TiVO recordings to iPod??

[Skybolt]

I can transfer TiVO recordings to my Macbook via Toast's TiVO Transfer app. Works fine. However, I have not been able to find a way to then re-encode said recording for my iPod. I have tried Handbrake (all options are greyed out), iSquint (says it encodes it -- only takes a second and when I move the result to iTunes, it says "not available)), FFMPRG Streamclip (does not work). I even tried ripping the result with Mac The Ripper (thought I could then re-encode for iPod), but that does not work either. Does anybody know of any software that will do what I want to do? That is, take a TiVO recording and re-encode for my iPod.

Thanks in advance!

[fracai]

Have you tried the latest beta of Handbrake? It supports more input formats.

What format are the files that you receive from TIVO Transfer?

[macosnoob]

Try MPEG Streamclip, http://www.squared5.com.

Open the Toast-TiVo-transfer file in MPEG Streamclip and then export it to MPEG-4, using the built-in presets to select an iPod format (click the "iTunes . . ." button during the export dialog).

[Skybolt]

Thanks for your responses! Yes, I have tried the latest Handbrake.The movies are an odd file type, nameofmovie.tivo, so guess there must be something about that. I will look into MPEG Streamclip as well. In researching a bit yesterday, I found that Toast 9 will do what I want. Thinking about investing in that update as it reads like it will also act like a slingbox so that we can watch our recorded shows when we travel. Be worth the price!

Anyway, thanks for your help -- think I am on the road now!

[ewiser]

Toast does the encoding. If you have Tivo Transfer then you have Toast.
http://kb.roxio.com/content/kb/Toast/000046T?set-locale=en

I also you Elgato's H.264 Turbo to increase the encoding speed.
http://www.elgato.com/elgato/na/mainmenu/products/Accessories/Turbo264/product1.en.html

Works great due it every week for three tv programs I watch at lunch time.

[Skybolt]

Thank you! That is exactly what I was looking for! Step by step! Encoding now!

[Skybolt]

O.K., I have successfully transferred the tv shows to my iPod. But there was some strange behavior that I hope someone can clarify for me. I told the app to save one movie to my desktop. It went through all the motions, but nothing showed up on my desktop. Thinking it had failed, I did the conversion again (along with another movie that I had transferred previously), telling the app to save them in iTunes. Again nothing showed up. When I did a spotlight search, it found them in a folder Preview>users>Mary, (I think) etc. When I double clicked on each, they opened in iTunes and were saved there.

My question is, what was I doing wrong when telling the app to save in my selected place? Do I have to do a search every time I want to convert a show? What/where is the Preview folder? The app Preview did not open, so I don't think it was connected to that.

Thanks in advance for any light somebody can shed.