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Weblog:   TiVo and the Mac
Subject:   Easy on a Mac...
Date:   2004-08-30 08:26:27
From:   skellener
I haven't had any problems making DVD's from TiVo on my Mac. It's quite easy.


I use an Canopus ADVC-100 to grab in video from the TiVo into iMovie. I can edit and go right into iDVD. It all works quite seemlessly. The quality is fantastic! No networking issues to deal with and no converting to deal with since the footage all comes in as DV in realtime. Great for DirecTivos since they aren't encoded in MPEG anyway.


At $249 the Canopus is much cheaper than your solution of buying a whole Windows PC just for making DVD's. I also get the added benefit of never having to leave OS X.


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  • Easy on a Mac...
    2004-08-31 23:06:47  fofer [Reply | View]

    Using a digitizer like the Canopus requires you to play back the file in real time, and import into iMovie or Final Cut Pro. This monopolizes your TiVo and Mac, and will result in a loss of quality.

    By extracting the files directly off the TiVo, you get the original's digital quality. This is sheer bliss of a DirecTiVo, where the video quality won't suffer from the digital-analog conversion.

    The digitizing process might work for some, but for others it just doesn't cut the mustard.
  • Easy on a Mac...
    2004-08-30 21:25:13  Larry_H [Reply | View]

    Skellener,

    Please tell me more.

    Are you using this with DirectTiVo?

    Will this still work with a TiVo Series 1?

    Do you have to hook the TiVo to the Canopus ADVC-100 while it is hooked to the Mac? (My TiVo is not next to my Mac, but 50 feet away.)

    Thanks.
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