Re: The Woodworking Channel

Odinn wrote:
On 4/15/2006 1:28 PM Lee Gordon mumbled something about the following:

<<Then you need to setup the networking. The tivo doesn't have an
ethernet port, but it does have a usb port. You can get either wired
or wireless usb to ethernet adapter and plug that into the back.
Before you buy, go to the tivo website and see what's compatable. Most
are not. Better yet, buy it from them. Their prices are ok and you'll
know it works. If you have a broadband connection, this also allows
you to get the guide info over the internet and ditch the phone line.
And you can use the tivo website to schedule shows. You can also use a
lot of other new tivo features. I play my entire mp3 collection from
my computer through the tivo.>>

This is how I do it as well. However, I did not buy TiVo's own
network adapter. Theirs normally goes for around $50 but at the time
I was looking they were out of stock and were selling on eBay for $90
or more. I rolled the dice and bought one of the compatible ones
from their list. (Here is a link to that list:
http://customersupport.tivo.com/knowbase/root/public/tv2184.htm? )

I found a Netgear WG111 on eBay for around $35. That is one of the
few compatible 802.11g models other than their own (most of the
approved ones are 802.11b). And, as you can see from the list, for
that particular model you have to be sure to get one with a serial
number starting with either WG72 or 130. For some reason all other
Netgear WG111s won't work so make sure the eBay seller specifically
guarantees the unit to be TiVo compatible.

Even with 802.11g I find that program transfers require more than
twice real time to complete. IOW, a half hour episode of Wood Works
takes a bit more than an hour to transfer from the TiVo to the
computer using TiVo2Go and my wireless network. I usually select 3 or
4 episodes at a time and transfer them overnight while I am sleeping.
I then use Direct Show Dump to convert them from proprietary .tivo
format to .mp2, edit out the commercials and end up with a 20 minute
program and burn 4 shows on each DVD.

Before I set up the network I was using a Dazzle USB capture device
and taking the audio and S-Video outputs directly from the TiVo box
and plugging them directly into the computer. There were a couple of
disadvantages of that for me. For one thing, the transfers take place
in real time so I would end up watching the shows -- commericals and
all -- as they transferred, which defeats part of the purpose of
TiVo. My other problem was that my TV & TiVo are on a different
electrical circuit from my computer and when I connect them together I
get a ground loop which causes audio and video noise. The cost of a
pair of s-video baluns and 40 feet of Cat5 cable was going to be more
than a network adapter and a wireless router, so I opted for the
latter solution.

I now have 72 episodes of Wood Works and 18 episodes of New Yankee
Workshop on DVD and I have proably 6 more of each still on the TiVo
box waiting to be transferred.

Lee


What I've found easier than pulling them off my TiVo is getting them
from a bittorrent site or mlnet. Most people who have put them up have
already stripped out the commercials for you, and all you have to do is
burn them to DVD.

Now, before anyone says anything about it being illegal to download them
from a bittorrent or mlnet, it's no more illegal to download them from
there than it is from your TiVo and do all the footwork to remove the
commercials and burn to DVD, so if you have a problem with this, then
you better voice your opinion about the legalities of stripping them
from your TiVo as well.

I believe that recording a show for "timeshift" viewing (i.e., viewing
at another time than it is programmed) falls under the Fair Use
provisions of copyright law (in the U.S.).

:)

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