Saving and burning tivo files

[hotrodtod]

Not sure if this topic has been touched yet but, (my apologies if it has) but does anyone save and burn their tivo files in the native (.tivo) format for future use? And does it make sense to do it this way or should they be converted and then burned? I can view them on the pc desktop but also want to put them back on the box to watch later on when the sport that i love to watch goes into off season. :)

[Dan203]

If you're low on disk space this is an option. However it might be easier, and cheaper in the long run, to just pick up an external hard drive. (or if you know how even cheaper to install a second internal one)

Dan

[hotrodtod]

Thanks Dan,

I was thinking of adding a hard drive. I currently have a 80hr series 2 DT unit and a 40hr series 2, both are not capable of being hacked. (without a prom mod) Before all said and done, i will end up with about 130hrs of programming that i want to save. My other question is, does tivo support usb external drives?

[Dan203]

No they do not. The new Series 3 TiVo have an eSATA port for an external hard drives, but that port isn't active yet. USB, even USB 2.0, is just not fast enough to keep up with a real time system like TiVo.

Dan

[classicsat]

You can use the external drive on the PC. To expand the TiVo itself, you need to replace its drive (you really shouldn't add a second drive to a 40 or 80 GB TiVo).

What I do is edit out commercials and convert to Xvid AVI, and view on the Xbox.

[ciscokid]

Just pull the shown down to your PC using TiVo desktop. Then get the freebie program called Direct Show Dump Utility which will convert it to a standard MPG file. The do with it waht you want. Save it, burn it, archive it. Whatever!

[burbanknate]

i use Direct show dump, and then VideoReDo to edit out commercials.
I just got a sweet dvd player that plays Divx files...

What's the best tool to make Divx AVI files?
If I have the Divx codec can I do it withy videoredo?

[mrjam2jab]

(you really shouldn't add a second drive to a 40 or 80 GB TiVo).




Why is that?

[classicsat]

Running two drives is risky, as the (Series 2) Tivo is pretty marginal in running two drives, for heat and power, and the drives are married, so if one goes, they both go, contentwise.

With big drives so cheap, it makes no sense to add anything to anything that (relatively) small stock drive.