly, I've never looked for such a thing. I'd start at your preferred search
>engine? Not much help I'm afraid...
>
>Best of luck.
>
>g.

Thanks anyway you have been of much help. I was just curious since
when I see the 100's of TV episodes on the torrent or newsgroups they
are almost exclusively xvid. So I thought there must be some standard
and some program that they all use. I never see the TV episodes in
MPEG2. I am sure that is because of space issues but I was just
curious.

On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:17:58 GMT, Syfo-Dyas <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Thanks anyway you have been of much help. I was just curious since
>when I see the 100's of TV episodes on the torrent or newsgroups they
>are almost exclusively xvid. So I thought there must be some standard
>and some program that they all use. I never see the TV episodes in
>MPEG2. I am sure that is because of space issues but I was just
>curious.

Ah. A basic misunderstanding.

The format you *capture* in is often chosen for compatability and
quality. For that, MPEG2 is good.

AVI, DVix, etc are "good" for posting. And as was pointed out,
conversion is pretty easy.

Recording directly in dvix could require a faster machine or more RAM
for example.

On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:24:32 -0700, Leonard Erickson
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:17:58 GMT, Syfo-Dyas <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>Thanks anyway you have been of much help. I was just curious since
>>when I see the 100's of TV episodes on the torrent or newsgroups they
>>are almost exclusively xvid. So I thought there must be some standard
>>and some program that they all use. I never see the TV episodes in
>>MPEG2. I am sure that is because of space issues but I was just
>>curious.
>
>Ah. A basic misunderstanding.
>
>The format you *capture* in is often chosen for compatability and
>quality. For that, MPEG2 is good.
>
>AVI, DVix, etc are "good" for posting. And as was pointed out,
>conversion is pretty easy.
>
>Recording directly in dvix could require a faster machine or more RAM
>for example.

Thanks for the response....
I was just noticing that most or all the files that are on torrents or
wherever are not only xvid but they look really good. Now I record in
Mpeg2 and then convert like others using gordian knot but none and I
mean none of my conversions look like the ones I see and most of their
xvid recordings are even smaller in size than mine. I just wish I knew
how they capture what they use to capture so I can try to duplicate
since everybody seems to be doing the same thing. All those that
upload torrents or to binaries anyway. I just cant get my mpeg2 to be
as clear and sharp as theirs is. The reason for my wanting xvid or
dvix is simple. The file size is much smaller and they have been known
to make them look just as good as DVD format movies on occasion.