[NTLUG:Discuss] Video Record

[Paul Ingendorf]

It is very possible to extract video off of Tivo SA units if you have one of the Ethernet cards.  The video comes off in a ty stream which can then be converted directly into an MPEG 2 stream with little problem some packages supposedly do this on the fly as the file is being downloaded.  I use TivoApp to download the stream, TyConvert to move the file from the ty stream to an MPEG 2 file, and then TMPGEnc to massage the file into an appropriate format for VCD/DVD/SVCD.  For the rest of the features you might want to check with the http://www.tivocommunity.com/ forums be forewarned that discussion of video extraction there is strictly prohibited in this group.  I have seen some talk of time-lapse and security related hacks that allow for this type behavior of a tivo but I don't know if it has been done or was just something people wanted.
  
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From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
Of mike
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 7:45 PM
To: discuss at ntlug.org
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Video Record


Will  your TiVO output video files? That is, can you export video to CD, or 
to another pc via ethernet. 

>From :  	Video source (camera) in NTSC (S-video or RCA plug)
Via: 	Video editing software (at least with audio dub)
To:  	CD burner (preferably in a format that either a PC or a DVD player can 
handle... VCD most likely)

modes:   A. security (time lapse video)
	B. training videos
	C. experiment monitoring... 'exhibit A type video'

Does a Tivo (or an upgrade derivative) help accomplish this?  The Television 
tie-ins are going to be hard to sell at my work. A decade ago, (the last 
round of 'video-training',) they spent almost 10x on VHS video recorders that 
didn't have television recievers built into them, just to keep out any 
potential use of the video room as a breakroom a decade.  The current 
capabilities of our video creation room are way less than what is needed.. 
the end result tapes have a too much washout in them to be usable, and they 
wear out too fast <100 views before the tracking dies.  As a result of the 
limitations, the trainers never use video as a medium for training as a 
result.  

On Sunday 21 July 2002 11:29 pm, you wrote:
> I have one it's an IBM ppc 403 running kernel 2.1.24 using a Panasonic
> digital tunner a Sony mpeg encoder and an IBM decoder the whole rig cost me
> around 550 and was worth every penny.  It currently has a 30GB hard drive
> in it and a link to my Linux server to route caller id information to the
> screen.  I have an ethernet card in it that grabs program guide updates
> over my broadband connection and allows me to setup recordings while I'm
> not at home.  You can get more information about this setup at
> http:/www.tivo.com/ and http://www.9thtee.com/.
>
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> Of mike
> Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 11:46 PM
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> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Video Record
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>
> Does anyone have a working video recorder based on Linux?
>
> If so:
> 	Whats the setup
> 	what hardware is used for input?
> 	whats the storage/time ratio?
>
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