After spending days and days figuring out how to convert my recorded tv shows to dvd and constantly running into issues I have decided to take a different approach. Instead of making them into DVD files, turn them into hi-quality xvid/wmv9 files and keep them on the hard drive. I have a TIVO box hooked up to my main TV, I can just watch them there.
Upsides are much less time needed, less money spend on blank DVDs, and higher quality. Downside is that I need that PC to play them and I can't take them on the road with me (unless I burn them to a DVD). Now for a question for the group - are there any software apps out there that will manage my library of TV shows by show, season, and episode based off of avi files? I have Snapstream 3.x on my machine already, but maybe there is a plugin for mythTV or one of the other timeshifter apps out there. Ideally I would be looking for one program that I can use to timeshift TV, sort and watch my recorded shows, play music, and browse pictures. Too much to ask? -- Brian
