I've found that EyeTV recordings sent to Toast use something called demuxing, which is much faster than encoding. Say 15 mins, as apposed to 3 - 4 hours for encoding. So, speed for recording is not a factor, so long as the file will fit on a single DVD.
However, I often end up with a DVD that is corrupted, lots of jerks and lost seconds of video. Which sounds like its the problem Shay is mentioning. These DVDs play OK on the computer, which seems to glide over the glitches, but not on our DVD player. On the other hand, I have just found that using DVD+R format disks rather than DVD-R disks has been helpful, with only very slight and occasional glitches which the DVD player can handle. I'm also thinking that shows recorded on commercial stations may be better than the ABC, which is usually where I record, because the ABC uses a different system which is harder for the EyeTV 400 to pick up when scanning for stations. On 11/4/05 9:04 AM, "Shay Telfer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Anybody know what I should be doing to get these recordings to work? >> The built in DVD encoder in Toast is hopeless (and takes a long >> time), whereas I *assume* I already have a pre-encoded version of >> the recordings for DVDSP. >> >> Seeya >> >> Rod! > > The digital video streams recorded off air are MPEG transport > streams, which are different to the MPEG formats used on DVD's etc. > You need to export the data to turn it into an MPEG Program stream. > Even then there are no guarantees. Consult the FAQ: > > <http://elgato.com/index.php?file=products_eyetv400_faq#faq16> > > Just to make it better, some digital video tuners (not necessarily > the EyeTV) will create corrupt MPEG transport streams if there's > interference in the signal. Apparently you only find this out halfway > through watching the show you recorded to DVD! > > Have fun, > Shay -- Susan Hastings, Assoc. MAPS Registered Psychologist Suite 20, Level 1 Centre Park 755 Albany Highway East Victoria Park WA 6101 Phone: 9262 0446
