DVD writing

[gespensen]

Scott
I read your process for taking the TiVo ty stream and setting up for 
DVD what were your settings for tyconvert and DVD2Avi. Do you split
the 
ty in tyConvert and use DVD2Avi to load both? I seem to crash when I 
use DVDAvi or I get a 0kb avi file. 

Gene


--- In ExtractStream@y..., "J. Scott Dorr" <merlin@f...> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 06:00:17AM -0000, billyb111b wrote:
> > Hi Dave,
> > 
> > I have done some DVD writing from my extracted videos, so it IS 
> > possible, so far its a difficult process with mixed results.
> > 
> > I have a Pioneer A03 burner, which is a great and burns DVD-R
and -
> > RW, -RW works fine, but none of my 5 DVD players play the stuff,
so 
> > its not that practical. I recently found a great deal on cheap
DVD-
> > R ($1.50 a piece) so I have been experimenting more often.
> 
> I, for one, would be very interested in your progress on this. 
I'll be in the
> market for a dvd burner in the next month or so, specifically for
the purpose
> of extracting programs from my tivo and archiving them in dvd
quality on a dvd
> capable of being played in a standard dvd player.
> 
> > The problem with DVD in general is authoring software is very
picky 
> > about being within the spec (unlike VCD/SVCD), which means video
res 
> > of 352 or 704/720 and audio at 48 khz. Tivo records all audio
and 
> > 32 khz, so all tivo audio needs to be upconverted. Video (by 
> > default) is 544(x480) at Best 480 at high and 352 at med and
basic. 
> > So anything at a quality bitrate needs to be trancoded to the
proper 
> > res. (You can change the default bitrates and resolution in the 
> > TivoWeb resource editor, allowing for high bitrate and 352x480, 
> > reducing the need for transcoding).
> 
> What resolution/bit-rate should I set to allow for the most
seamless dvd
> authoring? I'm not familiar with what the dvd resolutions are in
the U.S..
> Did I read that right that the resolution is 704x720? Please
clarify so that
> I can start recording my shows in dvd resolution and save me a
bunch of
> processor cycles in the future. :)
> 
> > It works sometimes and doesn't others. On my TiVo, extracted
streams 
> > are very picky as to audio sync and clean mpeg data, but YMMV.
> > 
> > I can give more detail into my DVD process if you'd like, (Ive
been 
> > meaning to write up a little doc on it, but havnt had the time)
> 
> One vote from me. :)
> 
> 
> - scott