[ExtractStream] Stupid newbie questions.

[Roger Merchberger]

--- flyguy42 <flyguy42@y...> wrote:
> Hey ya, Im a bit new to the scene... and I am planning on adding a 
> second drive to my 20hr Tivo... but in the process of looking for 
> parts I saw this ethernet adapter... now... everybody seems to be 
> talking about extracting videos to mpeg format... but what I would 
> like to know, is if it is possible to transfer a recorded program
> to 
> another Tivo with the Ethernet mod as well. Basicly, my dad lives 2
> 
> hours away, and we both have cable modems relively close to our 
> tivos. Can this be done with the current software? Or is it even 
> possible? 

Sure, it's *possible* (anything's possible) but even at 10Mbit, a
1-hour show recorded at High Quality takes 20-25 minutes to download
to a PC, so it's still going to be quite a long procedure to xfer a
file, even cablemodem -> cablemodem. 1/2 hour shows recorded at basic
quality (cartoons, or news clips) would be fine.

The software you're looking for would be "PlayItSam", written by
Warren Toomey, found here:

http://minnie.tuhs.org/Programs/Playitsam/

I personally haven't used it (yet, anyway - I'm one of those "extract
video to SVCD to play on a DVD-player guys) but it gives you of
editing the Tivo A/V Stream on the tivo, which will shrink filesizes
/ download times considerably, and can play tivo streams to/from any
Linux machine -- and it's not been tested yet, but I've compiled the
server software under Winders, and didn't receive any compile errors
or abends when I tried to run the software (but I didn't check to see
if it actually *did* it's job, so I can't say it "works" yet...)

If you do become interested in extracting Tivo video to SVCD to play
on a DVD-player, I have a how-to page here:

http://www.30below.com/~zmerch/tivo/index.cfm

I try to make changes/additions/improvements to the page at least
twice per month...

HTH,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger

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