How to Edit Windows Media Center TV Recordings (.dvr-ms) in XP
January 9th, 2009 | Published in technology | 1 Comment
I needed to edit a recording I made from a TV show with the Windows Media Center, and I assumed at first that the files would be .avi or .wmv or something I was used to. It turns out that they were .DVR-MS format, which is a proprietary MS format that can not be easily edited without installing third-party apps.
I did come across an easy registry edit that allows you to edit .dvr-ms files in xp through windows movie maker.
Thanks for Chris Lanier’s Blog for pointing me in this direction and for providing the registry changes.
Open Notepad and paste the following in it.
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{083863F1-70DE-11d0-BD40-00A0C911CE86}\Instance\{A4F9C3BA-A68F-4942-8152-B783CF89193F}]
"CLSID"="{A4F9C3BA-A68F-4942-8152-B783CF89193F}"
"FilterData"=hex:02,00,00,00,00,00,20,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,30,70,69,33,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,30,74,79,33,00,\
00,00,00,b0,00,00,00,c0,00,00,00,31,70,69,33,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,30,74,79,33,00,00,00,00,d0,00,00,00,c0,00,00,\
00,32,70,69,33,08,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
30,74,79,33,00,00,00,00,b0,00,00,00,c0,00,00,00,33,70,69,33,08,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,30,74,79,33,00,00,00,00,d0,00,\
00,00,c0,00,00,00,76,69,64,73,00,00,10,00,80,00,00,aa,00,38,9b,71,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,61,75,64,73,00,00,10,00,80,00,00,aa,\
00,38,9b,71
"FriendlyName"="WMT MSDVR 2 Dexter Filter"
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{A4F9C3BA-A68F-4942-8152-B783CF89193F}]
@="MSDVR"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{A4F9C3BA-A68F-4942-8152-B783CF89193F}\InprocServer32]
"ThreadingModel"="Both"
@="C:\\Program Files\\Movie Maker\\wmm2dvr.dll"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MM20\MSDVR]
"MSDVRMinimumVersion"=hex:43,21,00,26,05,00,05,00
@=""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MM20\MSDVR\MSDVRExtensions]
"dvr-ms"=""
"ms-dvr"=""
@=""
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Save the file with a .reg extension (example: MM2.reg) and then double click on it to merge it with your existing registry.
May 25th, 2009 at 11:51 pm (#)
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