I was told .tivo files are mpg1 or mpg2, I'm not sure. Anyway, I want to convert them to .avi files. Someone recomended Super(c). I installed it, but can't get it to work. I keep getting error messages. Any suggestions for a shareware/freeware converter, and which mpg is tivo??? Thanks all in advanced!
As we know, TIVO is a popular digital video recorder allowing the user to browse TV programs and movies by title, category, actor, producer name and record them. TV shows are saved by digital video recorder in TIVO format. TIVO files are similar to MPEG videos using MPEG-2 video compression encrypted with DRM-protection. Sometimes you've recorded many TV shows with TiVo and want to convert them to AVI format for uploading to PSP, BlackBerry or embedding in PowerPoint, but confused how to fulfill the conversion of TiVo to AVI successfully.Here in the article we will discusses an easy way to get TV shows off TiVo and converting them to AVI videos on your Mac.
iOrgsoft TiVo to AVI converter for mac lion is one trustworthy software to convert TiVo videos to AVI on Mac (Snow Leopard, Lion included) like convert TiVo videos to AVI, convert TiVo HD to AVI and TS TiVo shows to AVI, etc freely and efficiently, With the simple yet powerful programme, you can not only transcode Tivo to AVI, but also convert Tivo to all popular video and audio files, such as FLV, MPEG, WMV, MOV, MP4, AAC, AC3, MP3, etc with quick conversion speed and best output quality.
Mac lion Tivo to AVI Editor also provides powerful editing functions and rich encoding settings like trimming your clips, adjusting contrast, color and brightness, and merging your clips into a cohesive movie to make your customized videos before uploading to PSP, BlackBerry or embedding in PowerPoint etc. Just get the powerful software to learn the best and free way to convert Tivo to AVI files with its user-friendly interface.
This guide has 2 parts:
Parts 1: Transfer TV shows from TiVo to Mac
Parts 2: Convert TiVo to AVI on Mac OS X Lion
To transfer TV shows to Mac, you need to download TiVo Desktop Software for Mac
As we all know that the TiVo Desktop software for the Mac (supplied by TiVo) does not allow users to transfer TiVo recordings to Mac, you can transfer TiVo to Mac with specific software as long as your TiVo box is connected to your home network. Once you've recorded your favorite shows on your TiVo box, freeware like the TiVoDecode Manager can accomplish this task for you. Run the TiVoDecode Manager, and enter your TiVo's IP address in the "TiVo IP Address" box. Next click the Prefs button in the lower-right corner. Fill in the Media Access Key. A list of shows on your TiVo will appear in the Now Playing list. Select the show and click "Add Show To Queue". The selected show now appears in the Download Queue list. Click Download Location to select where you want to save it. The app allows you to convert TiVo shows to MPEG-4 video for iPhone as well.
After you transfer TiVo files to your Mac, you can convert them to AVI format. First of all, download iOrgsoft TiVo to AVI Converter for mac and launch the application. Then follow the steps below:
1. Free download the TiVo to AVI Converter mac and install it in your computer.
Tips: Click Video converter for Mac on the main interface, to pop up Video converter for Mac, You can see its main interface.
2. Import TiVo, TiVo HD, TS TiVo files by clicking "Add files" button, batch conversion supported. These loaded files will be shown in Name list.
What's worth mentioning more about the software is that TiVo batch conversion is also supported. You can simply realize the function by checking "Merge into one file".
3. Click the "Profile" to choose AVI as you desired as output profile or you can select other desired formats.
Click "Destination" button to select destination folder where the converted files will be saved.
4. If you want to split the video or adjust video display, click "Edit" button to create a video you really want.
Clip: you can select certain length of the video you want to convert
Edit: set the aspect ratio and apply special effect to your videos
Merge: you can check "Apply to all" to apply the present settings to all the TiVo files.
Preview: preview the video in the left buttom and take some snapshots
5. Click the "Convert" button to start TiVo to AVI format Conversion!
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