I have wanted the facility to convert my recorded WTV files to another format for as long as I’ve had a MediaPC. The lead candidate has always been MCEBuddy, but for over 2 years the project was stalled (as far as the user was concerned at least) by problems supporting h264 video inside wtv files.MCEBuddy 2 Reloaded (beta 13) was finally released at the start of 2011, and whilst very much still a beta, it now supports the necesary formats and comes with a basic GUI. It currently needs some fiddling to make it work with Windows 7 x64 (see below) but worked great for me with an episode of Life recorded from BBC HD.
In the meantime, this is at least 90% of the way to the complete solution, and the more testers that can help the developer the sooner we will get an end product (and the better it will be). Happy testing…
Fixing x64 problems…
Credit to a post by scanti on the MCEBuddy forums which I have simplified below…
- Download corflags.zip (part of the Microsoft .NET Framework SDK) and extract the exe to the MCEBuddy folder
- Open an elevated command prompt
- Switch directory to the MCE Folder
- Run corflags MCEBuddy.BetaUI.exe /32bit+
- Using the MCEBuddy GUI should now work fine
It supports many many formats H.264, WTV, TS, MPEG1/2, DVRMS, AVI, MKV etc
It has multiple languages, subitles, email notifications, scheduling, multiple conversions, filters, custom rename, quality settings and the list goes on
MCEBuddy 2.2.7 is out, no fixes required. It supports both 64 bit and 32 bit editions. Way coooler and many new features. Pretty solid release.