They are DRMed. TiVo has specced one DVD burning software to dump them. I went ahead and bought it -- I guess if you don't already have good software, it's as decent as any.
So, how was your summer? Mine was fun. Saw some fish. Went mad with hunger. Hallucinated a whole bunch.
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§ ita § - Oct 11, 2005 10:35:38 am PDT #4905 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
amych - Oct 11, 2005 10:46:37 am PDT #4906 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I feared as much. That will complicate things -- but, thanks for the info.
tommyrot - Oct 11, 2005 10:48:07 am PDT #4907 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Don't they anticipate that people will mostly use TiVo-to-Go to watch stuff that's saved to their laptop's HD?
§ ita § - Oct 11, 2005 10:49:09 am PDT #4908 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My primary usage is archival. I don't think I've watched anything I've transferred, but my laptop is a Mac.
amych - Oct 11, 2005 10:53:05 am PDT #4909 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Don't they anticipate that people will mostly use TiVo-to-Go to watch stuff that's saved to their laptop's HD?
That's certainly how they present it -- but since when do people use technology in the way that its makers originally envisioned it?
tommyrot - Oct 11, 2005 10:55:17 am PDT #4910 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
but since when do people use technology in the way that its makers originally envisioned it?
Last Tuesday.
I think.
§ ita § - Oct 11, 2005 10:56:12 am PDT #4911 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Right now I'm using my mouse perfectly normally.
Then again, I am at work, after all, and there are rules.
bon bon - Oct 11, 2005 10:57:35 am PDT #4912 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Right now I'm using my mouse perfectly normally.
I'm not.
NoiseDesign - Oct 11, 2005 10:58:08 am PDT #4913 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
There is software that strips the DRM out of the Tivo files and makes them regular MPEG files. It works quite well. I've even had success with moving the files back to a Mac and burning DVD's with Toast 6.
amych - Oct 11, 2005 11:00:05 am PDT #4914 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Last Tuesday.
Already been Snopesed.
There is software that strips the DRM out of the Tivo files and makes them regular MPEG files.
For home, I will be looking into this the moment I finally get the thing networked t eyes UPS tracking . For work purposes, sadly not an option.
(edit because I know the difference between an urban legend and a monkey trial)