Now shipping: Beyond TV 4.5 with optional DVD Burning Plug-in
Thursday, November 16th, 2006 at 4:47 pm by Rakesh
We have a couple of new things we’re announcing today:
Beyond TV 4.5
First, we just began shipping Beyond TV 4.5, a free update for anyone that owns the full version of Beyond TV 4. Like point releases before it, Beyond TV 4.5 contains a number of bug fixes and improvements. One bug fix worth mentioning is the library screens aren’t slow anymore, for users with collections of 100 or more recordings. Another major area of improvement in this new release is the Web Admin, thanks to the community contributions to the shared-source webadmin, in particular the contributions of ccarlin.
As always, this release furthers our goal of making PC DVR something that’s easy — both easy to install and easy to use.
- Read the complete release notes
- See screenshots of the WebAdmin changes
- Download the free upgrade
DVD Burning Plug-in
…and embedded in Beyond TV 4.5 is an optional and exciting new feature — integrated DVD burning. The new DVD Burning Plug-in makes it easy to burn DVDs of your recorded TV shows and movies. Just pop a DVD into your burner, add videos to the DVD in Beyond TV and then click “Burn DVD.” It just works.
Burn to DVD on the main menu in Beyond TV
The main screen for the DVD Burning Plug-in
And the final product is a great looking DVD with all of your show information intact (things like the show name, episode title and original air date) and the menus have the same polished look of the Beyond TV interface. Here’s what the final product looks like:
Some of the technical details on the DVD Burning Plug-in:
- supports pretty much all DVD writing hardware out there
- supports pretty much all types of DVD media and technologies (dual layer, single layer, mini DVDs, DVD-RAM, DVD+R and RW, DVD-R and RW)
- fully licensed by Dolby for Dolby Digital Audio (2-channel) so the sound quality is great
- supports both video DVDs and data DVDs
- supports not only MPEG-2 (program stream) videos, but Windows Media (WMV) and DivX videos as well
- burning happens in the background, while your DVD is burned, you can use Beyond TV (or anything else on your PC)
So how can you get this feature? Well, first of all, you can purchase the DVD Burning Plug-in straight out — just find your Beyond TV 4 product key and head on over to the upgrade center. Or, if you’d prefer, you can try the plug-in before buying it. The plug-in will cost most users $29.99 — the regular price is $39.99. See the FAQ for more details on pricing.
- More about the DVD Burning Plug-in
- DVD Burning Plug-in FAQ
- Take a screenshot tour (hosted on flickr)
- Watch a video demo of DVD Burning Plug-in (hosted on YouTube)
And last but not least, something for new users
Finally, to mark the launch of Beyond TV 4.5 and the DVD Burning Plug-in, we’ve put our top-selling Beyond TV + Hauppauge PVR-150MCE bundle on sale for $99.99 (normal price is $139.99). With Beyond TV and the PVR-150MCE each normally priced at $69.99, we think this is a good deal… so if you’re reading this and don’t have a PC DVR, you can build one now for less than a $100 (and no subscription fees) and even the shipping is free.
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And as usual, the discussion is over in the SnapStream forums — so try out Beyond TV 4.5 and the DVD Burning Plug-in and let us know what you think!
We have a couple of new things we’re announcing today:
Beyond TV 4.5
First, we just began shipping Beyond TV 4.5, a free update for anyone that owns the full version of Beyond TV 4. Like point releases before it, Beyond TV 4.5 contains a number of bug fixes and improvements. One bug fix worth mentioning is the library screens aren’t slow anymore, for users with collections of 100 or more recordings. Another major area of improvement in this new release is the Web Admin, thanks to the community contributions to the shared-source webadmin, in particular the contributions of ccarlin.
As always, this release furthers our goal of making PC DVR something that’s easy — both easy to install and easy to use.
- Read the complete release notes
- See screenshots of the WebAdmin changes
- Download the free upgrade
DVD Burning Plug-in
…and embedded in Beyond TV 4.5 is an optional and exciting new feature — integrated DVD burning. The new DVD Burning Plug-in makes it easy to burn DVDs of your recorded TV shows and movies. Just pop a DVD into your burner, add videos to the DVD in Beyond TV and then click “Burn DVD.” It just works.
Burn to DVD on the main menu in Beyond TV
The main screen for the DVD Burning Plug-in
And the final product is a great looking DVD with all of your show information intact (things like the show name, episode title and original air date) and the menus have the same polished look of the Beyond TV interface. Here’s what the final product looks like:
Some of the technical details on the DVD Burning Plug-in:
- supports pretty much all DVD writing hardware out there
- supports pretty much all types of DVD media and technologies (dual layer, single layer, mini DVDs, DVD-RAM, DVD+R and RW, DVD-R and RW)
- fully licensed by Dolby for Dolby Digital Audio (2-channel) so the sound quality is great
- supports both video DVDs and data DVDs
- supports not only MPEG-2 (program stream) videos, but Windows Media (WMV) and DivX videos as well
- burning happens in the background, while your DVD is burned, you can use Beyond TV (or anything else on your PC)
So how can you get this feature? Well, first of all, you can purchase the DVD Burning Plug-in straight out — just find your Beyond TV 4 product key and head on over to the upgrade center. Or, if you’d prefer, you can try the plug-in before buying it. The plug-in will cost most users $29.99 — the regular price is $39.99. See the FAQ for more details on pricing.
- More about the DVD Burning Plug-in
- DVD Burning Plug-in FAQ
- Take a screenshot tour (hosted on flickr)
- Watch a video demo of DVD Burning Plug-in (hosted on YouTube)
And last but not least, something for new users
Finally, to mark the launch of Beyond TV 4.5 and the DVD Burning Plug-in, we’ve put our top-selling Beyond TV + Hauppauge PVR-150MCE bundle on sale for $99.99 (normal price is $139.99). With Beyond TV and the PVR-150MCE each normally priced at $69.99, we think this is a good deal… so if you’re reading this and don’t have a PC DVR, you can build one now for less than a $100 (and no subscription fees) and even the shipping is free.
—
And as usual, the discussion is over in the SnapStream forums — so try out Beyond TV 4.5 and the DVD Burning Plug-in and let us know what you think!
