length of time stored vs. how tivo stores video in FSID

[shandrakor]

I seem to have it even worse. EVERYTHING that I extract, despite the 
fact that it plays just fine on the Tivo, and regardless of the 
method I use, seems to be 50-75% bad blocks. Unfortunately, nobody 
here seems to have any idea what's causing my problem, or if they do, 
they've been rather silent about it...

~evilshandie

--- In ExtractStream@y..., "tuzman" <mtuz@t...> wrote:
> I've noticed a possible trend in my TiVo, and wondering if anyone 
> else has had a similar situation. If this has been already covered 
> please forgive me :-)
> 
> I notice that the longer the video I keep stored on my TiVo, when I 
> try to extract the video to my PC via the numerous methods 
mentioned 
> (Extratstream via TivoApp, Sendstream via NC or SMB/NFS, etc.) I 
get 
> a HUGE portion of bad blocks. In fact, when I get down to it, I 
> actually find sequences of other shows located in the FSIDs I am 
> extracting.
> 
> For example, I have the Enterprise episode "Fight or Flight". 
Quite 
> literally, 75% of the show was bad upon extraction. This is also 
one 
> of the videos I have kept the longest on my TiVo. However, with 
> newer records, I have little to no bad blocks. 
> 
> I think it has something to do with the way TiVo stores shows in 
> the "save until I delete" function. 
> 
> Anybody have any ideas as to how I can extract the video without 
the 
> corruption? Am I missing something big here?
> 
> -Tuz
> 
> P.S. Thanks to merch for a great page, your process has worked 
VERY 
> well for me, thanks for the help!