#Ctivo transfer to tivo how to
#Ctivo transfer to tivo mp4
#Ctivo transfer to tivo plus

The S2 was mpeg2, so after the commercials are removed, transcode using handbrakeCLI (or the GUI or an ffmpeg script), and you might want to use ccextractor to get captions/subtitles out and include them back in the h.264/h.265 mkv files. Didn't use any of the other settings for processing. I just had some patterns that pulled the files off. I remember kmttg being slow, but my S2 TiVo was G-only wifi and didn't support hi-def anything. It is Windows-only but one of the 2 remaining reasons I have Windows still.

#Ctivo transfer to tivo plus

vidcutter can read a format that comskip puts out, but it isn't very user friendly.Ī very long time ago, I purchased VideoRedo Plus which embeds a version of comskip that is better at finding commercial breaks, has fairly intuitive controls and quick cut-points. Comskip isn't perfect, so manually correcting the cut points is necessary.

Back then, I used kmttg to get the files off it, then used comskip to mark potential commercial locations. I stopped using my TiVo-S2 a long time ago. If you have read this far, thanks! i would appreciate feedback and comments! I would appreciate any comments from the community that will help me decide on how best to move, transcode, and delete commercials from my TiVo content.Īnd i would *especially* appreciate any comments from someone who is actually moving TiVo content from the TiVo to a Linux box!! That's what I remember doing and I remember it working. I would prefer #2 or #3 above, if possible. I think I unhooked the TIVO from the network (unhooked the wireless adapter)., restarted the TIVO, stoped the transfer, deleted the movie, reconected the wireless adapter, and back to normal. At the time this was written, Comskip was a Windows-only program, though there is now a Linux version, so maybe Wine wouldn't be required.

#Ctivo transfer to tivo how to

Cons: There is a thread in the Ubuntu forums by michael37 which explains how to set this up, but the instructions and software they describe date back to 2011. Use cTivo by running VirtualBox+Mac OS on my Linux box. Cons: This requires an unlocking hack on VMware to support MacOS.Ģ. Use cTivo by running VMware+Mac OS on my Linux box.

#Ctivo transfer to tivo mp4

I want to 1-move the files to my Linux box 2-decrypt/transcode into mp4 3-automatically skip commercialsġ. Therefore, I am exploring ways to move content from the TiVo to my Linux box (3.5 GHz AMD 8320 8 core CPU, 16GB RAM) running 17.10. It works perfectly, but is very slow on that old hardware. Otherwise, just buy your entertainment through iTunes and get your geek on some other way.I have been using cTivo to move and transcode TiVo content on my 8-year old Mac laptop (1.8 GHz Intel Core i7, 4MB RAM). If you plan to regularly transfer tons of programs and you don’t mind going to the trouble and the inferior video quality, Roxio’s software will ultimately save you money. And it delivers a program with noticeably sharper video quality. That’s a far cry from the new iPad’s native 2048 by 1536 resolution or even the first two iPads, which have 1024 x 768 resolution.īuying an HD program through iTunes and downloading it directly to an iPad is way faster and easier. The end result was merely good, not great, video quality, because TiVo limits maximum quality of video conversions to 640 x 480 resolution. Resolution-wise, it’s basically a horror story. The final step was to import the converted video file into my iTunes library and sync it to my iPad, and this is where things went badly.

Unlike TiVo Transfer, Toast 11 Titanium displays a helpful progress bar. Once my settings were chosen, I clicked to start the conversion.