InterVideo WinDVR is a commercial digital video recorder ( DVR) software package for

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operating systems. It allows PCs to work as a TV set and a DVR at the same time, using a hardware-based TV turner card. It has an integrated

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(EPG) that is updated via the Internet. Its direct competition came from

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PowerVCR. In 2003 InterVideo posted a replacement product named

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4.5, offering discounts to the users by upgrading from WinDVR 3 or WinDVD Player 4. However, WinDVD Recorder is not compatible with Windows 98SE or ME (only 2000 and XP are supported). This is the reason WinDVR continued being sold, although without any further updates. In 2006, InterVideo, the creator of WinDVD Recorder, was acquired by

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. WinDVD Recorder has been discontinued, and no direct replacement has been announced. The last WinDVD Recorder version was 5.2.

Features

The application can convert video from VHS tapes to

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or video CD, and can capture

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s from a program and save them as a bitmap image to a

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or other storage medium. The EPG works with Decisionmark's TitanTV in the United States, Fast TV in Europe, and Sony IEPG in Japan. It supports

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and

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, and

formats. The program displays video

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s of 16 channels at once so you can scan what's on at a glance. The time-shifting feature allows pausing of live TV, and creation of

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, or fast-forward through commercials with

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. The software also includes support for

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, a television information service in Europe. WinDVD Recorder also includes the same functions of the product WinDVD Player on which it is based: battery life extender, hyper-threading technology, Movie Encyclopedia, aspect ratio correction, time-stretching, DivX support, playlist creation, preset display settings, and PAL TruSpeed.WinDVD Recorder Old webpage backup in The WayBack Machine
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References

External links

How DVR works

The DV Show
- Podcasting the Ins and Outs of Digital Video
DVRplayground
- Online community devoted to discussing DVR trends and technology Video recording software Corel software

Features

See also

References

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