Try http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/TiVo/ that should be able to convert most fo your video.
Getting video onto Tivo?
Has anyone had any luck getting video from the PC to the Tivo. I have several video files on my pc in various formats (Mpeg-4, Quicktime, windows media etc). Is there a good tool for easily converting a video file to the format required on Tivo? I dont mind spending a little cash if required.
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This is perfect. Thanks a million!
i used this but the video is all messed up when I play it on my tivo
Try gui4ffmpeg I use it all the time. It's open source so not 100% rock solid but generally good results.
what are the settings you use? I thought it had to be mpeg2? Maybe it does. I have no clue? HELP!
Not sure who you were addresssing the question to. But using gui2ffmpeg I set the output to be DVD, NTSC and ac3 audio (I have the DRT-800). I belive videora uses the ff2mpeg libraries and just sets the output values appropriately for Tivo.TSuellentrop said:what are the settings you use? I thought it had to be mpeg2? Maybe it does. I have no clue? HELP!
gui4ffmpeg is actually just a GUI front end to ff2mpeg, you can generate the ff2mpeg command and then cut and paste it into a batch file for repeated use once you find a conversion that works. For 624x352 Xvid files I've been using:
"C:\gui4ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe" -i %1 -hq -target ntsc-dvd -b 6000 -aspect 4:3 -s 720x408 -padtop 36 -padbottom 36 -acodec ac3 -ab 448 -ac 6 -mbd 2 -qmin 2 -async 1 -y %2
uh...... never mind
lost u at batch file/ Im 15, got much to learn
lost u at batch file/ Im 15, got much to learn
Holy crap!petew said:Not sure who you were addresssing the question to. But using gui2ffmpeg I set the output to be DVD, NTSC and ac3 audio (I have the DRT-800). I belive videora uses the ff2mpeg libraries and just sets the output values appropriately for Tivo.
gui4ffmpeg is actually just a GUI front end to ff2mpeg, you can generate the ff2mpeg command and then cut and paste it into a batch file for repeated use once you find a conversion that works. For 624x352 Xvid files I've been using:
"C:\gui4ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe" -i %1 -hq -target ntsc-dvd -b 6000 -aspect 4:3 -s 720x408 -padtop 36 -padbottom 36 -acodec ac3 -ab 448 -ac 6 -mbd 2 -qmin 2 -async 1 -y %2
I'm having problems when I encode 16:9 files with Videora or WinAvi and try to play them on my 16:9 TV so I was hoping your suggestion would work for me but it's complete gibberish. Can you put it in layman's terms?
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