Copy TiVo'ed shows to DVD using OS X and Toast 6

Nov 16, '03 09:35:00AM

Contributed by: Nightlife

This is a niche one, but what the heck! If you have a TiVo and a Mac with a Superdrive, you can lay off your shows to DVD instead of VHS.

Simply get yourself an analogue-to-DVD converter (Canopus makes some internal and external solutions) and run the Video Out of the TiVo into the converter. Good news here: The TiVo includes two Video Out ports, so you can still have a VCR hooked up, etc.

Then, hook the converter into a FireWire port of your Mac, and start up Toast 6 to make use of the new "Plug & Burn" feature. Select the DVD-Video option, and you should see the converter ... then just click "Import and Burn!" Or, set a timer: You can have Toast finish burning after 1 minute, 10 minutes, 30 minutes, etc.

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