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More info?)
"Chris Adams" <cmadams@hiwaay.net> wrote in message
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> Once upon a time, wkearney99 <wkearney99@hotmail.com> said:
>>Which doesn't answer his question. Yeesh peeople, if you're gonna reply
>>at
>>least add something informative.
>
> You know, if you are going to criticize other responses, you should read
> the original message. Also, you should give _correct_ information.
>
>>No, the USB port on the back of unti will not let you plug a DVD recorder
>>into it and magically record discs. There's no software built-into the
>>Tivo
>>that understands how to a) recognize the DVD recorder and b) handle the
>>setup of shows to burn on to one.
>
> The original poster asked about "to the DVD burner on my laptop".
>
> To the OP: yes, it is possible. Depending on which model you have, it
> may even be relatively easy. You didn't say which model TiVo you have
> though.
>
> You said you have USB, so you have a Series2 type box. You presumably
> don't have a TiVo with an integrated DVD burner (or the question would
> be pointless). Is this a DirecTV DVR with integrated TiVo or a
> stand-alone TiVo?
>
> If it is a stand-alone, all you need to do is learn about TiVoToGo at
> www.tivo.com. You'll need a supported USB network adapter for your
> TiVo, the TiVo Desktop software for your laptop (presuming your laptop
> is a Windows based system; nobody else is supported at this time), and
> some DVD burning software. TiVo recommends the Sonic software, but you
> can use other software (Google is your friend). Most Series2 TiVos are
> supported by TiVoToGo; support for the rest is supposed to come this
> summer.
>
> If your TiVo is a DirecTV DVR, the only direct way you can do what you
> ask is to hack your TiVo. I haven't done this (don't have a DirecTV
> DVR), but again, Google is good (I head www.dealdatabase.com has the
> info necessary). There are also hacks to make older TiVos network
> enabled so that you can copy video off over the network.
> --
> Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>
> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
> I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
Of course there is one other way, that is to feed the very good
quality S-Video Analog Signal to a capture device attached or
built into his laptop. (The sound too of course.)
Another would be to feed the S-Video to a Standalone DVD
Recorder and use RW Disks to bring it to the laptop.
Refurbished units cost about the same as a good capture card/
USB2 box.
Check out www.videohelp.com for listings and user comments
on the related hardware and software.
Luck;
Ken
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