transfer TIVO files to mac

[fratkid21]

does anyone know if you can transfer tivo files to the mac and burn them on dvd... either using the usb or ethernet ports....

 

[yellow]

Supposedly once TiVoToGo is finished, it'll be available without hacks. I do not know of any hacks to do this, as I don't own a TiVo.

 

[Mechcozmo]

Long and complicated, buggy software, and a lot of time to pray that it will work. Short answer-- no.

Long answer-- spend a few months hacking your TiVo, doing software work, and possibly need to write some of your own software to interface with the Tivo.....

Wait for that TiVo to go thing.

 

[SilentPanda]

Last time a checked there was no way to get the digital Tivo files from your Tivo to your Mac. The only ways I every found was to a Windows PC and if you had installed Linux on your Tivo with some other programs and then sometimes only if you had a series 1 Tivo.

Last I read about Tivo2Go was that it would only allow you to play files on your computer using a specific DVD playing software which was Windows only. That may have changed since then though.

You can probably find more info at http://www.tivocommunity.com

 

[BornAgainMac]

My Tivo Solution

I use Dazzle Hollywood DV-Bridge to convert the analog signals from the Tivo to DV using iMovie. Then I strip all the commericals out with iMovie and export those movies out to Quicktime. Usually I stay with 320x200 to save diskspace and keep the quality high with Sorenson Video 3 Pro and Cleaner 6 at 15 fps and 614 kbit/s video VBR and the audio at QDesign Music 2 at 16-bit stereo at 44.1 Khz. It cost me about 375 Mb per hour of video. I keep the video archived as normal quicktime on cheap .60 cent DVD-Rs and can store over 10 hours of video on it. Converting to 320x200 resolution from TV or Cable broadcast is good enough for me to enjoy it without costing me a fortune.

 

[superbovine]

There won't information on tivocommunity forums because they ban all topics relating to digital video extraction for fear of a lawsuit. So, I will just give you the important links. BTW the first link apparently is working on mac software but non yet. there is linux software, so there is a chance you can compile it, or install linux on your mac and do it. the easiest way is to use a PC. Digital video extraction from a tivo used to very very annoying now its only slighty less annoying. i hope you have a usb port, cause install a nic is a pain. you will have to do your research on using your usb ports, because the older models they are disabled by default and you have to reinstall a hacked verison of the tivo linux to enable it. some of the newer verison, for sure the pioneer model with the dvd-r supports usb ethernet cards, but i am not sure about the rest. anyways, you should search the tivo community forums for all your answers. if you can't find the answer you asking the wrong the question.

http://dvd-create.sourceforge.net/tystudio/
http://themurrays.homeip.net/downloads/tivo/tivo.html

http://www.tivohelp.com/
http://www.9thtee.com/turbonet.htm

good luck