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i have had this pc since 2005 and hated MCE almost immediately it works fine but recording tv is such a hastle with MCE's format and i have used greenbutton tools and they are ok but i'd like to find a small app just for capturing tv and save them as avi i have tried so many pay apps and free apps that say they do this but don't or crash giving horrible errors my question is does anyone know the holy grail program i need to use.? unfortunitly of everything i have tried windows movie maker works the best but can only output .WMV i have asked this so many times on so many forums i feel like a broken record, anyway, Thanks for any input and suggestions.
one NOTE: i remember a few years back i tried a pvr called christv and it seemed to be exactly what i wanted but it was very unstable.

System:
*WIN XP Media Cente Edition
*Pentium D CPU 3.00GHz, Pentium D CPU 3.00GHz
*1.00 of RAM
TV Tuner Card:
*Emuzed Angel Dual TV Tuner