RE: Tivo to Zune
Great.ﾃつ*ﾃつ*I have a followup question.
If this were a Portable Windows Media Center or Windows Mobile device, then WMP sync would convert the .Tivo file in the WMP library directly to WMV and send it to the portable device.ﾃつ*ﾃつ*It would be nice if it worked because the free version of TivoToGo supports those portable devices at no additional fee.ﾃつ*ﾃつ* (The plus version I specified in my procedure contains licensed codecs so Tivo has to charge $24 extra for that version).ﾃつ*ﾃつ*
I am wondering if the zune software won't do the same to a .Tivo file in the WMP library.ﾃつ*ﾃつ*If it is a fork of WMP, or shares the transcode subsystem code, then it very well could.ﾃつ*ﾃつ*
Could anyone verify that? If you have a Zune and know someone with a Tivo and a computer, it's easy to verify. Just install the Free TivoToGo software at the Tivo site (link above) and transfer something small (eg tell tivo to record something for a minute, then stop the recording. Transfering and transcoding such a test file will be rapid. Anyhow, check the box to store in WMP library and do the transfer. Then go into Zune and sync it to see if it recognizes that the .Tivo is eligible for .WMV transcoding to the Zune.
If this doesn't work and we really must do the double transcode steps I outlined above, then I have a second question. It is plausible that some transcodes would be a lot faster than others due to similarities between their MPEG4 structuring and WMV's MPEG4 encoding.ﾃつ*ﾃつ*Is one TivoTransfer output file any faster for WMV conversion than others?ﾃつ*ﾃつ*Is any of them higher fidelity?
Sorry for pummeling you folks with questions.ﾃつ*ﾃつ*If I had one of these for about a half hour I could verify all this myself, but frankly, I have too many gizmos in the house as is and I just don't have room for a Zune until one of the others breaks.
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