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omnis_audis - Apr 19, 2009 11:33:07 am PDT #9730 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Ah, found it on the Motorola website. It's nothing I can do from the remote (which is what I was using). It appears I have to do it from the few buttons on the front face of the box. I hope it then enables them on the TV to toggle on/off. I only use them when I can't understand what someone said, and then turn it off (or when I'm on the phone with family for HOURS at a time).

The model I have is the DCH3416. I found the info at [link] In case anyone else was having the same problem.

Megan_Walker, back flung.


omnis_audis - Apr 19, 2009 9:31:49 pm PDT #9731 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Now that I am home, the attempt to get cc didn't work. The cable box says subtitles ON. But I'm not seeing them. Guess I'll call tech support.


Vortex - Apr 20, 2009 8:22:38 pm PDT #9732 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

okay, here is my pain in the ass, extremely first world diamond shoe problem, which I am trying to solve without making any purchases. or at least not a major one.

1. I have an HD tivo in the living room with a cable card, so that it recieves digital cable and the pay channels.

2. I have a series 2 tivo with a DVD burner in the bedroom, but it's connected to an old tv with an RF adapter, so I have only one set of RF inputs.

3. I own a laptop with a DVD burner, using Windows DVD maker.

My problem? I would like to burn DVDs of tivo recordings. Thus far, this has been impossible because

1. If I transfer a recording from the living room tivo to the bedroom (dvd burner) tivo, the machine automatically copyright protects the transfer so that it cannot be burned.

2. I can download the recording to the laptop, but the format is incompatible with the DVD burner, and wants me to buy $100 Roxio software. I figured this out after ruining 3 or 4 DVDs

3. Because of the RF adapter, I cannot hook up both the tivo and the digital cable box to be able to record shows on the DVD burning tivo.

Suggestions? Hacks? Freeware?


Jon B. - Apr 21, 2009 2:26:17 am PDT #9733 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

This might help, Vortex. It "converts TiVo files into standard mpeg2 files which can then be used to produce a playable DVD."


Ailleann - Apr 21, 2009 4:19:30 am PDT #9734 of 25501
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

It's not free, Vortex, but I use VideoReDo to convert the .tivo files. There's a free trial to try, and frankly I found it so useful that to me it was worth the $$.

(Other than the issues I've been having with Nero, but I think that's really a codec issue.)


Vortex - Apr 21, 2009 5:17:46 am PDT #9735 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Ailleann, do you do anything other than burn tivo DVDs?

I was also thinking of upgrading to the tivotogo plus or whatever. It's only $25 and it will convert stuff for viewing on the iPod. Of course, I have no room on the iPod, so the point is kind of moot.


Ailleann - Apr 21, 2009 5:22:49 am PDT #9736 of 25501
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

I haven't used VideoReDo for anything other than dealing with .tivo files. I haven't had much need for a lot of video edit capabilities other than that, and I have DVD burning software for other things. I will say that the editing controls are very easy to use for the VideoReDo, so I think it would be good for people who don't want to futz too much, or don't need a high-powered editing program with a lot of bells and whistles.

I've done a lot of browsing on some Tivo message boards (trying to find answers for my codec problem), so if you feel like spending time googling there's a decent chance you'll find a free program that will do the same thing.


Jon B. - Apr 21, 2009 6:06:29 am PDT #9737 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I haven't used VideoReDo for anything other than dealing with .tivo files.

If all you want to do is convert the files to something burnable, then my (free software) link above does the trick quite nicely.


Amy - Apr 21, 2009 7:27:54 am PDT #9738 of 25501
Because books.

Anyone have any problems with the latest version of VLC?

I tried uploading it to my new laptop (reconditioned Thinkpad, Windows XP) and while it runs fine, EVERYONE IS BLUE. It looks like Scenes from Blue Man Group no matter what video I try to play.

Windows Media Player works fine, so I'm thinking it's *not* a problem with the machine itself, or the video card.

Any ideas? Is there any way to upload an older version of VLC? That's what I had on the old machine, and I never had a problem with it, but as far as I can tell the DL links are only to the newest version. Help?


Calli - Apr 21, 2009 8:59:41 am PDT #9739 of 25501
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Did y'all know there's manga about ubuntu?