Having purchased a NAS server recently, I wanted to ‘record’ DVB TV from windows media center onto the NAS Server disks rather than locally, so recorded programs would be available via DLNA.

Much to my surprise, I couldn’t setup MCE to do this, and any nas compatible options were not compatible with my DVB-S USB stick, so, I worked around this.

Using a command script/batch file, and windows scheduler, I’ve been able to schedule a recording in the TV Guide, then convert and copy to the NAS Drive in a DLNA compatible format!

At first, I started using SyncToy, but changed this later on as it wasn’t really needed.

The script works as follows:

1. Moves the MCE wtv file to a temporary directory if it’ not in use (i.e a recording currently taking place)
2. In the temp directory, converts to DVR-MS, and then to MPEG via FFMPEG
3. Moves the MP4 to a target folder on the NAS Server.

Then I create a schedule that starts on bootup, and runs every hour after.  The script also logs out to a logfile so that you can see what happens during schedule execution.

The end result, I can schedule a recording within the guide, and within an hour of completion of the program, this is available on the NAS Server via DLNA to my smart TV.

So, here it is.
To make this work, you’ll need to modify the configuration, and grab a copy off FFMPEG.

@echo off



rem ___________________________________________________________________________

rem

rem Configurable Settings

rem ___________________________________________________________________________



set datetimef=%date:~-4%_%date:~3,2%_%date:~0,2%

set LOGFILE=c:\scripts\moveTV\moveTV_%datetimef%.log



set TEMPTV=c:\scripts\moveTV\temp

set MCERECORDEDTV=C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV

set WTVCONVERTER=C:\Windows\ehome\wtvconverter.exe

set FFMPEG=C:\Scripts\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg.exe

set TARGET=\\homenas\multimedia\My Videos\Recorded TV

set LOCKFILE=C:\Scripts\moveTV\lockfile



rem ___________________________________________________________________________

rem

rem Check Lockfile

rem If lockfile exists (script still running) then terminate

rem else create the lockfile

rem ___________________________________________________________________________

rem



echo Checking lockfile

if exist %LOCKFILE% GOTO TERMINATE



echo Running > %LOCKFILE%

date /T >> %LOCKFILE%

time /T >> %LOCKFILE%



rem ___________________________________________________________________________

rem

rem Roll over log file

rem If we're on the 1st of the month start a new logfile

rem ___________________________________________________________________________

rem



set DATE=%date%

set DAY=%DATE:~0,2%

echo %DAY%



set TIME=%time%

set TIMe=%TIME:~-0,2%

echo %TIME%



rem Delete any log files older than 3 days

for /f "skip=3 eol=: delims=" %%F in ('dir /b /o-d moveTV*.log') do @del "%%F"



rem ___________________________________________________________________________

rem

rem Initilise

rem ___________________________________________________________________________



echo.

echo +-------------------------------------+

echo   Transfer Recorded TV to NAS Server   

echo +-------------------------------------+

echo.



echo. >> %LOGFILE%

echo == Started Transfer of TV ============ 

echo == Started Transfer of TV ============ >> %LOGFILE%

echo Start Date:

date /T 

time /T

date /T >> %LOGFILE%

time /T >> %LOGFILE%



rem ___________________________________________________________________________

rem

rem Move recorded TV to temp directory for conversion

rem ___________________________________________________________________________



for %%f in ("%MCERECORDEDTV%\*.wtv") do (

  echo Checking File: %%~nf

  ( 

    type nul >> "%MCERECORDEDTV%\%%~nf.wtv" 

  ) 2>nul && move "%MCERECORDEDTV%\%%~nf.wtv" "%TEMPTV%" >> %LOGFILE% || echo File %%~nf.wtv Skipped - Is currently in use >> %LOGFILE%

  

)



echo Moved Files to Temporary Location



rem ___________________________________________________________________________

rem

rem Move Convert *.WTV files in the temp directory to dvr-ms and then MP4

rem ___________________________________________________________________________



for %%f in ("%TEMPTV%\*.wtv") do (



  echo Converting File: %%~nf

  echo Converting File: %%~nf >> %LOGFILE%

  echo ---------------------------------------------------------------

  %WTVCONVERTER% "%TEMPTV%\%%~nf.wtv" "%TEMPTV%\%%~nf.dvr-ms"  >> %LOGFILE%

  rem %FFMPEG% -i "%TEMPTV%\%%~nf.dvr-ms" -y -filter:v yadif -vcodec libx264 -crf 15 "%TEMPTV%\%%~nf.mp4" >> %LOGFILE%

  %FFMPEG% -y -i "%TEMPTV%\%%~nf.dvr-ms" -vcodec copy -acodec copy -f dvd "%TEMPTV%\%%~nf.mpg" >> %LOGFILE%

  echo Conversion Complete - deleting original DVRMS and WTV

  echo File %%~nf Conversion complete 

  echo Conversion of File: %%~nf Complete >> %LOGFILE%

  echo Moving File: %%~nf.mpg to %TARGET%

  echo Moving File: %%~nf.mpg to %TARGET% >> %LOGFILE%

  move /Y "%TEMPTV%\%%~nf.mpg" "%TARGET%" 



  

  rem !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  rem !!!!! Delete the recorded MCE program? !!!!!

  rem !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



  del "%MCERECORDEDTV%\%%~nf.wtv"



  rem !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



  echo.

  echo ---------------------------------------------------------------

)



echo Sync Complete 



rem ___________________________________________________________________________

rem

rem Cleanup files in the temp folder and the 'recorded tv folder' if needed

rem ___________________________________________________________________________



echo Cleanup of converted files

 

del "%TEMPTV%\*.dvr-ms"

del "%TEMPTV%\*.wtv"

del "%TEMPTV%\*.mpg"



echo.



del %LOCKFILE%



GOTO END



rem ___________________________________________________________________________

rem 

rem FUNCTIONS

rem ___________________________________________________________________________



:TERMINATE

echo LOCKFILE exists... terminating



rem ___________________________________________________________________________

rem 

rem END

rem ___________________________________________________________________________



:END

time /T 

time /T >> %LOGFILE%

echo *** Done *** 

echo *** Done *** >> %LOGFILE%