If you read my last post, you know I was not able to watch any movies recorded on the analog HBO channel because Media Center put some kind of rights management on the file. This also prevented me from syncing a HBO movie to the Zune.
I used the WinTV Scheduler that came with my Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1250 TV tuner card to record a movie on channel 14, the analog HBO channel. The WinTV software records shows in .mpg format, which the Zune software will not recognize. I loaded up a file conversion utility I have for converting files for the Zune (Daniusoft Zune Video Converter) and changed the file to a mp4, which should work on iPods as well as the Zune.
Success! I was able to record Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix from HBO and convert it to mp4. It took about 1:15 to convert a 2:30 recording. I then synced the mp4 file to my Zune 80 and all is working.
I setup about 6 or 7 movies to record over the next two weeks.
