Can Tivo play PDF files?

[renkablue]

I have some pdf files that I would like to show on the TIVO - They are outlines like for classroom useage.

[ACraigL]

The only way I can imagine doing this is exporting the PDFs to JPEGs then doing a slide show.

[renkablue]

The only way I can imagine doing this is exporting the PDFs to JPEGs then doing a slide show.
:) Well, you've got the "ball rolling" as they say. I need to know now how to do a pdf to jpeg conversion. I can listen to streaming audio with my Real Player on the CPU - open PDF files that are in outline format that has graphs, pictures, and drawings that explain in clearer details the lessons being heard from the player. I thought it would be a better set up with Tivo on tv. Granted I don't know if this is a possibility, but I hoped it could be done. Thanks for your comeback on this thread. ;)

[greg_burns]

Got a scanner? Scan them back into your computer as jpegs.

Lots of apps that will do it for a price.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=Adg&q=pdf+to+jpeg&btnG=Search

[jrt4342]

If you are on a Linux box and have imagemagick installed it is very easy, just type the following:

convert test.pdf test.jpg

This will make a jpeg for each page. Amazingly simple.

If you are on a challenged OS :) you will probably need to pay for a solution. Somthing like maybe. verypdf [dot] com/pdf2tif/index.htm

Sorry about the URL won't let me post with URLs yet.

Hope this helps.

John R. Tipton
trylinux [dot] org

[ACraigL]

Well... Acrobat Reader 8 lets you screen cap to the clipboard (Tools > Select & Zoom > Snapshot Tool). You could paste the page into Paint or something and save to JPEG from there.

You could also print to a fax driver and save a jpeg from that as well, though you will lose some quality doing that.

A quick search revealed "Pixillion":
http://www.nchsoftware.com/imageconverter/index.html

Seems like that will do the job, and free, though I've never used it.