Tivosync will automatically download shows from
your TiVo and convert them to mpeg4 AVI files. It
allows you to specify which shows and how much
space to use. Shows that are deleted from the TiVo
are also deleted in the target directory. It uses
mencoder from the tivo-mplayer project to do the
actual encoding. You also need to install vserver
on your TiVo.
