iChat - How to convert TiVo to MPEG for playback on PC? brntkobe1 - Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:43 pm Post subject: How to convert TiVo to MPEG for playback on PC?
How to convert TiVo to MPEG for playback on PC?
Nowadays, TiVo has becoming more and more popular as a home setup box for recording television programs or movies for later playback. And it is necessary to use the free program TiVo Desktop Software for PC which is designed to transfer the recordings to your personal computer. But an issue with the TiVo files is that they are not compatible with other multi-media programs which you use to view TiVo files. To view TiVo files on most computers, it is required to convert the TiVo files to MPEG format. Here I just share with you the easy-solution to convert TiVo to MPEG with a reliable TiVo converter called Moyea Video Converter.
Part one: Transfer TiVo files from your TiVo player to your computer
Download and install the free application TiVo Desktop Software for PC here. Open TiVo Desktop, left-click the recording to transfer to your computer and select the "Pick Recording to Transfer" menu button. When the transfer task is finished, the TiVo Desktop will indicate.
Part two: Convert TiVo to MPEG with a timesaver – Moyea Video Converter
First of all, free download this video converter here, install and run it. Then click the "Add" button to load the TiVo files from your computer to this TiVo converter tool. After that, you can select the output format as MPEG from the drop-down list "Format" as well as set location from the "Output". If not, the output files will be saved in the default folder automatically.
Tips:
1) Tick the checkbox "Merge into one file", you can combine or join multiple TiVo files into a big one without interruption.
2) Click the "Settings" button, a profile window will pop up. Under it, you can adjust the video resolution, the aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, etc for better output quality.
3) Click the "Snapshot" button, you can capture the current picture or image you like when you view the TiVo video on the preview panel.
4) Click the "Edit" button, a editing window will pop up. Under the editing window, you can edit the TiVo filed for your reference by using the crop, trim, audio replace, and effect and watermark functions here.
After all the settings are done, just click the "Convert" button to start TiVo conversion. And my video converter also supports batch conversion so you can convert several TiVo files at the same time.
Well done. Hopefully this article will help you. bencaban01 - Wed Apr 21, 2010 4:24 am Post subject:
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