Convert to .MKV to .WTV

[HDJunkie]

I have been using videoredo to convert mkv to wtv, but it's buggy and I've run into many problems. I was wondering what other tools might be out there that I could use.

[usually_quiet]

I am not aware of any programs that convert to .wtv or dvr-ms from something else except for VideoReDo.

I use Windows Media Center and recognize that the details stored in .wtv or dvr-ms files can be useful, but because they are proprietary file formats used for recordings created by Windows Media Center, and playable only with Windows Media Center, there is not a lot of demand for software that converts to these containers.

[Edit]Correction: I remembered that there are a couple of programs other than WMC that can play .wtv and dvr-ms files that are not copy-protected. Obviously one of them is VideoReDo TV Suite H.264, and the other is VLC.

[HDJunkie]

I have also found "todvrms" which is what I'm using now. It works, but no batch conversions afaik. also it's command line...

[Baldrick]

You can make a batch script for it then. Like

Put

for %%a in ("*.mkv") do todvrms %%a %~na.dvr-ms

in a file called batch.bat in same folder as your mkvs and todvrms. Adjust the command line so it's correct. %%a = input file and %~na = output file.

But if you need adjust the command line for each mkv it's not that useful...

[usually_quiet]

I have also found "todvrms" which is what I'm using now. It works, but no batch conversions afaik. also it's command line...

It has been a long time since I used DVRMSToolbox. I guess I never noticed that DVRMSToolbox has a utility that can convert to .wtv or .dvr-ms as well one that converts from .wtv and .dvr-ms. ( I now use MC TV converter or GraphStudio to convert from .wtv to .ts or .mpg.)

[HDJunkie]

How can you do it with graphstudio?

[usually_quiet]

How can you do it with graphstudio?

GraphEdit and GraphStudio are similar programs. Here is a guide for using GraphStudio to convert from .wtv to .mpg: https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/325139-WTV-remux-to-MPG

[HDJunkie]

I'm looking to convert to .wtv =)

[usually_quiet]

I'm looking to convert to .wtv =)

When someone mentions using GraphStudio to convert from .wtv or dvr-ms to .mpg in their post, and the next post asks "How can you do it with graphstudio?", how is anyone supposed to guess that they didn't want to know how to use GraphStudio to convert from .wtv or dvr-ms to .mpg ?

Now that you have made it clear what you wanted to know, I have never seen a filter graph that converts anything to .wtv.

[HDJunkie]

hmmm, I'm still looking for a better solution than todvrms....

[usually_quiet]

Some stand-alone versions of ToDVRMS include a GUI for todvrms, todvrmsgui.exe, although the GUI is somewhat limited and does not include the ability to do batch processing. You can download ToDVRMS - 1.0.1.4 here: http://babgvant.com/files/folders/misc/entry16288.aspx

I don't think you will find something better any time soon. The problem is a lack of demand for the type of conversion you want to do. While I can remember seeing several requests for software that converts from .wtv to something else, especially when Windows 7 was new, yours is the only post I can recall seeing where the OP wanted to convert from .mkv to .wtv.

[Baldrick]

Version 1.0.1.6 from http://sourceforge.net/projects/babgvant/files/ToDVRMS/ ...maybe not official...

[HDJunkie]

Version 1.0.1.6 from http://sourceforge.net/projects/babgvant/files/ToDVRMS/ ...maybe not official...

cool, I'll try it out