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Do you want to play it in a conventional DVD player? Then you have to burn it as such--it's not just a file format, it's a whole disc concern. There should be a separate option in the software.
My cheapo DVD player will play AVIs or MPEGs stored as data files, though. So it depends on the destination.
I'm converting tivo files on my computer into a format to be burned to a DVD, just not sure what format to pick.
What do you want to play the DVD with? A normal DVD player? What software are you burning with? Does it have a DVD image option? I think that's the most general term for what a standard player will play, but it depends on the machine. Hell, my $50 player accepts flash drives.
Doesn't Tivo have DVD burning software that will make all those decisions for you?
For a playable DVD, you need an m2v video file and a separate audio track (which can be a few different formats), but the usual way to do that is to import the media (in whatever format it originates) into your DVD burning software and say "Make this a DVD". That way the computer makes the decision about compression rates etc, which it can do better than you.
I'm pretty sure that imported Tivo files are MPEG-2 already, which means you shouldn't have to do any transcoding, just drag it into the DVD burning software and hit go.
On 17 November 2009, after a period where the tracker was offline, The Pirate Bay indicated that it would be permanently shut down with the hope that users will move fully away from trackers and adopt DHT and Peer Exchange as their primary source for locating peers.
Yes, but that's just the tracker. The site is still around and serving torrents, they just run trackerless - it's a technology that's been around for a while and works fine.
I use TPB for pretty much everything. I rarely find that I need to go elsewhere.
Any recommendations for a good pair of headphones for around $100?
I was about to recommend the same headphones.
If you want noise canceling ones I have a pair of these and I'm pretty happy with them:
I'm pretty sure that imported Tivo files are MPEG-2 already, which means you shouldn't have to do any transcoding, just drag it into the DVD burning software and hit go.
no, they're not. When I try to do that I get an "uncompatible format" message.
Tivo files are MPEG-2, but they are in a proprietary wrapper, the software strips that wrapper off, but there isn't a needed transcoding step.
It's all very crazy and annoying.