[ExtractStream] Corrupt Data on Tivo?

[Joe Fleck]

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Hello again,

Since my question below didn't elict much response other than a "I have that
problem too" from someone, maybe I could rephrase it. How many people here
have upgraded to a second drive and are NOT having any problems. I have to
believe that the root of my problem came from adding the second drive to the
Tivo, and that the problem comes from that somehow. How likely would it be
for me to yank the 30GB, reformat the 80 and put on the 2.51 backup on the
80 and see an improvement/fix for what ails me? Maybe an informal poll - of
what type of tivo + what drive(s) you have + problems or lack of them -
would be a good idea..

Thanks.

Joe

> Long time, no talk. I've been trying in vain to get some decent extractio=
ns
> off my tivo. A little history:
> 
> 8/2001 - Tivo ExtractStream-> nc on PC working great
> 10/2001 - Added second HD (80GB+20GB) to tivo
> That week, coincidentally, the 2.5 upgrade hit, and VBR was turned on
> (either by me or by default)
> At that point I couldn't get a decent extraction. I figured it was VBR. I
> turned VBR off on the tivo, grabbed a show, and tried to extract. No dice=
.
> Getting errors galore in the SplitStream on my PC.
> 
> 11/2001 (out of frustration) Put tivo extraction away for a few months to
> play with new baby
> 
> 04/2002 Tivo is full and needs to be cleaned off with old videos collecti=
ng
> dust (that need extraction. Decide to try again. With the (newer) Tivo Ap=
p
> tool, try to pull off recent show - no dice - VBR is on for some reason.
> Kill VBR. Record 5 shows. Extract with Tivo App tool. BINGO! we have
> success. Again, blame VBR. Couple of weeks go by. Try to extract/split ag=
ain
> with Tivo App (yes, VBR is still off) - you guessed it - errors galore
> (technically, in Tivo App it crashes out with the Send/Don¹t send bug r=
eport
> to Msoft). I feel like I'm losing my mind.... I've also just pulled off t=
he
> tystream with TivoApp and splitting it with zss4.exe but get a fatal erro=
r
> about 75% through most of my test shows.
> 
> I've read (I think in this list somewhere at some point) that once you ad=
d
> the second drive you can get some bizarre errors during extraction... Is
> that the case? Do any of you have any suggestions I can test?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Joe