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MCEBuddy Convert Videos, Remove Commercials/Ads and Organize your Media Center (WTV, DVRMS, TS, MP4, MKV, AVI, WMV), TV Recordings (SiliconDust, WMC/MCE, NextPVR, Media Portal, Kodi/XBMC, Sage TV, Argus TV, ICE TV, PlayLater, Plex), DVR (HDHomeRun DVR, DVBLink, Channels DVR) and any other Video. MCEBuddy removes commercials and advertisements from your video recordings while converting them to make them compatible with your other streaming and portable devices. It does all of this automatically and seamlessly using an intuitive app. Converts from WTV, DVR-MS, TS, MPEG and many other formats to WTV, MP4 , AVI, MKV, portable devices and others. Organizes and renames videos, monitor folders and batch conversion in the background at scheduled times. It also integrates with your iTunes and WMP libraries to keep them up to date. Premium version costs $30.
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Download MCEBuddy 2.6.5 64-bit 261MB Win64
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Changelog for 2.6.5 (64bit)
NEW FEATURES:
Display the metadata for any file directly from Windows Explorer by right clicking on the file and selecting Show media info with MCEBuddy or by selecting multiple media files, right click and select Send To → Get media info with MCEBuddy
The Monitor locations and Conversion tasks split pane is now height adjustable
BUG FIXES:
Improve detection of scan type
Fix failure to detect video corruption while cutting commercials leading to converted file with partial commercials cut out. Now try to fix corruption and retry cutting or fail conversion
Fix issue with WTV h.264 encoding where some converted videos do not play back in WMC/WMP
Fix for invalid directory name created in some cases when metadata ends with a space
Fix for UI crash when GPU selection is enabled and hardware is changed without updating the GPU selection
ENHANCEMENTS:
Allow for matching filters against empty strings using regex: patterns
When duplicating or renaming a task, use the name of the original task name as the starting point
When moving tasks don’t lose focus on the selected task
Requires Windows 10 and above (ffmpeg7 and handbrake requirements)
Updated to ffmpeg7, remuxing upto 3x faster
Updated LAVFilter to 0.79.2 for improved H/W decoding support and more codecs
Updated Comskip to 0.83.001 and ffmpeg7 with optimized build for MCEBuddy with hardware decoding
Improve layout to reduce dead space and enhance usability
Added option to get list and status of conversions in queue from the CLI MCEBuddy.UserCLI --command=query --action=queue
Added support for NVidia and AMD hardware AV1 decoding for custom Comskip
Configure custom comskip hardware accelerated decoding under Conversion task → Expert settings → Comskip options →
Intel QSV (–qsv)
NVidia CUVID (–cuvid)
AMD AMF/VCE (–dxva2)
NEW FEATURES:
Display the metadata for any file directly from Windows Explorer by right clicking on the file and selecting Show media info with MCEBuddy or by selecting multiple media files, right click and select Send To → Get media info with MCEBuddy
The Monitor locations and Conversion tasks split pane is now height adjustable
BUG FIXES:
Improve detection of scan type
Fix failure to detect video corruption while cutting commercials leading to converted file with partial commercials cut out. Now try to fix corruption and retry cutting or fail conversion
Fix issue with WTV h.264 encoding where some converted videos do not play back in WMC/WMP
Fix for invalid directory name created in some cases when metadata ends with a space
Fix for UI crash when GPU selection is enabled and hardware is changed without updating the GPU selection
ENHANCEMENTS:
Allow for matching filters against empty strings using regex: patterns
When duplicating or renaming a task, use the name of the original task name as the starting point
When moving tasks don’t lose focus on the selected task
Requires Windows 10 and above (ffmpeg7 and handbrake requirements)
Updated to ffmpeg7, remuxing upto 3x faster
Updated LAVFilter to 0.79.2 for improved H/W decoding support and more codecs
Updated Comskip to 0.83.001 and ffmpeg7 with optimized build for MCEBuddy with hardware decoding
Improve layout to reduce dead space and enhance usability
Added option to get list and status of conversions in queue from the CLI MCEBuddy.UserCLI --command=query --action=queue
Added support for NVidia and AMD hardware AV1 decoding for custom Comskip
Configure custom comskip hardware accelerated decoding under Conversion task → Expert settings → Comskip options →
Intel QSV (–qsv)
NVidia CUVID (–cuvid)
AMD AMF/VCE (–dxva2)
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All features
Automatically remove commercials & advertisements
Convert videos and TV recordings (HDX/HD/SD)
Supports Windows Media Center, SiliconDust, nPVR, Media Portal, Kodi/XBMC, Sage TV, Argus TV, ICE TV, PlayLater, HDHomeRun DVR, Channels DVR etc with metadata support
Convert WTV, DVR-MS, TS, MPG, MKV, MP4, AVI, WMV, TiVO (with MAK) and more
Custom cuts to visually mark and edit videos
Shrink TV recordings & videos
Schedule conversions
Batch conversions
Multiple aimultaneous conversions
Monitor folders (runs in the background as a lightweight service even without user logon)
Batch processing, queue files manually (drag and drop) or monitor folders for new files
Multi-channel audio support (AC3, DTS, AAC)
Multilingual audio language selection
Multiple audio tracks
Simple controls to crop, limit video width, volume adjustments, quality control and more
Extract and embed closed captions, teletext, DVB subtitles and subtitles, burn subtitles into the video
Trim videos
Library management with custom file and folder renaming
Email notifications
Create chapters markers from commercials instead of cutting commercials
Archiving, syncing folders and conversions
International languages support (60+ languages)
Support for accessibility (large Fonts / DPI scaling)
Import converted/processed files automatically into the iTunes library and Windows Media Player (WMP) Library with categorization (TV Shows, Movie, Sports etc based on metadata)
Supports iTunes Metadata
Supports IMDB, MovieDB, TVDB, TV.com and advanced metadata processing
Supports multiple displays (TV, Monitors etc) and ultra low resolution
Converters include support for FFMPEG, Handbrake and MEncoder
Supports NvEnc, QuickSync and VCE/AMF based hardware encoders for Intel, NVidia, AMD and ATI graphics cards
Supports Comskip and ShowAnalyzer
Write custom commands/scripts
Manually mark sections of the video to cut, convert VideoRedo project files to EDL files for automated processing
Convert to WTV, MP4, MKV, AVI, M4V, TS, WMV, MPG and more
Convert to mobile/portable devices (iPhone, iPad, Roku, TiVO, Kindle, FireTV, Samsung, Blackberry, Zune, iRiver, Nokia, Meizu, PSP, PS3, XBox, Zen etc)
UPnP / NAT and remote connections (control multiple engines from a mobile/desktop client remotely)
Power management support (allow/prevent sleep, wake up)
Support for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008/2012/R2/2016, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10
Windows Media Center Plugin to control MCEBuddy (separate installation)
Convert videos and TV recordings (HDX/HD/SD)
Supports Windows Media Center, SiliconDust, nPVR, Media Portal, Kodi/XBMC, Sage TV, Argus TV, ICE TV, PlayLater, HDHomeRun DVR, Channels DVR etc with metadata support
Convert WTV, DVR-MS, TS, MPG, MKV, MP4, AVI, WMV, TiVO (with MAK) and more
Custom cuts to visually mark and edit videos
Shrink TV recordings & videos
Schedule conversions
Batch conversions
Multiple aimultaneous conversions
Monitor folders (runs in the background as a lightweight service even without user logon)
Batch processing, queue files manually (drag and drop) or monitor folders for new files
Multi-channel audio support (AC3, DTS, AAC)
Multilingual audio language selection
Multiple audio tracks
Simple controls to crop, limit video width, volume adjustments, quality control and more
Extract and embed closed captions, teletext, DVB subtitles and subtitles, burn subtitles into the video
Trim videos
Library management with custom file and folder renaming
Email notifications
Create chapters markers from commercials instead of cutting commercials
Archiving, syncing folders and conversions
International languages support (60+ languages)
Support for accessibility (large Fonts / DPI scaling)
Import converted/processed files automatically into the iTunes library and Windows Media Player (WMP) Library with categorization (TV Shows, Movie, Sports etc based on metadata)
Supports iTunes Metadata
Supports IMDB, MovieDB, TVDB, TV.com and advanced metadata processing
Supports multiple displays (TV, Monitors etc) and ultra low resolution
Converters include support for FFMPEG, Handbrake and MEncoder
Supports NvEnc, QuickSync and VCE/AMF based hardware encoders for Intel, NVidia, AMD and ATI graphics cards
Supports Comskip and ShowAnalyzer
Write custom commands/scripts
Manually mark sections of the video to cut, convert VideoRedo project files to EDL files for automated processing
Convert to WTV, MP4, MKV, AVI, M4V, TS, WMV, MPG and more
Convert to mobile/portable devices (iPhone, iPad, Roku, TiVO, Kindle, FireTV, Samsung, Blackberry, Zune, iRiver, Nokia, Meizu, PSP, PS3, XBox, Zen etc)
UPnP / NAT and remote connections (control multiple engines from a mobile/desktop client remotely)
Power management support (allow/prevent sleep, wake up)
Support for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008/2012/R2/2016, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10
Windows Media Center Plugin to control MCEBuddy (separate installation)
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Rating by jocelyn on
Mar 6, 2023 Version: 2.5.7
OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by JoeZ on
Feb 8, 2022 Version: 2.5.6
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by iDEAKnow on
Sep 29, 2021 Version: 2.5.6
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Brilliant program for removing ads and archiving recordings. The developers are super supportive and fix reported issues quickly! Fantastic!
Review by Grout on
May 1, 2021 Version: 2.5.6
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by Grout on
May 1, 2021 Version: 2.5.6
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
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