| [00:00] | <srobertson> | ``kind of'' high? |
| [10:48] | <JoeBorn> | hi all. |
| [11:07] | <Eagle_Fire> | sup joe |
| [11:07] | <Eagle_Fire> | my proof-of-concept tivo transcoder is working |
| [11:08] | <Eagle_Fire> | cleaning up the code now in preparation for adding audio support |
| [11:08] | <Eagle_Fire> | plus i'm going to add watermarking so that TiVo doesn't get all up in my ass about it |
| [11:09] | <JoeBorn> | always good to minimize the amount of things "up your ass" |
| [11:09] | <Eagle_Fire> | i try to keep it down to two or less |
| [11:10] | <JoeBorn> | I was hoping to post a link from OdNT to this update, but I can see that's not going to work :( |
| [11:10] | <Eagle_Fire> | why not |
| [11:10] | <JoeBorn> | did you get the check? |
| [11:11] | <JoeBorn> | OdNT is a family site :) |
| [11:11] | <Eagle_Fire> | well Pinnochio was a family movie and it had the word ass in it about a thousand times |
| [11:11] | <Eagle_Fire> | i haven't checked my mail in a few days... da check might be there |
| [11:13] | <Eagle_Fire> | once i get audio and video resizing support, then all that's left is the auto-downloading thingy and the UI |
| [11:15] | <JoeBorn> | maybe I should start buying/ setting up some stuff |
| [11:15] | <JoeBorn> | can I get this to work with an old computer? |
| [11:16] | <JoeBorn> | obviously it will be slower, but will it work? |
| [11:16] | <Eagle_Fire> | the one and only requirement is that it run windows xp |
| [11:16] | <Eagle_Fire> | (win2k probably will work too) |
| [11:16] | <Eagle_Fire> | but win2k is mondo slower |
| [11:18] | <JoeBorn> | I see, Tivo2go won't work with Linux? |
| [11:18] | <Eagle_Fire> | correct |
| [11:19] | <Eagle_Fire> | at least, not without violating the DMCA |
| [11:19] | <JoeBorn> | gotcha |
| [11:19] | <Eagle_Fire> | and i sure wouldn't be able to crack the encryption... that's a DVD jon thing and he's not in america so he don't get tivo |
| [11:20] | <JoeBorn> | right, there are a 100 reasons we can't and shouldn't violate the DMCA obviously |
| [11:20] | <Eagle_Fire> | well, really only one |
| [11:20] | <Eagle_Fire> | but it's a good reason |
| [11:20] | <Eagle_Fire> | "illegal" |
| [11:20] | <JoeBorn> | limited rectal capacity? |
| [11:21] | <Eagle_Fire> | i hear that can be increased with a stretching regimen though |
| [11:21] | <Eagle_Fire> | there was a website about it, i forget the name, something about goats |
| [11:21] | <JoeBorn> | I think we need a IRC log purging utility here. |
| [11:21] | <JoeBorn> | anyway. |
| [11:22] | <Eagle_Fire> | the transcoding utility shall be called tivoisaregisteredtrademarkoftivoinc.exe |
| [11:22] | <JoeBorn> | ok, well I think I'm going to buy a TiVo2 and hook up an old PC to it. |
| [11:23] | <Eagle_Fire> | super |
| [11:23] | <Eagle_Fire> | what's wrong with using a normal high-powered PC |
| [11:23] | <JoeBorn> | well, luckly XP is not limited to 8.3 |
| [11:23] | <JoeBorn> | nothing its just what I have laying around spare adn I like dedicated machines for this. |
| [11:23] | <Eagle_Fire> | ah |
| [11:24] | <JoeBorn> | I hate having something bogging down the machine I'm trying to work on. |
| [11:24] | <Eagle_Fire> | it would do it overnight usually |
| [11:24] | <Eagle_Fire> | unless you have > 8 hours of recordings to transcode per day |
| [11:24] | <JoeBorn> | well, right but as you know, I'm working overnight half the time myself. |
| [11:24] | <Eagle_Fire> | (it transcodes appx. 1x realtime) |
| [11:25] | <Eagle_Fire> | that's why windows invented the idle priority |
| [11:25] | <JoeBorn> | and given that half our organization is in China, there really is no nighttime |
| [11:25] | <Eagle_Fire> | but the work day is 8 hours long, then two work days should only take maximum 16 hours per day right? |
| [11:25] | <JoeBorn> | oh, well we can figure that one out too (idle thing) |
| [11:26] | <Eagle_Fire> | that leaves 8 hours for sleep and work and sleep is all you ever need to do |
| [11:26] | <JoeBorn> | so, should I put together a HOWTO as I go through the steps? Or do you want that on your site? |
| [11:26] | <Eagle_Fire> | i think i'll end up writing a howto |
| [11:27] | <Eagle_Fire> | they seem to get the best traffic |
| [11:27] | <JoeBorn> | great, we'll point to it... |
| [11:27] | <Eagle_Fire> | i might jimmy up a 442 "dock" that has USB and charger positioned right |
| [11:27] | <Eagle_Fire> | so that i plug that in at night and have it xfer automatically |
| [11:28] | <JoeBorn> | If I were you, I'd include links to buy the stuff. |
| [11:28] | <Eagle_Fire> | affiliate links, of course |
| [11:28] | <JoeBorn> | not only can you get affiliate income, but it's a geniune service |
| [11:28] | <Eagle_Fire> | ya |
| [11:28] | <Eagle_Fire> | tivo has an affiliate program but they haven't let me in yet |
| [11:29] | <Eagle_Fire> | being that my website is a loose collection of crap it's no surprise |
| [11:29] | <JoeBorn> | particuliarly since Tivo2go only works with Tivo2, pointing to the right equipment is a chuck of the research |
| [11:29] | <JoeBorn> | well, you can do buy.com's program |
| [11:29] | <Eagle_Fire> | yup |
| [11:29] | <Eagle_Fire> | ah |
| [11:29] | <Eagle_Fire> | i am registered with them |
| [11:29] | <JoeBorn> | they are through one of the big affiliate programs. |
| [11:29] | <Eagle_Fire> | super then |
| [11:30] | <JoeBorn> | setup the link and I'll buy my Tivo through you. |
| [11:31] | <Eagle_Fire> | hold on |
| [11:35] | <Eagle_Fire> | always takes some doin' to convert these pre-made crappy banners into working text links |
| [11:36] | <JoeBorn> | praise google for bringing back text! |
| [11:39] | <Eagle_Fire> | zere ve go |
| [11:39] | <Eagle_Fire> | www.anrdoezrs.net |
| [11:43] | <JoeBorn> | it expires 2/28, but I assume I have another month to send in the rebate or something? |
| [11:44] | <Eagle_Fire> | my money's on that they'll put another rebate on as soon as that expires |
| [11:44] | <Eagle_Fire> | anyhow it's purchase date |
| [11:44] | <Eagle_Fire> | must be postmarked by end of march if i recall correctly |
| [11:45] | <Eagle_Fire> | er |
| [11:45] | <Eagle_Fire> | postmarked by april 30 |
| [11:45] | <Eagle_Fire> | activate tivo service by march 30 |
| [11:46] | <Eagle_Fire> | so: buy by end of feb, activate by end of march, send in thingy by end of april |
| [11:46] | <Eagle_Fire> | receive rebate in 6 to 8 years |
| [11:46] | <JoeBorn> | 6 to 8 years, that's not bad. |
| [11:48] | <Eagle_Fire> | still gotta get that shareasale thing for neuros442 on |
| [11:54] | <Eagle_Fire> | those ebay links are a goldmine though |
| [11:54] | <JoeBorn> | what eBay links are those? |
| [11:54] | <Eagle_Fire> | ones off my sites |
| [11:55] | <JoeBorn> | some kind of eBay affiliate program? |
| [11:55] | <Eagle_Fire> | yeah |
| [11:55] | <Eagle_Fire> | i get a cut if someone buys something from ebay in the week after they use one of my links |
| [11:55] | <JoeBorn> | wow, anything from eBay? |
| [11:56] | <Eagle_Fire> | yeah |
| [12:00] | <JoeBorn> | so, I'm about to buy this TiVo, you're pretty confident we'll be able to get it all working? |
| [12:01] | <Eagle_Fire> | i will not rest until it works |
| [12:01] | <Eagle_Fire> | ...or until i give up |
| [12:01] | <Eagle_Fire> | but i'm past the it-might-be-impossible point |
| [12:01] | <Eagle_Fire> | everything else i have to do is entirely doable |
| [12:06] | <JoeBorn> | ok, cool. |
| [12:14] | <JoeBorn> | ok, I bought it. If you don't get your kickback, you'll know they are screwing you. |
| [12:17] | <Eagle_Fire> | excellent |
| [12:23] | <JoeBorn> | can you give me a nice looking HTML link for OdNT for your affiliate link. |
| [12:23] | <JoeBorn> | sorry I'm such a retard, I can't get it to work. |
| [12:24] | <Eagle_Fire> | pastebin.com |
| [12:35] | <JoeBorn> | thanks. |
| [12:42] | <JoeBorn> | ok, see you all later |