Comments on: Creating Clips from TiVo Recordings

By: slw

slw — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:31:43 +0000

Does this still work with Tivo HD XL and Snow Leopard?

By: Elmeng

Elmeng — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:16:28 +0000

Jaimeto
could you give us a sample property file that worked for you w/ episodeTitle in it.

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The OS X-files » Got Tivo? Get these apps! — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:43:03 +0000

[...] a good roundup with short descriptions of each program. There’s also a good walkthrough of creating Tivo clips on your Mac on the Tivo Blog website. November 23, 2008 [...]

By: Todd

Todd — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:18:48 +0000

I really wanted to find a way to create the groups and have all my music videos go into one folder back when I wrote this article but I couldn’t figure out any way to get it to do that. TiVo isn’t publishing any information on that and I doubt they ever will. Someone might figure it out at some point though. Another issue I had was that the timeline of the clips I copied back to my TiVo always showed the time in seconds instead of minutes. I don’t know why it did that but it didn’t bother me too much.

By: Minckster

Minckster — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:22:43 +0000

To create and update the .properties file (Step Four), I find it’s easier to open TiVo Transfer rather than using TiVo Desktop in System Preferences (TD). Opening TiVo Transfer creates the .properties file instantly, and more importantly, causes any saved changes in the .properties file to be recognized instantly.

TiVo Transfer is also good for finding the .properties file, by right-clicking on the show and selecting “Reveal in Finder”, and for deleting a show and its .properties file. You could delete the files in Finder, but TD doesn’t give up ownership until you stop TD, so you won’t be able to empty your Trash without stopping and restarting TD. Using TiVo Transfer, the files completely disappear instantly, without any messy ownership issues. (Caveat: Deleted shows are not moved to Trash.)

By: Jaimito

Jaimito — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:25:54 +0000

I’m sure somebody out there will be able to crack the “group” trick.
I only found this on the Tivo Community Forum, maybe some experimentation will lead to the answer:

Try using this strings on the properties file:
isEpisodic
episodeNumber
sourceChannel
duration
programId
sourceStation
title
episodeTitle
description
seriesId
captureDate
startTime
duration
channel
format
resolution

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:36:27 +0000

Dada,
I wish I could take credit for this post but I can’t . In any case, I don’t think there is a way to create a folder like you’re talking about. Can anybody prove me wrong?

By: Dada

Dada — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:20:23 +0000

wow. That is a great post ! thanks!… is there a way to create folders in Tivo, so all of my Video Clips could be organized in a folder instead of just being listed on Now Playing menu??

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:54:32 +0000

MZ,
Great idea! I’ll add a page that does just what you suggested.

By: TiVo Lovers Blog » Blog Archive » Make Video Clips From TiVo Recordings On The Mac

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:46:05 +0000

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By: MegaZone

MegaZone — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:37:14 +0000

Alex, you should make these How To posts static WordPress Pages to make them easy to find. Or at least setup a ‘How To’ page with links to the permalinks to this kind of post. You’ve had some very nice How To posts, but finding the old ones can be tricky, especially for new users.

By: Todd

Todd — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:44:52 +0000

@ MC – Let me just say that TiVo Decoder will make the file a somewhat standard MPEG2 file. From there do with it what you will. There are some good programs out there that let you transcode different video file formats. Visual Hub is a good one for the Mac.

By: MC

MC — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:45:05 +0000

Excellent work!

Related q: Does the Tivodecoder allow you to remove TIVO’s restriction on video quality when transfering to AppleTV/Ipod’s.

Thanks.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:46:47 +0000

Wow! I would kill for an article like this for PC!