I think I'll use Movica (free too) to edit the commercials out and clean up the intro and exit of programs. I haven't yet used it on an .mpg that came from my TiVo, but it worked fine on a .wmv I have here at work and purports to support MPEGs. The link is below, as are the links for DirectShow Dump and DVDStyler that didn't come through in my prior e-mail.
Please let me know if any of you find this useful and I will write up a How To guide. I'll need to document this for my wife anyway. :) Movica - http://vani.bhargav.googlepages.com/movica DirectShow Dump - http://www.prish.com/etivo/tbr.htm DVDStyler - http://www.dvdstyler.de/ Jeremy Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Here is what I've done to archive two shows to DVD for playback on (hopefully!) any DVD player. 1. Transfer show to PC using TiVo To Go. 2. Strip DRM from show using DirectShow Dump (free). This is sometimes referred to as "freeing" the .tivo file or converting it, though it's not really being converted at all. It's an MPEG2 file going in and coming out. 3. Burn .mpg file to DVD using software that supports .mpg to DVD transcoding and DVD authoring. I used DVDStyler (also free) on my PC, as my copy of Nero 6.3 supports neither feature, and Sonic MyDVD LE on my son's computer. I did not test to see if our copy of Sonic (formerly Roxio) MyDVD will burn straight from .tivo files. An upgraded version of it apparently will also edit .mpg files. If I purchase NeroVision it will apparently author DVDs but I do not know if it will transcode or edit .mpgs. I guess my point here is that many OEM packaged copies of Nero, Sonic, etc. may have features disabled that the full commercial package would include. YMMV. DVDStyler was fairly straightforward and will let you create menus for your DVD. I can't really address its ease of use or feature-set as it was late and I did the bare minimum to get a DVD burned. Hopefully today I'll find software to edit the commercials out, etc. before burning. I will definitely let you guys know. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul is right..When my son was in Iraq the only program I could find to burn a DVD that would play on his laptop was Roxio 9..Roxio and TIVO have some kind of arrangement..Now I use DirectShowDump and burn it on DVD with _AVI to DVD Video Converter Software VSO ConvertXtoDVD_ (http://www.vso-software.fr/products/convert_x_to_dvd/) ..I'm pretty sure after using DirectShowDump you can burn with any DVD burning program you have....Gary **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
