MCEBuddy is a very good application I found for all versions of Windows that automatically converts your recorded television programs into a variety of more assessable formats. Not only can this save some much needed hard disk space but it allows you to transfer your programs to an MP4 player such as an iPod or Sony PSP.
While this is very useful in itself the real reason for sharing this with you is the automatic removal of adverts feature. Using a bundled program called Comskip, MCEBuddy will scan your TV programs and identify the adverts it contains. It then creates a text file listing the time location of the adverts within the program which MCEBuddy will omit when converting the video.
This feature is obviously very useful and stops you reaching for your remote every 10 minutes.
The program runs silently in the background with a taskbar icon notifying you of activity and while idle uses very little system resources. There is a wide variety of formats to convert to and you can choose a different output folder to preserve your original recordings if you desire. You can also choose a second video format to convert to if you wish so you have versions for viewing both on your computer and your MP4 player.
The only drawback I can find with converting from the DVR-MS format is the lack of information contained in the new video files. This means things such as program descriptions, series information and showing times are no longer viewable from Media Centre or any other media player.
The program is only a small download and takes literally a few minutes to install and configure.
MCEBuddy
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