Found this article on a blog called “Zuned” and felt like forwarding his bit of info the author had to offer.

I was able to successfully record a movie on my PC and watch it on my Zune. t was not easy. I noticed by accident that I get the analog HBO channel when searching Media Center for the Hulk. When I recorded a movie in Media Center it put rights management on the file. I could not play it in any other software but Media Center, and I could not sync it.

Next up was to try the WinTV software that came with my Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1250. WinTV records in .mpg format, which the Zune and the Zune desktop application do not recognize. I used Daniusoft Zune Video Converter to convert the .mpg file to a .mp4 file (should also work with iPods).

It worked. I was able to record/convert/sync Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix from HBO and watch it on my Zune 80.

[Source blog.Zuned]

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