01-24-2008, 05:37 PM
I just transferred a couple of minutes of a standard def. program from my Series3 to my Pioneer DVD-R/TiVo and when I tried to burn it to a DVD, I got the following error:
"This program cannot be copied to DVD because it was transferred from a DVR with incompatible audio and video formats." Which is similar to the error I got before when I tried this a long time ago from a standalone Series2 (the program plays fine though). You can transfer from one DVD-R unit to another and burn, though there may not be much need for that.
But you shouldn't have any trouble transferring content over a wireless network to your G5 and using Toast 8, it'll just be a bit slower than a wired network (HD content on 100Base-T transfers a little faster than real-time on my network, though oddly, that's about how fast SD content transfers also, go figure). I've even transferred HD content over a 'b' network as painful as that is.
The only thing about the HD and Series3 is that they will abide by the copy-protection flag, if set (correctly or incorrectly) by the cable company. I haven't run across any programs with it set yet (I can even transfer movies from HBO and Showtime), but some folks have reported that their cable company is incorrectly flagging almost everything, preventing transfers of those programs.
"This program cannot be copied to DVD because it was transferred from a DVR with incompatible audio and video formats." Which is similar to the error I got before when I tried this a long time ago from a standalone Series2 (the program plays fine though). You can transfer from one DVD-R unit to another and burn, though there may not be much need for that.
But you shouldn't have any trouble transferring content over a wireless network to your G5 and using Toast 8, it'll just be a bit slower than a wired network (HD content on 100Base-T transfers a little faster than real-time on my network, though oddly, that's about how fast SD content transfers also, go figure). I've even transferred HD content over a 'b' network as painful as that is.
The only thing about the HD and Series3 is that they will abide by the copy-protection flag, if set (correctly or incorrectly) by the cable company. I haven't run across any programs with it set yet (I can even transfer movies from HBO and Showtime), but some folks have reported that their cable company is incorrectly flagging almost everything, preventing transfers of those programs.