put dvd movie onto directv tivo?

[roadk]

so i've got a directv r10 tivo box and wonder if i can record a dvd movie from the dvd player onto the tivo to watch at a later date?
you know- get netflix, and put the movie on the tivo for later, then return the movie and get another one...
know i can rip on my computer, but the directv tivo have their usb ports disabled.
thanks for the help.
-thomas

[classicsat]

In short, no.

DrieCTV TiVos have no A/V in to connect a DVD player to.

They need a PROM hack to enable the other hacks whilch let you use Tivoserver fo feed video to the DVR, which you'd have to rip the DVDs on your computer anyway to serve.

Not to mention copying rental DVDs is a copyright violation.

[JimSpence]

And if you could, why would you want to reduce your hard drive space? A DVD recorder with a hard drive could accomplish the same thing, providing copyright protection isn't involved.

[mr.unnatural]

You could also get yourself some re-writeable DVDs and an inexpensive DVD burner. Check out the Decrypting forum at Doom9 for various methods of ripping DVDs. I make backups of rentals so I can watch them at my leisure and then reuse the DVD-RW disc for future rentals. It's basically just another method of timeshifting, although some may consider it a violation of the DMCA since you don't actually own the DVD.

[dtremain]

You could also get yourself some re-writeable DVDs and an inexpensive DVD burner. Check out the Decrypting forum at Doom9 for various methods of ripping DVDs. I make backups of rentals so I can watch them at my leisure and then reuse the DVD-RW disc for future rentals. It's basically just another method of timeshifting, although some may consider it a violation of the DMCA since you don't actually own the DVD.Or, yolu could just shoplift the disk from a store. :rolleyes:

[Squonk]

not to mention you would be creating a DVD with lesser PQ because it would go through a digital to analog to digital conversion process. He must not have heard of DVD recorders with a hard drive.

[Cartrivision]

Or, yolu could just shoplift the disk from a store. :rolleyes:

Yeah, but since he's paying for the rental dvd, watching the copy of it once, and not keeping the copy after it's been watched, that would hardly be the same as your suggestion of stealing the dvd from the store.

[dtremain]

Yeah, but since he's paying for the rental dvd, watching the copy of it once, and not keeping the copy after it's been watched, that would hardly be the same as your suggestion of stealing the dvd from the store.Forgive me, but, as a published writer, I see nothing acceptable about intellectual theft. In renting the DVD, he is purchasing its use for the period of rental. There is no "understanding" that he will be able to use it for an extended period. Even if we are to take him at his word that he is not archiving, he is still violating the contract with the owner of the material and, therefore, stealing it.

When I record something on my DVR, there is a clear expectation on the provider's part that I am able to do so, and, thus, I am likely and entitled to do so.

The issue of a copy-protected rental DVD is an entirely different matter.