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[Cris]

I have a single recording ona series 2 TiVo that is 12 hours long (it is a series of panel discussions).  The file is on the order of 15 GB but only a bit more than 10 GB will transfer, and the Toast Viewer chokes on it, i.e. the video is not generally viwable beyond an hour or so into the program.

I had planned to use the edit feature in Toast to break the file down into a series of separate panels and burn a series of DVD-R archives.

The open source TiVo Decoder droplet converts to MPEG2 stripped of its TiVo-ness (encrypted? a different header structure? rearraged atoms?) , but it is in a form that appears to only be viewable in VLC media player.

I though Toast was going to be the solution for the task at hand.  Looks like I may have to record to DVD-R recorder on the fly, which is tricky.

All roads seem to lead to tedium.  At least Toast gives me the option NOT to re-encode, if only I can get TiVo transfer to work on long files.  

Any advice or work arounds what appears to be a limitation of TiVo Transfer?  Can I FTP to my TiVo?

Edited by Cris, 06 July 2008 - 07:31 PM.