[MEncoder-users] mencoder-tivo -- mencoder wrapper to create TiVo-readable files

[Andrew Stellman]

I just sent this announcement to mencoder-users at mplayerhq.nu -- it seems 
relevant here as well. I figured I might be able to save someone the irritation 
of having to spend an hour experimenting with options in order to figure out 
which ones the TiVo accepts. (I took the shortcut of asking a friend of mine 
who's an engineer there!)

Hope this helps someone!

Andrew



---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:14:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: Andrew Stellman <astellman at stellman-greene.com>
To: mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu
Subject: mencoder-tivo -- mencoder wrapper to create TiVo-readable files

I wrote a small script which will run mencoder with the correct options to 
create a file that can be transferred to a TiVo.

>From <http://www.stellman-greene.com/astellman/mencoder_tivo/>:

> When TiVo released version 7.2 of the TiVo software and version 2.2 of the 
> TiVo desktop software, they added a feature which allows the TiVo to retrieve 
> video from a home network. Unfortunately, the TiVo can't play all formats. 
> mencoder_tivo.pl will read any video file and convert it into a format which 
> the TiVo can play.

I included options to allow the user to set the resolution and bitrate, as well 
as an option to create a low-quality file. It's written in Perl, and requires 
mencoder to be in the path.

Andrew Stellman
"Applied Software Project Management" (O'Reilly, November 2005)
http://www.stellman-greene.com

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