Explanation of records in ty chunks?

[Ken Hancock]

--- In ExtractStream@y..., Dale Reed <daler@n...> wrote: 
> > Here's a though -- has anyone thought of using tcl to access the
> > actual tyStreams? Going through tcl would eliminate any dependency
> > on the underlying mfs structure. Is it possible? This idea occurred
> > to me after looking at a snddump tcl file which extracted sound files
> > from the TiVo.
> 
> 
> I think the only issue is performance. The old TCL web server use to
> dish raw tystreams like that over the HTTP port, but it would litterally
> kill the tivo doing it. It might be worth grabbing a show that way
> and sicking splitstream on it to wee what it does.

If you have enough TCL knowledge to dish up a script, I'd be happy to extract 
something using that script and see if it magically manages to read the right 
sectors and chunks...