On Jan 24, 2009, at 5:08 PM, Sunny wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Sunny <sloncho at gmail.com> > Date: Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 5:07 PM > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] OT: Tivo unit wanted > To: swaite at sbn-services.com > > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 2:51 AM, <swaite at sbn-services.com> wrote: >> Sunny - This Popcorn unit sounds like it would actually be a better >> option. The only problem is it would not play Tivo recorded shows >> unless they were converted. Other than that I might want one of these >> for myself. >> > > I do not know which format Tivo records in, but looks like its mpeg2, > and popcorn is capable to pay these. I found this perl program to > extract the mpeg file from a .tivo file: > http://lifehacker.com/5048824/decrypt-and-remove-commercials-from-tivo-recordings-in-one-step > and it should be trivial. I'm a regular reader of Lifehacker and I don't know how I missed that article. Thanks for the link, Sunny! --- Eric Crist