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Suspending New Registrations
March 12, 2008 7:36 PM
Category: Forum Software
In the Admin Control Panel:

Tools & Settings
>>Security & Privacy
>>Security [Managing Members]
>>Set "Disable new registrations?" to "Yes".
This will lock the board so no new users can register. Useful if you're not finished installing or tweaking the board and people are showing up and trying to register. I find it helpful to suspend registrations while I test hidden forums and user groups.

TiVo to iPod
March 10, 2008 4:33 PM
Category: Media
  1. Using TiVo Desktop, suck the program off the TiVo and onto your computer.
  2. Open VideoRedo, then choose the .tivo file you wish to convert.
  3. Run it through VideoReDo, clipping the commercials out. Save the completed file to your hard drive. It will now be an .mpg file. 
  4. Open Nero Recode. (Or from Smart Start, choose "Photo and Video", then "Convert DVD-Videos to Nero Digital TM".
  5. Click "Import Files" and choose the .mpg file you saved from VideoReDo. The settings should be:
    1. Nero Digital Category: Apple iPod
    2. Nero Digital Profile: iPod Video
    3. Fit to target (checked or not, depending on how high quality you want)
    4. For target, I use "DVD-5 4.7GB"
  6. When you have it all set up, click  "Next".
  7. For "Burn Settings", choose Destination of "Hard Disk Folder". Then pick a folder where you'd like to keep it. I use a folder called "iPod".
  8. Click "Burn" and you're off and running.
When Nero is finished, fire up iTunes and plug in your iPod. Go to File >> Add File To Library  and find your file. Then drag and drop it onto your iPod.

That's all there is to it. I save my files so that an hour show comes in around 600-800mb. I've tried some other crappy free software for converting, but by the time the show was over the audio was so far off the video it was like watching Godzilla movies when I was a kid.

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