Scheduled recording software for win2k?

[frogster]

I've seen this question posted before but with no answers.

Is there a scheduleable recording software package that allows channel selection that works with win2k and matrox g400 tv?

I use AVI_IO but it does not permit channel selection.

[tr4veler]

My WinTV should be in the mail soon, so I'm looking for the same thing. Have you taken a look at the Arstechnica A/V forum FAQ. Lots of cool stuff there an worth wading thourgh for the nuggets of info and links to cool stuff you find.

http://faq.arstechnica.com/?s=1

OT browsing around the other night looking for video recording software I ran across a package that turns your PC into a digital vcr with an interface kinda like tivo. It was a full screen deal looked very nice and I think it was cheap too ( 30 bucks ?) Any one know what it was that I found ? I didn't seem to bookmark it and I can't seem to figgure out where it is in the history folder on my browser.

Found it... ShowShifter

http://www.shakeupmedia.com/

$29.95

[frogster]

I tried the trial version of show shifter but it doesn't work with the win2k drivers. I don't want to go buy a new video card just to get this to work in 2k.

[tr4veler]

have you looked at iuVCR ? www.iulab.com

maybe check this link in the ARS FAQ

http://faq.arstechnica.com/link.php?i=153

[frogster]

I haven't tried it out yet, but they need a WDM driver and I "think" that the last matrox driver is a VFW driver.

powervcd, winvcr and showshifter do not support the matrox g400tv in win2k.

[Sciascia]

Looks like these programs want the Brooktree tuner as well. Markus Zingg wrote some code a whle back for these type of tuners to do scheduling, but it did not work with the Marvel.

[tr4veler]

Well this sucks...

I think all win2000 drivers have to be WDM and may have a VFW wrapper. But I'm not sure. Any way I'm out of idea's.

[wkulecz]

Buy a cheap VCR, hook its output to your Marvel, program it to record wht you want. Use AVI_IO to record the VCR output at the proper time(s).

--wally.