Extraction FAQ?

[bittfaulk]

Is there a FAQ anywhere that talks about extraction methods, etc.? 

In looking at this forum, I see that there seem to be three or four 
different extraction programs, but I can't really seem to glean what 
their respective advantages are. They seem to have to do mostly with 
how well they actually remove the MPEG streams from the tystreams. 
Is the process of getting at the tystream equally good in each of 
them?

Can I get a copy of the tystream on my peecee and feel confident that 
it is correct so that I can delete the program from my TiVo (I'm 
running out of room), and then worry about extraction and reencoding 
at a later date?

So far in my experience, things seem to work best if I extract the 
video and audio streams separately and them multiplex them together, 
but I can't find an mplex for Windows, and I can't find a good 
editing solution on my Unix machines. Anyone know of an mplex built 
for Windows?

Also, does anyone know how to convert the MPEG2 streams into DV 
streams so that I can edit it with iMovie on my MacOS X machine? (If 
you can't tell, I seem to be transferring files back and forth 
between all of my computers trying to get everything working.)

If some nice folks would help me figure all of this out, I'd be happy 
to try to enumerate all the information in a FAQ if one doesn't 
already exist.

Thanks very much.

-- 
Bitt