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How do you change the default location to save Recorded TV files heytomneedshelp 06-01-2008
Posted by heytomneedshelp on June 1, 2008, 12:59 pm
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I would like to add a larger, external HD to my Media Center PC so that I
have more storage capacity for saving the programs I record. The default is
to save it under My Documents/RecordedTV, but I would like to find where to
change this so I could make this location on a separate drive.

Posted by CSM1 on June 1, 2008, 2:42 pm
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>I would like to add a larger, external HD to my Media Center PC so that I
> have more storage capacity for saving the programs I record. The default
> is
> to save it under My Documents/RecordedTV, but I would like to find where
> to
> change this so I could make this location on a separate drive.

In is in the Media Center interface.
Settings > TV> Recorder > Recorder Storage.

You must have the drive connected at all times if you use external storage.

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Posted by heytomneedsehel on June 2, 2008, 8:10 am
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Carl;

While your response was informative... (I would need to make sure this drive
or folder location was connected (available) at all times), you did not
answer the question. Where do you set or configure a file to set the
location where Media Center saves these files... in otherwords, I don't want
to save it in ".../My Documents/Recorded TV".

Thank you.

Tom

"CSM1" wrote:

> >I would like to add a larger, external HD to my Media Center PC so that I
> > have more storage capacity for saving the programs I record. The default
> > is
> > to save it under My Documents/RecordedTV, but I would like to find where
> > to
> > change this so I could make this location on a separate drive.
>
> In is in the Media Center interface.
> Settings > TV> Recorder > Recorder Storage.
>
> You must have the drive connected at all times if you use external storage.
>
> --
> CSM1
> http://www.carlmcmillan.com
> --
>
>
>

Posted by CSM1 on June 2, 2008, 10:30 am
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You can not configure a folder in Media Center. You can only configure the
drive.

By default (in MCE 2005) the folder is "Recorded TV". MCE will always create
that folder on the drive configured in Record Storage.

Vista may be different. I do not know about what folder Vista uses. From all
that I have heard, the Vista version of Media Center is not that much
different from the Media Center in MCE 2005.


--
CSM1
http://www.carlmcmillan.com
--
> Carl;
>
> While your response was informative... (I would need to make sure this
> drive
> or folder location was connected (available) at all times), you did not
> answer the question. Where do you set or configure a file to set the
> location where Media Center saves these files... in otherwords, I don't
> want
> to save it in ".../My Documents/Recorded TV".
>
> Thank you.
>
> Tom
>
> "CSM1" wrote:
>
>> >I would like to add a larger, external HD to my Media Center PC so that
>> >I
>> > have more storage capacity for saving the programs I record. The
>> > default
>> > is
>> > to save it under My Documents/RecordedTV, but I would like to find
>> > where
>> > to
>> > change this so I could make this location on a separate drive.
>>
>> In is in the Media Center interface.
>> Settings > TV> Recorder > Recorder Storage.
>>
>> You must have the drive connected at all times if you use external
>> storage.
>>
>> --
>> CSM1
>> http://www.carlmcmillan.com
>> --
>>
>>
>>



Posted by Richard Miller on June 2, 2008, 12:09 pm
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Go into Media Center then under settings>TV>Recorder>Recorded Storage and
pick the drive you need, using “Record on Drive”.
--
Richard A Miller MCE mvp
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp




"CSM1" wrote:

> You can not configure a folder in Media Center. You can only configure the
> drive.
>
> By default (in MCE 2005) the folder is "Recorded TV". MCE will always create
> that folder on the drive configured in Record Storage.
>
> Vista may be different. I do not know about what folder Vista uses. From all
> that I have heard, the Vista version of Media Center is not that much
> different from the Media Center in MCE 2005.
>
>
> --
> CSM1
> http://www.carlmcmillan.com
> --
> > Carl;
> >
> > While your response was informative... (I would need to make sure this
> > drive
> > or folder location was connected (available) at all times), you did not
> > answer the question. Where do you set or configure a file to set the
> > location where Media Center saves these files... in otherwords, I don't
> > want
> > to save it in ".../My Documents/Recorded TV".
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > "CSM1" wrote:
> >
> >> >I would like to add a larger, external HD to my Media Center PC so that
> >> >I
> >> > have more storage capacity for saving the programs I record. The
> >> > default
> >> > is
> >> > to save it under My Documents/RecordedTV, but I would like to find
> >> > where
> >> > to
> >> > change this so I could make this location on a separate drive.
> >>
> >> In is in the Media Center interface.
> >> Settings > TV> Recorder > Recorder Storage.
> >>
> >> You must have the drive connected at all times if you use external
> >> storage.
> >>
> >> --
> >> CSM1
> >> http://www.carlmcmillan.com
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

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