Converting MCE video into DivX

[Devhux]

I have Windows Media Center Edition, and while some may argue with me, I personally think it's a great OS. However, it uses a special format for saving recorded TV shows (I think it's called DVR-MS, and it eats up a LOT of disk space).

Anyways, I'm wondering if there's an easy way to convert the videos into standard DivX format. If there's even a way to easily remove commercials, that would be a bonus.

[mechmike0034]

I don't have an answer, but here's where I go for info on vid/conversion/vid rip questions:

You may already be familiar with these, but for the benefit of lurkers and future searchers I'll list them anyway...

http://www.afterdawn.com/

http://www.cdfreaks.com/

http://www.videohelp.com/

http://www.dvdhelp.us/

http://mrbass.org

[Cubsfan]

You're in luck! (At least for the commercial stripping part).

Try out DVRMSToolkit. It can convert to MPEG w/o commercials, and you can probably convert to DivX from there. I use it and Videora to convert my stuff to iPod video format.

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