free alternative for Dvd rips from PC to TiVo?

[llee8820]

Hi everyone, I just got a Series 2 TiVo and I was wondering if there was a free alternative program to transfer my dvd rips on my PC to my TiVo? I'm aware of Tivo Desktop 2.7, but I don't really want to shell out $25 for the plus key if there was a free alternative. Thanks!

[Yoav]

check out pyTivo: http://pytivo.armooo.net/

[wmcbrine]

Note that DVDs are MPEG-2, so you can serve them with the non-Plus version of TiVo Desktop if you do a straight rip (not rip + encode).

[pmiranda]

dvdshrink reauthor, select the biggest title, disable splitting on 1GB chunks, and backup to a folder. You'll get a handful of files, the biggest one of which you rename to a .mpg file, then move it into your TiVo folder and move it with TiVo Desktop.

If you want to carry over the subtitles, I believe there's a way to do it but I've never tried.

[jlc4]

You should also do a custom shrink percentage to whatever minimal quality you can accept. Transfer speeds to your Tivo will be slow, so the smaller the file the better.

dvdshrink reauthor, select the biggest title, disable splitting on 1GB chunks, and backup to a folder. You'll get a handful of files, the biggest one of which you rename to a .mpg file, then move it into your TiVo folder and move it with TiVo Desktop.

If you want to carry over the subtitles, I believe there's a way to do it but I've never tried.