Transfer time variance wired vs wireless

[rowdycajun]

I have two 2 TiVo’s connected to my home network. #1-Humax Series2 is connected directly to the router and the software version is 7.2.2-oth.01-2-595. #2 TiVo Series2 is connected with a USB Wireless adapter and is running software version 7.2.2-oth.01-2-140. When I transfer programs from TiVo#2 to TiVo #1 the transfer happens in real time. When I transfer from TiVo#2 to my PC the transfer is in real time. However when I transfer from TiVo #1 to my computer the transfer time is doubled. I’ve tested connecting TiVo#1 to the network with the same USB Wireless adapter and the result were the same, a 1 hour program took 2 hours to transfer. Both TiVo’s are set to Best Quality. Does anyone have any idea why this happens to Humax Series2?

[Dan203]

The DVD recorder TiVos are the absolute slowest TiVos when doing TiVoToGo transfers. There is really no way around that. However you can speed up the process a little by tuning the TiVo to a channel which you do not receive (to stop it from recording) and then pausing it on a recording from Now Playing (to stop it from playing). That'll free up a few CPU cycles and allow it to transfer a little faster.

Dan

[GadgetVirtuoso]

I've upgraded all but the wired tivos to the TiVo branded wireless adapter and I can honestly say that they are worth every penny. With only one TiVo transferring we can almost watch best quality transfer live pulled from the wired TiVo.

[MJ-bos]

(Preface- I searched and came on this thread... sorry if this has alread been covered adnauseum)

Dan - why is the DVD-R (I also have the Humax) so slow? All of my TiVo's are at 7.2.2xxx - the wired ones are using Netgear FA120 adapters, wireless using a D-Link USB Wireless G adapter.

I just transferred (3) 1-hour shows ... one from from each...

1. Humax DVR -> 10/100 switch -> Linksys Router -> Server .... 4:33
2. Tivo S2 -> Wireless G -> Linksys Router -> Server ... 39:08
3. Tivo S2 -> 10/100 switch -> Linksys Router -> Server ... 33:02

Is it really supposed to be that bad? I'm better off burning to a DVD, walking it up to my computer, and ripping it to the server.

Cheers,
Marc

[GadgetVirtuoso]

1. Humax DVR -> 10/100 switch -> Linksys Router -> Server .... 4:33
2. Tivo S2 -> Wireless G -> Linksys Router -> Server ... 39:08
3. Tivo S2 -> 10/100 switch -> Linksys Router -> Server ... 33:02

That's 4.5 hrs not 4.5 mins right? I'm assuming so and the others are minutes/seconds not hours/minutes right?

Is it really supposed to be that bad? I'm better off burning to a DVD, walking it up to my computer, and ripping it to the server.

I don't know if it's suppose to be that bad but everytime I burn a program to DVD it takes me a lot longer than even 4.5hrs for the computer to rip it to DVD. Perhaps I'm doing it wrong but I compiled several shows for the kids on a single DVD and I let it run over night. Running on a P4 2.2ghz with 1.5gb ram so it's not like I've got a slow or antique system here. But that's another topic for another thread.

[Dan203]

It shouldn't be that slow. My Toshiba usually takes about 2 hours to transfer a 1 hour program via a wired adapter. Did you do these all at the same time? Could be that your PC was actually overwhelmed with data and couldn't keep up. (especially if you were saving these to your C drive)

There are two reasons why these units are so slow...

1) They're based off the 540 platform, which is slow to begin with.

2) They have to dedicate more resources to basic recording tasks. "Best" on a DVD unit is 9Mbps rather then 5.4Mbps like a normal TiVo. Plus they have to make sure there is enough resources available to also burn a DVD while a show is transfering.

The old Pioneer DVD-R units are a little faster since they were based on the 240 platform, but they're still slower then a regular 240 unit.

Dan

[Dan203]

I don't know if it's suppose to be that bad but everytime I burn a program to DVD it takes me a lot longer than even 4.5hrs for the computer to rip it to DVD. Perhaps I'm doing it wrong but I compiled several shows for the kids on a single DVD and I let it run over night. Running on a P4 2.2ghz with 1.5gb ram so it's not like I've got a slow or antique system here. But that's another topic for another thread.

Sounds like you're using the wrong DVD authoring app. The format of the video is already DVD compliant so it shouldn't take long at all to do this. What I would do is rip the DVD using DVD Decrypter in IFO processing mode and output it to a single VOB file. (turn off file splitting) If you need to edit the commercials use VideReDo and output the file as a VOB. Then use a DVDStyler to author the DVD. And finally use DVD Decrypter again to burn the ISO file to disk. It's probably more steps then what you're using now, but it'll take 1/10th the time.

Dan