TiVoToGo & MRV Copy Protection

Ideally I’d like to be able to use TiVo’s multi-room viewing feature to transfer my son’s programs to my Series 3 DVR whenever he wants to watch one of his shows.  I say ideally because, I’ve noticed that a lot of the content that I record on the TiVo HD has been copy protected which [...]

Video Of The Day: TiVoToGo On A Mac (Using iTiVo)

In this experimental presentation, the Give Us One Minute crew show you how to transfer video from your TiVo to your Mac to take your shows on the road. Read more about iTiVo on your Mac at: http://www.giveusoneminute.com/experimental-feature-at-guom-the-howto-presentation/

What’s Your Favorite TiVoToGo Client?

What’s Your Favorite TiVoToGo Client? ( polls)

iTiVo Update Now Available (Mac TiVoToGo Client)

iTiVo is quickly becoming one of the best Mac TiVoToGo clients.  Just today, I received an update notification to let me know that a new beta version (1.65b5) is now available.  Based on the the release notes, it looks like the developer has been really busy!

iTiVo 1.6b5
Added AppleTV fix — hdfatboy2003@mac

iTiVo 1.6b4
Added more div-zero catches [...]

How To Install pyTiVo On A Mac

I finally got around to installing pyTiVo on my MacBook Pro (running Leopard 10.5.5).  Unlike the Windows install, installing pyTiVo on a Mac isn’t all that easy.  The instructions on pyTiVo’s website were very helpful however, I thought I would publish the following instructions since I think they’re a more complete.  If I ever get [...]

Installing pyTiVo (Review To Follow)

I just finished installing pyTiVo on my Windows XP virtual machine (using VMware Fusion).  For those of you who don’t know, here’s a brief description of pyTiVo taken from the software’s official website:

pyTivo is both an HMO and GoBack server. Similar to TiVo Desktop pyTivo loads many standard video compression codecs and outputs mpeg2 video [...]

Mac TiVo Desktop 1.9.4 To Support Native .tivo Playback?

If you’re a Mac user like me, you’re probably frustrated with how TiVoToGo currently works on your Mac.  Right now, if you want to playback a .tivo file you either have to purchase the officially supported solution (Roxio Toast/Popcorn) or use an unsupported utility such as TiVo Butler which strips the DRM from the .tivo [...]

TiVo Butler: Yet Another TiVoToGo Mac Client

Recently I stumbled upon yet another TiVoToGo client for the Mac called TiVo Butler.  In the short amount of time that I’ve used this app I’ve already fallen in love with it.  Unlike some of the other TiVoToGo Mac clients, TiVo Butler organizes your TiVo’s recordings into groups so that you can easily select which [...]

TiVo Desktop 2.6 Screenshots

I just finished installing TiVo Desktop version 2.6. I’ll try and put together a review sometime in the near future. Until then, here’s some screenshots for you to checkout.

TiVo Software Roundup (Mac Only)

Here’s a list of Mac software which is capable of improving your “TiVo experience”. Some of the applications on this list may no longer work but, I thought I should include them just in case they ever get updated. If you’re a Windows user you might want to check out my Windows roundup which I [...]