Topical add-in for members of this community is a TV Manager WHS add-in written by Brent Friedman author of other WHS add-ins FTP Manager and WHS Mobile.
TV Manager is a new add-in for WHS and Media Center that copies your recordings off your VMC to your WHS for storage and management. It comes in two parts. Part One, is installed on the server for management of the Recordings. Part Two, is the Media Center (Vista only) plug-in that copies new recordings over to the WHS deleting the original. It also allows you to watch the recordings like you normally would via 'recorded tv'.
The Media Center plug-in deploys using the console add-in. After clicking the deploy button, on the client install \\SERVER\Software\TVManager_MC.msi
Features:
- Moves the recordings to your WHS for storage, management, and later viewing.
- Allows you to watch the recordings in Media Center as if they were on that PC's library.
- You can delete recordings via Media Center or the Console.
- You can even watch the recordings in other media programs (that support dvr-ms) via 'C:\Users\Public\Windows Home Server\'
- It is and always will be Freeware
Known Issues (to be fixed in beta 2):
- Does not work with Lifextender if it is set to Automatically detect new recordings.
- Only works on Vista.
- Does not work with Scheduled recordings.
- May stop moving files if Media Center is closed after recording.
- Deleting recordings from Console require a restart of Console for changes to appear.
Download TV Manager:
Beta 1
Source
The add-in is in beta (Beta 2 due out within the next 24 hours) - any adventurous souls interested in giving it a go and reporting back?