Thanks I tried doing this myself and it ran a conversion from WTV to MP4 but it took like 6 hours for one 40 minute show (a lot longer than usual on my i5 @ 4.5 GHz). Then at the end the of the whole encoding it failed.
My code edit was not the same as yours. I'll give this a try.
My code edit was not the same as yours. I'll give this a try.