uploading a new kernel with the LBA48 (I believe it's actually using Mark Lord's patch to get LBA48 on 2.2.x kernels actually) so I can get a 250GB or 300GB drive

Yes, I believe someone there emailed me for that a while back..

Cheers

That sounds like TyTool although now there seems to be a "DVD version." Possibly it outputs a DVD compliant MPEG2 straight away? I really don't have anything to extract at the moment, so I will wait to find out.

Streaming shows from the replay to watch on a computer is the part DVArchive doesn't have down perfectly, but improvements are in the pipeline.

Oh, I see now. This is a feature of DVArchive that I haven't played with much. And now that you mention it, I'm sure it behaved as you say when I was streaming to my computer. But since the computer and the Replay are in the same room, I don't have much use for it.

Even so, it's nice to know that Gerry, and anyone who may be helping, are so dedicated to making improvements to an already awesome third party tool for the Replay.

now there seems to be a "DVD version."

Ooooo! My interest has been piqued!

Refresh my memory, can you edit out commercials with TyTool?

From Dealdatabase forum:

TyTool is a program designed by jdiner, for extracting video from the Tivo, removing commercials, and either playing the extracted video on a computer, or burning directly to CD or DVD media. IT'S ALL FREE, IT'S ALL EASY, and IT'S ALL HERE! Furthermore, regular improvements are constantly being made to make it even easier and better than it already is.

Thread:
http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25648

Rob, on my stand alone, I just changed the bitrates to encode my video at 720x480 natively, then I extract, cut the comercials, multiplex the video, and its ready for DVD. Really quick now actually. Much easier than converting a 1 hour show for 10 hours from 480x480 to 720x480. I'm using Tytool7r8.

Does anyone know a good way to convert mpg files. I really like TMPGEnc, but with mpg files it crashes every time. I can create Divx files easily. The reason for this is I do hate the way tytool makes cuts in the video. You cannot make cuts at every frame. It's every 4 or so frames. It slows down the process, but makes for better cuts.

Ah, that's the reason I quit. I didn't like how the available utilities worked, and I also wanted to use TMPGEnc. I also changed the native res but it didn't work too easly for me. What DVD burning program are you using? Do you have DirecTivo?

That's interesting, Rob. Has TyTool always been able to do that?

Has TyTool always been able to do that?

The version I last used couldn't

Excellent. When I get back on a wired networrk I'll try extraction again

I just burned it using Nero 6 (This was coincidently my very first DVD, and worked flawlessly). I imported the mpg into Ulead DVD Movie Factory, which created my video_ts folder with the vob, ifo, etc files.

Wow, glad I jumped on this when I did, the 5060s and 5080's are gone. New 5040's are now available, but $449.99 is kinda steep, even minus the 10% coupon. Looks like I finally bought a gadget at the best possible time.

Mine is scheduled for delivery tomorrow... The suspense is killing me!

Well, I received my 5060 this evening. Setting it up was a breeze... The activation was painless, though the "My ReplayTV" service claims I'm not activated yet, but they say "try again tomorrow" so I guess there's a nightly batch cycle or a 24 hour waiting period or something.

My first impressions are that this thing is going to be really useful and fun. It's hard to get used to not being able to watch something else while it's recording, so I'll probably split the cable signal to my TV's tuner so I can flip around if it's recording something (assuming I don't want to watch that particular show at that moment.) This illustrates how cool having DirecTivo would be, but DirecTV isn't an option for me now.

It's kinda funny having the "SonicBlue" moniker plastered all over, and also very amusing being "welcomed" to my new ReplayTV by a defunct company. Then again, that same defunct company's name is on the back of my car stereo... Wonder if they'll phase in the new company name/logos/etc. in future software updates...

Speaking of software updates, I did find a way to force it to update the program guide and check for software updates (243 Zones, option 6), and it turns out I'm on a pretty old version of the software... So the new software is currently downloading. I'm hoping it addresses the slow menus a little bit. Some of the other little easter eggs are cool, too, the War Games style tic-tac-toe is a hoot.

Got DVarchive running very quickly. Needed to download an MPEG-2 codec, but I can now transfer and watch shows. Streaming is still screwed up, not sure why. This will be VERY cool to have. Just need about 6 or 7 200GB hard drives. Speaking of which, it *is* an 80GB Maxtor drive in there, so when I'm feeling adventurous (after the 90day warranty expires) I might give reformatting it a shot. Very strange they'd hide 20GB of storage from the consumer, but I guess they just needed to sell more cheaper models... And the winner is... me!

Oh well. Gonna go back to playing with my new toy... Maybe my software is done updating now.

Once it's had a few days to record stuff you like, you'll try and avoid reccording live shows because comerical skip doesn't work well on live shows. I've been meaning to split my cable into my TV seperatly for 6 months, but have never gotten around to it.

DVarchive is great. The page you don't even know you're looking for yet is http://users.rcn.com/mmacdonald31/xinedvarch/xinedvarch.html which will help you get streaming to your computer working right. I wish it'd work on windows media player, but it doesn't seem to be in the cards.

Matthew

Does anyone know how the RePlayTV Program Guide would work in Canada (Toronto area)?

I know they won't ship to Canada, so I plan on using a US address for delivery, then have it forwarded to Toronto.

I am thinking I will purchase one of the 5040 clearance units (I expect I need to act fairly soon), but I don't know enough (yet) about how the RePlayTV Program Guide works to know if there is a dependency on how my cable company (Rogers) maps the station/channel allocations.

If I had one already, I am sure I would know this, but I am new to this type of unit, so I know I don't know enough...

Thanks in advance.

There may be something about this in the ReplayTV FAQ. But as far as I know, ReplayTV units channel listings and guide data are provided by Tribune Media Services, and either they don't have listings for Canada based cable companies, or don't provide them to ReplayTV units. There has been talk in the ReplayTV section of AVSForum from some Canada residents (perhaps just one) who did get their units working fine. So my advice would be to hop over to AVSForum and ask, if you haven't already done so.

Glad to hear you got yours up and running. I finally got my 5060 working last night as well (since the night before, Adelphia's internet went down due to the worm). One word of warning. Don't let the unit get too warm. Mine did, and locked up twice during playback. I moved some things around, and it seems to be fine now.

And yeah, the new update gets rid of the SonicBlue tags, and also adds a manual connect to the setup menu.

Don't let the unit get too warm.

I put a laptop cooler under my TiVo to keep it cool. Mine had a wall plug though. It worked well until the third month of being on 24/7. The (assumingly) cheap fans started making noise.

Glad to hear you got yours up and running.

Not without some flakiness, though. Channel 4 comes in with a lot of staticky sound and picture. It looks fine with cable going directly into my TV, but crappy through the replay. At least it was that way last night. Luckily it's a channel I won't record often, but it'd be nice to be able to at least *watch* that channel on the Replay... Waiting to find out if this is an intermittent problem or not. AVSForum chronicles some other problems people have been having with flaky ReplayTV tuners, but it doesn't seem *that* widespread.

Otherwise things have been pretty cool. I've been playing with DVArchive and the other various programs people have written.. Fun stuff. Everything I've asked it to record so far has been recorded, and it's very good about letting you know if there are conflicts. So far so good, save the flaky channe 4, and the fact that you can't assign padding to "theme channels," which forces me to record sporting events individually.

Hey, thanks for that link to the laptop cooler. That looks like just what I need to cool my DishPVR 721 unit, which gets pretty hot (121 degrees F) in my not-air-conditioned house these days.

Beware the unit I linked to is USB powered. Unless your PVR has a powered USB port, you may want to find one that comes with a wall plug.

Yep. I need to check if its powered, as it was intended for keyboards/mice only.