[ExtractStream] what is better Tivo 2.5 or Tivo 1.3????

[Marc Lavergne]

I am no expert on this subject. However, from a pure video extraction 
point of view I don't think there is any difference from all I have 
seen. The advantage of 1.3 over 2.5 lies solely in hacking binaries (ie. 
replacing parts of the subsystem). The most important topic in video 
extraction are what your target OS is and which tool to use. One note, I 
think VBR encoding was introduced in 2.5 (or is that 3.0) and you will 
want to make certain it's not enabled if you don't want gritty looking 
video. Personally, I use PlayItSam:

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

It's for Linux only and is quite simply awesome.

Quick note, if you have 1.3 and want to subscribe but stay on 1.3, 
you'll need to tweak the file permissions to keep TiVo from upgrading 
the subsystem. I forget the specifics but it's pretty well documented on 
the 'net.

kriscomach wrote:

> Can someone tell me is it easyer to extract video from 1.3 or 2.5 
> with tivoftpd. also when you go to the directory that has your film 
> what is the file name that I should be looking at? Please help.
> 
> thanks. 
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