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I have a couple of questions.



1. We only watch sky digital - can I programme MCE to record programmes in

advance with sky ? can it select the channel etc.



2. Is it possible to keep recorded programmes by recording them to DVD - and

can they be played on a set top dvd player.



3. For some reason TV-out is weird on my tv - it seems to use composite - is

it possible to use a scart cable to hook the mce up like I would my xbox ?



ps thanks in advance for any advice



David


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"David Cleland" <davidcleland@hotmail.com>wrote in message

MCE will "override" Sky's planner. MCE has its own in built guide that you

use instead of Sky's. Unfortunately therefore you can't use the Sky remote

& guide.



will need to use Sonic Primetime (which is £50 from www.sonic.com).



buy a convertor that changes the scart connection to S-Video or to another

Composite output.



Regards



Lee





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Lee



Thanks for the reply, does this mean I can hook sky up to my MCE PC and

select what I want to record across a range of channels and the system does

the rest ?



I am now clutching at my credit card as this seems much more favourable to a

DVD recorder :)



David



"Lee" <mceuk@battaliondrivenospam.com>wrote in message



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"David Cleland" <davidcleland@hotmail.com>wrote in message

Yeah that is correct.

Remember that you can only record/watch 1 channel at a time (unlike Sky+)



Regards



Lee





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that is correct.

but if I am out the MCE will record from a range of channels albeit only one

at a time ?







David





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"David Cleland" <davidcleland@hotmail.com>wrote in message

Yes David MCE will change the Sky channel using an IR blaster (a device that

sits just in front of your Sky box).



Regards



Lee





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David





1. We only watch sky digital - can I programme MCE to

record programmes in

advance with sky ? can it select the channel etc.



I have MCE with Sky running through a plasma, all works

fine and records SKY programs - this is done with the

channel changer that comes connected to the infrared

remote receiver. The MCE downloads all sky's programs

(14days worth i think) and you can record programs as and

when. Personally i think it is better than tivo and

cheaper!!! as is free!



2. Is it possible to keep recorded programmes by

recording them to DVD - and

can they be played on a set top dvd player.



yes from the remote...



3. For some reason TV-out is weird on my tv - it seems to

use composite - is

it possible to use a scart cable to hook the mce up like

I would my xbox ?



Um not too sure, The plasma i use has seperate

connections so this is not an issue. FYI MCE looks very

good on the plasma.I use the tv out from SKY into MCE,

then SVGA out to the plasma. There are convertors

around...



hope this helps



Krendle



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"krendle" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message

You would only be able to watch PC-DVD's from Media Center.

I think what David wants is to be able to record DVD's and then take them to

another DVD player to watch and this can only be done by using Primetime.



Regards



Lee





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yes that is what I really want to do - is that possible ?



David





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"David Cleland" <davidcleland@hotmail.com>wrote in message

Only Primetime will allow you to do this David.



Regards



Lee





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On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 08:22:50 +0100, "Lee" <mceuk@battaliondrivenospam.com>

wrote:



There are other options besides Primteime.



If all you want to do is dump a programme to DVD to watch at a future date as in

the past you would have used a VHS tape then Primetime is the simplest & most

foolproof solution to use.



If you want to be more fancy then Sonic MyDVD will allow you to author DVDs with

menus, edit out commercials etc etc. It is also possible to use a freeware tool

to extract the MPEG2 files from the recorded Microsoft proprietary format & then

use any other DVD editing/authoring package.



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Nigel Barker

Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur

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"Nigel Barker" <nigel@hp.com>wrote in message

I believe that this does not work on MCE 2004 (only MCE v1).



Regards



Lee





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On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 08:23:51 +0100, "Lee D" <mceuk@battaliondrivenospam.com>

wrote:



It certainly does work on MCE 2004.



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Nigel Barker

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"Nigel Barker" <nigel@hp.com>wrote in message

Please tell me which freeware application does this and supports MCE2004

then Nigel.

I can assure you that DVREdit doesn't yet do dvr-ms to MPEG conversion and

when I last tried (a while back I must admit) the dvr-ms to MPEG2 ripper (by

Luis) didn't support MCE2004 files (used to just error).



Regards



Lee





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"Lee D" <mceuk@battaliondrivenospam.com>wrote in message

not had any luck with it thats all..



Lee





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On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:22:41 -0000, "Lee D" <mceuk@battaliondrivenospam.com>

wrote:



I know that DVREdit doesn't do DVR-MS->MPEG2 conversion (in fact from reading

between the lines of the author's posting recently it will never do this).

However the DVR-MS Ripper by Luis does work. Just yesterday I used it to extract

the MPEG2 files & author a DVD after Primetime barfed on the file. That's why I

was so emphatic that it does work on MCE2004.



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Nigel Barker

Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur

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