Fantastic!
I’ve just created a couple of picture perfect high-bitrate DVDs, from content that had been stuck on my TiVo for weeks. I used a combination of tools in the end, ripping the .ty files from the TiVo using mfs_ftp, and then using most of the tyTools package to edit, insert chapters, and create a DVD.
I did make one slight cock-up on my first go - I created a DVD without transcoding the audio first. The TiVo stores its audio at 32KHz, and most DVD players expect a 48KHz stream… when I played my first trial DVD on a standard DVD player, everyone sounded like a chipmunk. It meant that the intelligence officers in The Grid (I’m encoding all three episodes for Sue) lost some of their gravitas! It’s a simple menu option on the tyTools package to make sure it transcodes the audio when it creates the VOB files. Clever stuff.
I’m just ripping the last episode of The Grid, and then I shall start on all the other stuff I’ve left on TiVo for ages. I think I’ll begin with Kind Hearts and Coronets - a brilliant film which makes you realise just why Alec Guinness was so annoyed at being remembered just for Obi Wan.
Don’t forget you promised a copy of The Grid for me too!