Gizmodo just alerted me to a new app on the iTunes App Store which allows you to control a TiVo HD or Series 3 TiVo using an iPod Touch/iPhone (sound familiar?). Of course being the geek that I am, I had to go ahead and try it out. After all, it only costs 99 cents (iTunes link).
Click on the “Read More” link to see some screenshots….
There’s a good free app for jailbroken phones at:
http://code.google.com/p/tivoremote/
It also supports multiple TiVos
I’d pass. Right there in the AppStore description it’s described as “Free Software” that costs $0.99.
Come on…don’t be cheap. You probably spent 99 cents on coffee this morning
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This thing needs to have a channel switcher with logos for the different channels like the higher end touch screen remotes have.
That would be a cool feature!
Does this app require any additional hardware to control the tivo?
No, it is built into TiVo HD & Series 3 DVRs.
Is there a new protocol to control HD Tivos directly via TCP/IP? From the little information provided, I’m guessing that must be the case. Part of the new 11.x firmware?
Anyone see any mentioned of the protocol and what else one can do?
I’m assuming because of the keyboard screen shot that this can’t be IR based, unless there are hidden IR codes for each letter of the alphabet.
Thanks for any insights,
–Rob
Answering my own question this tread seems to discuss how this works:
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=392385
–Rob.
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Just saw your post on twitter. But I can’t watch the video on my iphone! Anyone else having this problem?
That’s because I put the video up on vimeo. The youtube version is available here…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxMJoUlnzs0
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I got the App and actually have a use for it. The TV in our dining room is wired to one of the TiVos in our living room. Now I can control it (including 30 second jump). I couldn’t be happier. Well I could have been at first if it had told me I needed to enable network remote control on the TiVo before it would work.
This is also a great practical joke tool. I set up a freinds TiVo some time back and now I can stand outside the window to his house and send him messages from God via his TiVo. Plus, I can stop by his house and add different shows that I know he won’t like to his season pass list.
[...] once again alerted me to yet another iPhone app called: DVR Remote (iTunes link). Like T Remote (formally TiVoRemote), this app turns your iPhone/iPod touch into a full fledged TiVo Remote. On the surface this app [...]
If one can send commands thru the network to the TiVo, is there a way to pull data back out? To see the ToDo list and other menu items?
One app, PC/Mac based that would let you see multiple TiVo ToDo lists would be great, to let you see the upcoming week or two at a glance and not risk recording one show on 2 or 3 TiVos.
TiVo DVRs do output xml that provides some information about your TiVo however, I don’t believe that you can access your TiVo’s todo list using this feature.
[...] gone ahead and published version 1.0 of their Blackberry TiVo remote. Similar to all the iPhone remotes, this remote allows you to control a TiVo HD or Series 3 TiVo via your mobile phone. [...]
This app solves a future issue for me.
Question…can the app control the TV’s on/off, volume, & mute controls, the way a real TiVo remote can?