How To Convert TiVo-to-go Files To MPEG Files

[Suhit Gupta]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.evillabs.net/tivo/' target='_blank'>http://www.evillabs.net/tivo/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"TiVo's new DRM system allows you to move video from your TiVo to your PC, but not as a plain MPEG file that you can slice and dice and watch in the player of your choice. Here are step-by-step instructions for converting TiVo-to-Go video to MPEG files."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/detivo.jpg" /><br /><br />Of course, it should go without saying that this is for personal use only, and not so you can distribute your files to others.

[klinux]

I've also read that Dr. DivX also encodes the file fine without problem.

Dr. DivX is one of the few softwares that I do buy and highly recommend to others.

[OSUKid7]

I'm always interested in the legality of these sorts of things. If you have DRM'd media, are you allowed to convert it and remove the DRM? I know this is the whole moral vs. legal dilemma again, but it still bugs me. I'm one of the few people in my age group who actually tries to follow the law when it comes to digital media....so yeah, I understand most people don't care about the legality of this. ;)

Anyway, cool application. :P

[James Fee]

It's a tough question to answer. I think this falls into the category (my uninformed option mind you) of "fair use".

[Jason Dunn]

This will only work on files that don't have the broadcast flag on them (I think), so I wouldn't worry about the legality of it all - they're just TV shows that you're recording from your own cable signal...