advice

[Gary Leatherman]

I'd like to hack my T60 for exactly the same thing. Burning the MPEG2
streams to DVD on my G4. Is there a particular reason why the MPEG2 streams
won't play on standard DVDs? Is it the 480x480size?

If it is possible, anyone offer any tips or links?

-Gary

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³They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety.²
- Benjamin Franklin

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> Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 18:40:09 -0000
> From: "gambler" <bobgamble@b...>
> Subject: Re: advice
> 
> While I am a newbie myself I have done a lot of reading of many sites
> lately so I'll take a stab at this
>> 1. will a new Sony T60 be compatible with a Turbonet card?
> a1: I think so but check with 9th tee
>> 2. is it easy to bring over movies from the Tivo to a PC?
> a2: 'easy' is relative but the short answer is 'not too hard with the
> right tools and setup'
>> 3. once you have the movie on your PC, can it be burned directly to
>> DVD-R without any re-encoding?
> a3: not if you want it to play in a commercial DVD player
>> 4. what resolution is DTV (is it always 480x480)?
> a4: not sure but it is not the standard DVD resolution
>> 5. do you have to be a Linux guru to make sense of all this?
> a5: not for the simple upgrades but I have started learning cause it
> sure seems to help understand the rest
>