...my attention a new application for the iPhone. It adds a TiVo photo server application to the iPhone that allows you to view photos stored on your iPhone on your TiVo over the network without first moving them to a PC or Mac. The app's creator, Chris Lundie, is also posting in TiVoCommunity . The app is just $0.99 in the iPhone App Store . And TiVo Blog has posted a number of screen shots .
...even the US Series1 units. And now TiVo Suggestions has stopped working as well. This appears to be linked to a changed in the format of the guide data, according to a post by TiVoPony over at TiVoCommunity . Apparently the data format ran out of room for new program IDs and TMS had to expand the format. The suggestions feature in the old 2.5 software is tied to the native TMS data format, and...
...since it is Perl and the prerequisites, or their equivalents, exist for Mac I bet a technically savvy Mac user could produce a working Mac version as well. Going by the kmttg discussion thread at TiVoCommunity , it looks like it has been tried. kmttg looks like a nice tool for those who want to extract video from their TiVo and use it elsewhere. It is a free alternative to TiVo Desktop Plus on...
...without the user having to establish those payment relationships. That would really reduce the friction in the system. TiVo's Stephen Mack also posted some details on the new feature over at TiVoCommunity : With that out of the way, here's what you'll see with the new feature launching today. * For Burn Notice, Oprah's Book Club, and a few other shows, at the conclusion of the show you'll...
...) Anyway, nothing major in this release, it is basically a bug fix and performance release. I'll have to see if it helps with the issues I've been having with 2.6.1. According to a post at TiVoCommunity : This version has the following improvements in TiVo Desktop: *Improved Reliability of transfers of large recordings to the DVR. *Reduced memory usage when transferring recordings from...
It looks like the long promised software update to the DirecTiVo boxes is finally here. Users are TiVoCommunity are reporting receiving 6.4a on their units. As announced last July , the update includes the Recently Deleted folder in the Now Playing List, Overlap Protection (clipping), and DirecTV's Remote Booking - aka online scheduling. There are reported to be a number of cosmetic changes ...
Wow, this is a big find. Last September TiVo and Crestron announced a partnership to enable Crestron home automation systems to control TiVo boxes over the home network. At the time I said: This is... Disclaimer: I am currently employed by Sling Media, but my Slingbox comment is strictly speculation on my part on what I think would be cool and not meant to imply anything about what may or may not happen
The recent TiVo software update to 9.3 had a bug for those TiVo users still using antenna. If you had your Series2 TiVo set for just Antenna or Satellite & Antenna and you did a 'Repeat Guided Setup' after... TiVo is now pushing 9.3c out to Series2 users , with a priority for those who have antenna as one of their sources, with a bug fix for this problem. Thanks to Dave Zatz for the tip via email
TiVo Desktop 2.6.1 has been released - and anyone running 2.6 will want to grab it. TiVoPony announced the release on TiVoCommunity: It has improved recovery from interrupted transfers between the PC and DVR, but it also provides an updated Windows Certificate for TiVo Desktop. The certificate used in prior versions of TiVo Desktop is about to expire, so you'll want to get 2.6.1. Without this certificate...
Back in February Bright House cable decided to pull HD channels from their CableCARD customers. This, understandably, created a backlash of complaints from users, as there wasn't a good reason for the...their CableCARD customers until they really need the bandwidth and need to deploy SDV, by which time the Tuning Resolver should offer a more permanent solution for users. Picked up from EngadgetHD
