In search of an easy as pie way to relocate your recorded TV from one location to another? Perhaps a storage drive or a networked server machine? Well, Recorded TV Manager 3 has got you covered. This program is somewhat light on features but it gets the job done if you’re looking for simple and easy. Installation is relatively easy and the latest version has support for the WTV file format native to Windows 7 Media Center. In addition to the ability to automatically move your recorded TV files there’s an included recordings manager with a lightweight series editor included.

If that sounds like just what you’re looking for then look no further! Get started by downloading and installing Recorded TV Manager 3 from Drasch Software. Once installed running the program will prompt your to add your initial Recorded TV location. During my initial run I mistakenly selected the desktop and was unfortunately unable to remove this initial selection later on.

Once you’ve selected the proper recorded TV folder you can begin browsing your recorded series from the Recorded TV Manager interface. In the default view you can browse by location and then by series name.

From here you can right-click any episode and choose to move or copy it from the current location as well as view a short display of information on the episode. It also provides a convent method to watch a series in the order that it was originally aired as the date is displayed as well as the last episode you’ve watched.

The meat of the application, however, seems to be in the AutoMove tool. Launch the AutoMove tool from the programs menu to set up the Windows service. This is the location where you will be able to configure new folders for viewing in the Manager tool as well. Under the first input box you’ll find a link to browse for new folders which will then be added to the main application.

Once you’ve selected your main recordings folder in the first input box browse for the folder you’d like to use as storage in the second and the ability to Enable AutoMove will be available. Check the box at the top of the application to enable and start the service. Now the program will check the currently set directory for new recorded TV every 30 minutes by default for new recordings to move to your storage location.

Once setup you can adjust the settings including whether you’d like AutoMove to move or copy your files and the duration between checks. There is also an option to wait before moving a newly found recording which would be recommended so that the program doesn’t attempt to move recording still underway.

While the Recorded TV Manager could use some extra functionality the AutoMove feature is certainly something to check out if you’re looking for an easy way to automatically relocate new recordings to a central storage location.

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