[jordanf]

Hi...

Just getting started with my life changing move of cutting the cable!

I wonder how live OTA TV gets intergrated into XBMC? I like media centers guide and dvr functions, but it would be nice if the recorded wtv files would be picked up into xbmc...

How do others deal with this? Run both programs? I tried Myth TV, but I can't figure out how to set up the back end, front end, sql?

Thanks in advance.

[Dobyken]

Windows 7 can convert the WTV files to DVR-MS which is supported in XBMC. According to the Wiki .wtv is supposed to be supported but I haven't tried it yet. If it's just a matter of XBMC not seeing the files then perhaps .wtv needs to be added to the list of formats via advancedsettings.xml

<videoextensions>
<add>.wtv</add>
</videoextensions>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XBMC#Format_support

Container formats: AVI, MPEG, WMV, ASF, FLV, MKV/MKA (Matroska), QuickTime, MP4, M4A, AAC, NUT, Ogg, OGM, RealMedia RAM/RM/RV/RA/RMVB, 3gp, VIVO, PVA, NUV, NSV, NSA, FLI, FLC, DVR-MS and WTV

[jordanf]

how would you add that file?

[Squa7ch]

"needs to be added to the list of formats via advancedsettings.xml"

%AppData%\XBMC

[jordanf]

sorry...not sure where or how to do that

[Dobyken]

sorry...not sure where or how to do that

Assuming you're using XBMC for Windows you would use notepad to create a file called advancedsettings.xml. It's a user file and not created by XBMC. It gets placed in C:\users\Username\appdata\roaming\xbmc\userdata folder in Vista/7 or the shorthand path of %AppData%\XBMC entered into the run command.

Your file would contain the following:

<advancedsettings>

<videoextensions>
<add>.wtv</add>
</videoextensions>

</advancedsettings>

Full info on what you can do with advancedsettings

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Use...ttings.xml

[jordanf]

Thanks...the wtv files show up- But they dont play

[CrystalP]

wtv support is very incomplete. Will improve with the ffmpeg bump, after Eden release.

[NotShorty]

MCEBuddy will transcode your recordings into a format xbmc supports. Even strips out commercials. I used to use it for my iPhone but it should work for your situation.
http://mcebuddy.com/

[mellomommy]

My WTV files play in XBMC without any conversion. It does not read the embedded episode info or the subtitles so for metadata and subtitles I'd at least have to rename each recording and extract the subtitles to a file.

[JIM@Kingsley]

WTv files are very bulky, especially HD. Many converters dont manage to transcode wtv HD files as it uses the H264 codec, but this one does:
http://www.kingsleyenterprises.co.uk/downloads.php its not free but is very cheap, and can be automated