[jastavoss]

How can Tivo files or movies be converted to mp4 files?

 

[kpeters59]

Most files are already basically .mp4's, unless they're Broadcast Channels, which are going to be .mpg's. They just need to be decrypted.

I use KMTTG to do that.

-KP

 

[justen_m]

Most files are already basically .mp4's, unless they're Broadcast Channels, which are going to be .mpg's. They just need to be decrypted.

Depends on your cable system. Everything I get, OTA and cable, is mpeg-2, aka mpg. None of my cable channels are mp4.

I also use kmttg. I transfer from my TiVo, which arrives as a .TiVo, which is mpeg-2 in an encryption wrapper. I decrypt the file on the fly, so generate portable .mpg files. I can then go through post processing, at which the last step is to transcode the .mpg to .mp4. This last step is a relatively slow, cpu-intensive process. To me, it's not worth it. I leave it as .mpg instead of .mp4. Pretty much everything these days can play mpeg-2. So I don't bother unless I want to resize the video, change the sample rate, etc.

 

[Pokemon_Dad]

How can Tivo files or movies be converted to mp4 files?

VideoReDo is designed to do that, and is also a great editor with automated commercial detection/removal and more.

 

[Teeps]

with automated commercial detection/removal

Never had this feature work right.
Always seemed to leave some commercials and/or cut some programming.

 

[Mikeguy]

I like TiVo Decoder GUI. Works well and is well-behaved. Freeware.

http://gmon.me/wordpress/?page_id=7

 

[kpeters59]

Never had this feature work right.
Always seemed to leave some commercials and/or cut some programming.

Supposedly you can get KMTTG to provide the TiVo skip points for precise commercial removal.

I've never tried it.

-KP