TIVO transfer is slow

[djgrimaldi]

I have one dvr hooked up to an Ethernet 100mbs wired network. It is taking almost 5 hours to transfer a 2 hour program recorded at highest quality. Does anyone know if this is accurate or is something wrong somewhere?

[Dan203]

What kind of TiVo is it? If it's a single tuner unit what kind of USB->Ethernet adapter are you using? And what model is it? (i.e. Is it silver with the "night light" on the front? DVD unit? Older unit?)

This speed does seem slow. However how much you can speed it up depends on the answer to the questions above.

Dan

[CuriousMark]

Originally Posted by djgrimaldi

I have one dvr hooked up to an Ethernet 100mbs wired network. It is taking almost 5 hours to transfer a 2 hour program recorded at highest quality. Does anyone know if this is accurate or is something wrong somewhere?

That is a little slow even for a DVD burner TiVo. My Humax DVD burner transfers Medium quality to my PC in about real time. I suspect high quality would be around 1.5 hours per hour of show, but I haven't tried so don't know for sure. How fast is it if you pause playback on a program on the TiVo while it is transferring?

[djgrimaldi]

It is a Tivo Model #540 purchased 4 months ago, software has been updated to V2.3 the USB adapter is the one they recommend: Linksys USB200M,

[djgrimaldi]

Originally Posted by CuriousMark

That is a little slow even for a DVD burner TiVo. My Humax DVD burner transfers Medium quality to my PC in about real time. I suspect high quality would be around 1.5 hours per hour of show, but I haven't tried so don't know for sure. How fast is it if you pause playback on a program on the TiVo while it is transferring?

I am not sure what you are asking about, (How fast is it if you pause playback on a program on the TiVo while it is transferring?). Do you mean while I am watching it from the TV or from TIVO desktop on the computer?

[Dan203]

The 540 units are slower, but with the USB200M adapter you should be seeing speeds a lot faster then that. Try doing a hard reboot on the TiVo by pulling the plug, allowing it to sit for a minute and then plugging it back in. Also, as Mark was suggesting, try pausing the TiVo on a program in Now Playing before starting the transfer. This frees up a little bit of resources on the TiVo by stopping the playback portion of the software, which in turn can make the transfer a little faster. Another suggestion to squeeze a little more out of it is to tune the TiVo to a channel you do not actually recieve so that it displays the blue "no signal" screen. This frees up the resources for the recording portion of the software and gives a little bit more to the transfer.

If none of that helps then you either have a faulty USB adapter or a problem with your network. One thing to check for is to make sure your network is running in 100Mbps mode. Some equipment out there still runs at the 10Mbps mode and if you have a hub or router which is only rated for the slower speed it will drag down the speed of your entire network.

Dan