Thanks for replying No I do not have viv media center... Directtv designed there satellite DVR receivers to work with viv media center.. However no one actually has a viv computer and viv is no longer made..... the following copy and paste from a forum will explain better. "That's the way I see...

Over at DBStalk.com a forum for people with directv HR dvr boxes there are multiple discussions from people who complain they have tried every media software available and not been able to get rewind and fastforward to work... Direct tv for some reason designed there receiver to only work from an in...

Changing the device profile as said above works the best... Ive posted a couple times claiming I'd found the right combo to get my HR23 working and my conclusions ended proving wrong.... I'm using the sony profile 1280x720 and changed the utf8 to transit... using mpegdvd transfer and I edited as is ...

Continued tweaking has led me to the following settings.... These setttings seem ideal for my Directv HR23 and could see them added to your list of preset devices....even got my xvid codec workin! In device use SONY TV 1280X720 and change the utf-8 to TRANSIT In Codec & Frame keep bitrate at 4,0...

As you can read from my first post I got MKV files working fine...How do I get it to play XVID files on my directtv HR23 box??
Must be a setting i'm missing??