Where are my recorded shows for Media Center?

Question

I have Vista and I can only find them in Media Center. Also, it only let me pick the drive to which Center save them. Mainly I just want to know what folder they are save in.

Answer 1

Every tv program you record using Windows Vista Media Center is being saved with the extension .dvr-ms, which stands for 'Digital Video Recording - Microsoft. The recorded programs are being stored default in the folder 'Tv recordings' in the 'Public' folder.

Navigate to this 'Tv recordings' folder and right click on a recorded file in this folder. In the menu which appears you can play it for example in Windows Media Player instead of Windows Vista Media Center.

You can also import it in Windows Movie Maker to cut out the commercial breaks for example and save the file with the .wmv extension. Using this extension and cutting out the commercial breaks the filesize is smaller and you can burn it very easy on DVD.