Saving Stored Movies to DVD

[djlanie]

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[slacker9876]

Scott would have to say for sure, but I do not think this is an acceptable topic for this forum. Video extraction is a very taboo topic with TiVo. As with the construction of nuclear weapons I know the information is out there on the net ...

 

[tbenning]

Scott would have to say for sure, but I do not think this is an acceptable topic for this forum. Video extraction is a very taboo topic with TiVo. As with the construction of nuclear weapons I know the information is out there on the net ...

Video Extraction may be a taboo subject, but that is not necessarily what djlanie was asking about. This can be done quite easily and legally by simply playing the video from the Tivo to a Video capture card like the "Pinnacle Systems Dazzle Digital Video Creator 150" or an "Adaptec VideOh! DVD". Both of these cards can capture any video source to the computer in a format that can be later saved to DVD. While this does not give a perfect digital copy like video extraction, there is nothing illegal or taboo about discussing this.

 

[mjitkop]

I have a video capture card in my computer and the S-video output of my HDVR2 is connected to it. The sound is connected to the input of my souncard.

I use the piece of software called iuVCR to control the capture. I capture in AVI format and then do some editing before creating a DVD layout and finally burn to DVD.

While this is not a perfect digital copy, the resulting video is as good as it can be and much much better than a VHS! And this is completely legal. The only problem with this method is that it is very time consuming but in the end it is well worth it when you actually have a DVD of a show broadcast on TV.

Due to the fact that it takes so much time to do all this, I only make DVD's of TV shows that are not available for sale in stores. I will not make DVD's of recorded movies because I can buy the DVD in a store and it takes way less time to buy it than processing the video off the TiVo.

This is my experience. Your mileage may vary.

 

[slacker9876]

Video Extraction may be a taboo subject, but that is not necessarily what djlanie was asking about. This can be done quite easily and legally by simply playing the video from the Tivo to a Video capture card like the "Pinnacle Systems Dazzle Digital Video Creator 150" or an "Adaptec VideOh! DVD". Both of these cards can capture any video source to the computer in a format that can be later saved to DVD. While this does not give a perfect digital copy like video extraction, there is nothing illegal or taboo about discussing this.

Guess I just assumed the former rather than the latter since this is how I do it :dev