How To Save Hauppauge's WinTV MPEG Recordings For Editing

I have seen on a few Multimedia/Editing forums now, people having trouble with Hauppauge ("hop-pog")'s WinTV recordings and editing the files that it creates.

I have been a big fan of Hauppauge hardware starting not long after I began TV viewing and recording on the computer in the 1990's. I also enjoyed ATi's TV Wonder and All-In-Wonder products, but for ease of use - especially USB capability and quality - Hauppauge has earned their 'Industry Leading' titles.

Today, by default in WinTV7, your recordings are saved as MPEG-2 (Motion Pictures Expert Group, Standard 2 (DVD-type)) videos, inside of a Transport Stream (.ts) container, the same type used in Blu-Ray HD movies. These files are actually compatible with many editors, such as Sony's Vegas video editing line (for example); but some people appear to have trouble with a few suites/editing applications out there. Here is how to save the recordings to an even more compatible format for editing:

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Opening the Configuration settings (Right-Click on the TV window), go to the Advanced Options tab and simply put a checkmark in the Convert MPEG-2 Recordings to .MPG option box. Now, if the application you were using 'didn't like' the original .TS MPEG recordings, it should work fine with the .MPG files that WinTV7 will now export for you.

That's it!



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