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11 of 22 customers found the following review helpful:
 Use a DVD recorder instead to offload your Tivo, 2007-01-18
My husband and I got Toast 8 so we could save time offloading and archiving our Tivo recordings to DVD (we currently transfer the shows to our DVD recorder, which you have to do in real time). We reasoned we should be able to quickly download wirelessly from our Tivo to our iMac G5, then use Toast 8 to create DVD's easily from the transferred files. We were wrong.
Here's how it works in reality: You use Tivo Transfer which comes with Toast (make sure you have your media key - which you get online from your Tivo account - to connect to your Tivo). Once you select the shows you want to transfer to your computer, you then initiate the transfer (ours took 35 minutes for a 1 hour TV show).
NEXT, you then drag the files you transferred into the content area of Toast, decide on the menu look and feel and then select burn. This is where our assumptions fell apart.
Two problems here:
1) We only could fit two one-hour shows onto our DVD disk. Our DVD recorder allows a max of 6 one-hour shows (onto a 4.7GB DVD-R disk - the same media we use to burn disks on the G5.
2) Before the burn to disk even occurs, the data has to encode. I started encoding at 3:10pm, and at 3:44pm, the encoding for the two one-hour shows is only 17% complete. (Update - it took 3.45 hours to encode completely)
So, not only can we fit fewer shows onto the same DVD media, it takes AGES longer to do so.
Otherwise, the interface is simple to use, and the functionality as good as earlier Toast versions.
I haven't tried exporting from Tivo to my 80G iPod yet. I hope this works. It will be the only real reason for me to keep this product.
34 of 39 customers found the following review helpful:
 Just so you're aware... "TiVoToGo" feature may not work., 2007-01-17
Toast 8 Titanium is a worthwhile upgrade for the program. The GUI for the program has changed somewhat. Significantly enough that you'll notice. But not so much that there would be a learning curve to get around when using it. The whole thing is pretty much plug-n-play. If you're familiar with Toast 7, this will be a snap for you. If not, everything is fairly well spelled out, if not obvious for a mid-level Mac user. If you can do drag and drop functions, you can use Toast 8.
One of the big selling points for this program is the integration of TiVoToGo capabilities. This has been elusive to Mac users up until now. For many, it will still be elusive. What you will find out upon installation is that it will work with properly equipped Series 2 or Series 3 boxes. However, it will not work with DirecTv supplied TiVo units. Also, you should be aware that not all TiVo units have their USB ports enabled. Thus causing an issue with connecting to your existing network. There are work-arounds for these issues. But using them may void the waranty on your TiVo.
Overall, I'm happy with the purchase. The program works faster on my Intel iMac than Toast 7. But I still wish the TiVoToGo would work in my home.
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