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.
---Changes
- Transfer End Properly
- File Sizes are estimated now. Sending 6gig estimates for a 400meg file
caused TiVo to unnecessarily dump shows for space. New estimation will
generally still be over but by a reasonable amount now.
- Ratios are altered. Filed that are almost 4:3 or 16:9 will be crammed
into those formats, looks better on TV and streching image by less
than 1% is not noticable.
- Padding for videos that have a lower ratio than 4:3 is added. This
allows for black bars on left and right for oddly shaped movies.
---Description
pyTivo lets you stream most videos from yout PC to your unhacked tivo.
It uses the HMO server protocol. It will guess if your video is 4:3 or
16:9 and pad your video if it thinks it is needed (looked good on my
tests). It will not transcode an mpeg that is supported by your tivo.
---Download
http://armooo.net/~armooo/pyTivo/pyTivo.zip
---Requirements
OS = Anything that will run python and ffmpeg, which I think is
anything. I have it running on linux, I know windows works as well.
Python - http://www.python.org/download/
- You need at least version 2.4 of python
pywin32 (only to install as a service) -
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=78018&package_id=79063
- Windows users only and only if you intend to install as a service
---Usage
You need to edit pyTivo.conf in 3 places
1. ffmpeg=
2. [<name of share>]
3. path=
ffmpeg should be the full path to ffmpeg including filename. For
windows users the exe has been included and is in the plugins/video
directory. path is the absolute path to your media.
run pyTivo.py
---To install as a service in Windows
run pyTivoService.py --startup auto install
---To remove service
run pyTivoService.py remove
---Known Problems
- Now Playing List disappears
This seems to be an error with the TiVo software. But what happens is
that the NPL is replaced with the directory listing of your pyTivo
server. Very odd. Workaround - go to the bottom of the page and either
select "Recently Deleted" or your pyTivo server that is listed and then
hit the left arrow. Your NPL will be back to normal.
---Notes
Most of the work has been done by armooo. With minor updates by KRKeegan.