How Will 1.4.7 and 1.5.19 coexist re: previously recorded programs?

[LewE]

You mention that GBPVR and NPVR can coexist on the same machine. I assume that it just requires that we don't have both programs trying to record at the same time from the same tuner cards.

You mention that analog programs will be stored in .ts files. I assume this means that once the analog capture card has completed writing the file to disk in mpg format a software transcoding will be performed to change the format. Is this the case or will the re-encoding be performed while the program is being captured?

What about the files of already recorded programs. I have approximately 500GB of recorded programs, most of them analog but a growing number of them are .ts format. Do they need to all be re-encoded into .ts format? When would this be done? During installation? when the file is recalled for playback? at some other time?

[sub]

You mention that GBPVR and NPVR can coexist on the same machine. I assume that it just requires that we don't have both programs trying to record at the same time from the same tuner cards.

Correct. It can coexist enough for you to test things without breaking your existing GB-PVR setup, but I dont envisage you'd have them both running as your active PVR system unless you've got multiple devices and you can allocate certain devices to NPVR, and others to GBPVR.

You mention that analog programs will be stored in .ts files. I assume this means that once the analog capture card has completed writing the file to disk in mpg format a software transcoding will be performed to change the format. Is this the case or will the re-encoding be performed while the program is being captured?

It uses the 'MainConcept (HCW) MPEG Multiplexer-Plus' from the Hauppauge SoftPVR to produce .ts files directly from the output of the hardware MPEG2 encoder, or with the soft encoding output in the case of a non-MPEG2 encoder card.

What about the files of already recorded programs. I have approximately 500GB of recorded programs, most of them analog but a growing number of them are .ts format. Do they need to all be re-encoded into .ts format? When would this be done? During installation? when the file is recalled for playback? at some other time?

You can watch your existing recordings without having to do anything to them. ie, it'll play previous .mpg/.ts/.dvr-ms recording. New recordings will be .ts files.

You can import your existing GB-PVR recordings using the 'import recordings' feature and pointing it at your recordings-dump.xml file in the GB-PVR directory.