#tivo

@jaybhai: I found this at my door yesterday. Thanks @TiVo... http://t.co/YXyOVo6r

pyTivo is both an HMO and GoBack server. Similar to TiVo Desktop, pyTivo loads many standard video compression codecs and outputs mpeg2 video to the TiVo. However, pyTivo is able to load many more file types than TiVo Desktop.

Good for them, I

"Okay, it's pretty much as involved as most other howto's, but using this method, you can use any Intel Mac computer with USB ports, to perform an upgrade of the Tivo drives, using the Linux-based tools. This means you will be able to make the most of your Tivo drives as well as being able to still surf the new and perform other tasks, during the hours that the drives are upgrading!"

"So, after doing some research on Google, I came across this fantastic post about Upgrading TiVo With Your Mac and VMWare Fusion. While the article describes the process for Series 1 and Series 2 boxes, I tried it this afternoon with my Series 3, and am happy to report I’m now humming along with 1TB of storage. All thanks to using virtual machines.Boom. I now can store 142 hours of HD, 1241 hours of SD."

"/usr/bin/curl -k --digest -u tivo:`cat ~/.tivodecode_mak` ~/ -c /dev/null TIVO_SOURCE_URL | /usr/local/bin/tivodecode -- - | ffmpeg -y -i - -threads 4 -s 432x320 -aspect 432:320 -r 29.97 -vcodec h264 -g 150 -qmin 24 -b 200k -level 30 -loop 1 -sc_threshold 40 -partp4x4 1 -rc_eq 'blurCplx^(1-qComp)' -refs 2 -qmax 51 -maxrate 1450k -keyint_min 40 -async 50 -acodec libfaac -ar 48000 -ac 2 -ab 128k IPHONE_COMPATIBLE_OUTPUT.mp4"

What they don't mention is that it takes over 30 minutes just to painstakingly enter an order using the user interface for this particular TiVo app. "Customers simply select the desired cheesy comestible, click "I want it" enter a delivery address and hey pesto, just 30 minutes later, the pizza arrives and the cash exchange takes place. Getting up to open the door will still have to be done manually, for now."

"As I sat down with Paul and began to weed through containers of foam molds and old remote prototypes, I asked him to start from the beginning and explain how TiVo had turned a Peanut into one of the world's most loved remotes."

"The polling system is gone. TiVo is using XMPP now instead."

"Those TiVo people are smart. :-)"

"it'd give you access to cable video-on-demand, and other two-way services that have been previously off-limits to TiVo users"

"TiVoDecode Manager (TDM) is a free Applescript Studio interface (i.e. "wrapper") for the tivodecode program that automates the process of downloading of standalone TiVo Series 2 files to your computer and decoding into MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 files."

"it's a funny kind of contract that is renegotiated at the whim of one side, who can unilaterally change the deal whenever he feels like it, and which you can't get out of if you decide that the new deal isn't one that you like"

"I sold my TiVo when I left California. You can be goddamned sure I won't be buying another one. Ever"