tanscoding exported sounds from MFS

[Xnaron]

I am posting this here cause I couldn't find any info on how to do it.

I figured out how to transcode the encoded sounds from the Tivo's mfs file system. It is under resource then sounds.

Use tivo-web to get the sound id for the sound then extract it using mfs_export.

Move the file to your windows box and run lame on it to trascode it to mp3.

I use:

lame -r sound-from-tivo.pcm converted-sound.mp3

Now just play it back using your favorite mp3 player.

find lame at www.doom9.org under downloads.

Xnaron--

[Xnaron]

This works best for me

lame --cbr -b 128 -k -h -s 32000 deselect_2.pcm deselect_2.mp3

[IndieRockSteve]

If the sound file is a higher quality file, try the r3mix preset. its really best for high fidelity music but should work well for other things too.

[gamejester]

I have followed these instructions to extract sound from my Tivo

Using TivoWeb, you can browse through the MFS database, into the resource objects, and determine the FSID where they're stored in the database. then, use tridge's mfs_export utility with the appropriate FSID value, and direct the output to the named file. f'rinstance:

Code:
bash_2.02 # mfs_export nnn sound1.pcm
where nnn is the FSID value you determine from TivoWeb.

I then transcoded, trying both of the example Lame commands given here, but no luck, I just get a tick sound.

INFO:
Using a UK, Series 1 Tivo.
Tried to extract:
Pagedown_2 386 132
Pageup_2 388 128

The size of the .pcm when downloaded to windows shows the correct value, either 132 bytes or 128 bytes.

Any ideas what is going wrong?