If you have footage on your Tivo that you would like to record onto DVD, there are a couple of different methods you can use, depending on whether or not you would like to edit the video. While burning Tivo footage to DVD without editing is simpler, editing allows you to cut out commercials and only keep the footage that you actually want.
Instructions
Burn Without Edits
1. Upgrade your Tivo. Pioneer's 810-H Tivo unit has a built-in DVD burning drive that allows you to burn DVD while watching your Tivo footage.
2. Hook a DVD recorder up to your Tivo box. If you don't want to upgrade your Tivo, you can also buy a stand-alone DVD recorder. Hook the DVD recorder up to the Tivo with an audio-video cord. Plug one end of the cord into the "Video Out" section of the Tivo and the other end into the "Video In" section of the DVD recorder.
3. Record while watching. Once your stand-alone DVD recorder is connected to the Tivo, you can record while watching.
Burn With Edits
4. Buy a video capture device. Video capture devices are pass-through devices that make it possible to transfer footage from a Tivo onto a computer.
5. Hook the Tivo box up to the computer using the video capture device. Plug the end of the device with the standard audio-video cords into the video and audio out ports on the Tivo and the other end into a USB port on the computer.
6. Capture video. You can use any video-editing software to capture, including Windows Movie Maker or iMovie. Go to the "File" menu in either of these programs to find the video capture feature. Click the "Capture" button to capture and then "Finish" once your capture is complete to return to the editor.
7. Edit the video. Both Windows Movie Maker and iMovie have numerous editing tools. When recording from Tivo, most edits will be to remove commercials from the footage before burning. In Windows Movie Maker, footage is cut by double-clicking a clip in the left pane and viewing it in the preview screen. Use the razor tool beneath the screen to make any cuts. Once an image is cut down to size, drag it into the timeline at the bottom of the screen.
In iMovie, footage is cut by clicking on the clip in the lower pane. A highlight box will appear around a clip. Drag the end of the highlight box to include more or less footage in the clip, then drag the clip into the timeline in the top center of the iMovie window. Only the part of the footage that is selected will be pulled into the timeline.
8. Save the edited movie. In Windows Movie Maker, go to the "File" menu and select "Publish Movie." In iMovie, go to the "Share" menu and select "Export Movie." This will save a copy of the edited video to your computer. Once you have created an edited video clip, you can burn it to DVD using your favorite DVD-burning software. Insert a blank DVD into your DVD-burning drive, upload your edited video into the DVD-burning software and click "Burn" to create the DVD.
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