Once upon a time jristerj shaped the electrons to say... > I have been monitoring this group for several months and I often > don't have a clue what your messages are about. I would like to
You'll pick it up over time. :-) > learn more about the Tivo and what it can do. I purchased my Tivo HD > mainly so I could record OTA stations. I would like to be able to > make DVD copies of some of the movies and other > programs. Previously, I had Dish and used my PC (XP Media version) > to make DVDs. This involved going from digital to analogue, to You'd still use the PC to burn the DVDs, but with TiVo getting the shows there should be easier, and all digital. You use TiVoToGo: http://www.tivo.com/mytivo/howto/gettivoanywhere/howto_transfer_shows_pc.html Once you have it there you can create DVDs: http://www.tivo.com/mytivo/howto/gettivoanywhere/howto_create_dvd_pc.html While the *official* software is Roxio Creator, other DVD packages *may* be able to handle the .tivo file format transfers are in, I believe Nero does. There are other, more geeky, options for stripping the DRM to expose the raw MPEG-2 contents that just about any burning software can use, but if you're not comfortable playing with DRM strippers and the like just using the supported software is the simplest option. Now, you *may* run into programs with copyprotection that prevents them from being transferred from the TiVo to a PC via TiVoToGo, though I don't think this happens with OTA recordings. If that happens you'd have to use the old method of the analog capture on the PC from the TiVo's A/V outputs. For some basic information about using the TiVo itself, see: http://www.gizmolovers.com/getting-started-with-tivo/ -MZ -- megazone-at-megazone.org http://www.MegaZone.org/ Gweep, Geek, Human, me. http://www.GizmoLovers.com/ http://www.Eyrie-Productions.com/ -><- Hail Eris "A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men" 508-852-2171
