Recording in Divx?

[Skybolt]

Is there a way, other then the plextor, to record in Divx or xVid formats? I realize that most, if not all capure cards, are mpg2 hardware endcoding. I am hoping for an unattended software option. Thanks.
-Skybolt

[MrApollinax]

I bought the Plextor wanting t use the DivX option. After about a week of that I went back to the mpeg2 recording in DVD quality. The DivX encoding was only single pass and the space saving was so minimal that it wasn't worth the extra cycles to encode in DivX. There is a plugin that does the encoding on the fly as well but for me if you truly are going to use SageTV as a DVR solution you will be deleting the shows after sometime or keeping very specific shows for later. In that case you can do a thourough job of encoding to save space.

[Skybolt]

Originally Posted by MrApollinax

... There is a plugin that does the encoding... but for me if you truly are going to use SageTV as a DVR solution you will be deleting the shows after sometime or keeping very specific shows for later...

Any Idea where the Plug-In might be? I scowered the downloads section and could not locate it.

Wanting to use Divx is not a space concern really(Just a Perk) I use MCE as my primary HTPC in my media room. I have gotten Divx to look much nicer than MPG's when recorded from cable, by using ffDShow. Currently I need to convert them into Divx and it is not really worth the effort. The recordings from SageTv give have given me a little trouble playing them and have crashed MCE a few times.

-Skybolt

[blade]

You might look at this .

[Skybolt]

Originally Posted by blade

You might look at this .

Ahh - Thank you