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craighackl
05-28-2004, 12:00 AM
is there a way to keep track of which episodes i have recorded so it doesn't record them again?
i'm recording some older shows, so there are no new episodes, but i want to get the entire series.

i capture using dvd low res, then i use some other tools, to remove the comercials and convert to xvid files (since i'm using software mpeg encoding, and i have to do a bunch of steps to keep the audio in sync).
as soon as i remove the original dvd files, it wants to record that specific episode again....

is there a database or something that keeps track of this stuff? it's not just the file name as i tried renaming the xvid the same as the original mpeg's and it sees it as a new file (i'm assuming there is some crc checking or something going on there)

HELP!

flavius
06-01-2004, 03:48 PM
Well, did you think about putting in a feature request? I'm having the same issue, like I'm pretty sure, many others do...

craighackl
06-01-2004, 04:43 PM
i could, but i was checking to make sure no one has a solution first...

rkuo
06-01-2004, 07:32 PM
3.5 has facilities for doing this.