2013-02-15, 11:00 PM
After many years of ReplayTV, Comcast DVRs, and TiVoHD's, I finally began using Windows Media Center a few months ago after getting an HDHomeRun Dual (OTA) and an HDHomeRun Prime (CableCARD).
I had become very accustomed to watching a show for a few seconds or minutes and then if it's something I'd like to save to watch or play for a family member later, I'd simply hit record and the buffer as well as the rest of the program would be saved.
No so with Windows Media Center, and it's the single biggest reason I haven't been able to stop using the STB's. With WMC, only content that is live AFTER hitting the record button gets saved with the program. The ONLY way I've been able to get something out of the pause buffer is by grabbing the hidden folder temporary files, renaming them to .wtv files, and HOPING they would be saveable via VideoRedo (many times it is impossible to save what was in the pause buffer).
How about NextPVR? Can the live/pause buffer be saved like on most STB DVR's or does it behave the same as WMC in this regard?
Thanks!
I had become very accustomed to watching a show for a few seconds or minutes and then if it's something I'd like to save to watch or play for a family member later, I'd simply hit record and the buffer as well as the rest of the program would be saved.
No so with Windows Media Center, and it's the single biggest reason I haven't been able to stop using the STB's. With WMC, only content that is live AFTER hitting the record button gets saved with the program. The ONLY way I've been able to get something out of the pause buffer is by grabbing the hidden folder temporary files, renaming them to .wtv files, and HOPING they would be saveable via VideoRedo (many times it is impossible to save what was in the pause buffer).
How about NextPVR? Can the live/pause buffer be saved like on most STB DVR's or does it behave the same as WMC in this regard?
Thanks!