Use Desktop 2.3 to convert existing transfers

[megazone]

Dave Zatz found a way to use TiVo Desktop Plus 2.3 to convert existing transfers. Check out his post at ZatzNotFunny.com (http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2006-06/desktop-23-hack-transcode-prior-downloads/)

I wonder if you can create new profiles in the XML file to produce different resolutions, bitrates, etc.

[davezatz]

Yes... my second edition of hacking Desktop 2.3 includes directions on increasing resolution. :D

http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2006-06/desktop-23-hack-transcode-to-higher-resolutions/

[megazone]

Cool. :-)

[davezatz]

FYI...

Looks like AVI and Archos AVI profiles do not work with the default settings from the command line. I tried changing some variables here or there also with no luck, but I wasn't comprehensive in testing. Perhaps this is why neither is listed as an option within the TiVo Desktop. Wonder if the codecs don't support it, preprocessing is needed, or maybe something is just broken.

[Dan203]

One of those profiles says something about MP3 audio, however the TiVo Desktop package does not come with an MP3 encoder filter. My Universal Audio Plug-in includes a version of the LAME DirectShow filter, but even with that installed it still fails so this TiVo program is either not coded correctly to actually produce MP3 audio, or they based it on another MP3 encoder filter which they didn't supply.

That being said this entire program is DirectShow based. It would be very simple to write a little UI that did all the work independant of the TiVoConverter program. If I had time I'd do it myself, but right now I'm busy with a couple other things. If, when I'm finished with those other projects, no one else has done this yet I'll throw something together for the Archos people.

Dan