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Re: #7325.6 Recording TV to Disk (!)
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Mon, 10 Nov 2003 15:42:13 EST
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--- Forwarded Message from "Margo Burns" <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Subject: RE: #7325 Recording TV to Disk
>Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 15:28:57 -0500
>Thread-Topic: #7325 Recording TV to Disk
>Thread-Index: AcOkk5kpDun5dPxGSIOTkreakf3q3wADMt5s
>From: "Margo Burns" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum"    <[log in to unmask]>

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TiVo is great, but there is a major difference between the current "Series 2" boxes and the older "Series 1" boxes.  TiVo's HD operating system is Linux-based, and accessible, but none of the information I've been able to find on-line or in print indicates that you can hack a fully functional "back door" into a Series 2 TiVo box and access the video directly as files, while this apparently *is* possible with the older models.  There are a variety of resources on-line about hacking TiVo, and I've seen a book at B&N on the subject as well, but if you have a Series 2 box, most of the best hacks described just won't work.

For digitizing video onto HD, I use a $200 Synchrotech Datavideo DAC-100 box (http://www.synchrotech.com) to take analog video from any source  (I've tried it successfully from live TV, VCR, TiVo, video camera, and DVD as output sources) via regular RCA cables or S-video, and converted it to DV and sent it along via FireWire to my Mac (does Windows, too), where I do my basic editing in iMovie, then burn a DVD with iDVD.  I'm not sure what I'd try for setting up a timed recording when away from the machine (a la VCR), since iMovie is apparently not AppleScriptable, however.

Cheers,
Margo

Margo Burns
Director of The Language Center
St. Paul's School
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 229-4665
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--- Forwarded Message from Joseph Kautz <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 12:59:38 -0800 (PST)
>From: Joseph Kautz <[log in to unmask]>
>To: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Recording TV to Disk


Hello.  We have some instructors who record off air broadcasts to VHS for
use in class.  I am looking for a way to capture these broadcasts
directly to a HD (e.g. Tivo?) I want to avoid having to digitize the stuff
from VHS.  Does anyone have suggestions for how to do this?  Joseph

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