mpg

[ag...@drrob1.com]

In 2013 and before, I was able to converted a .tivo file to its
respective .mpg format using readily available software.

Then that stopped working.

searching online finds lots of posts from over 2 yrs ago, so I don't
trust that any of those solutions still work.

Does anyone have any experience doing this conversion to .mpg files
currently?

Thanks

[Stephen Harris]

I just tested; downloaded last week's "Elementary" from my TiVo Roamio
using "curl" and then converted it to mpeg using "tivodecode". Basically
the same tools that I used 7 years ago.

I was able to view the resulting mpg file.

So 'works for me'.

--
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use...@spuddy.org
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[Eddie Grove]

use...@spuddy.org (Stephen Harris) writes:

> ag...@drrob1.com wrote:
>> In 2013 and before, I was able to converted a .tivo file to its
>> respective .mpg format using readily available software.
>
>> Then that stopped working.
>
>> searching online finds lots of posts from over 2 yrs ago, so I don't
>> trust that any of those solutions still work.
>
>> Does anyone have any experience doing this conversion to .mpg files
>> currently?
>
> I just tested; downloaded last week's "Elementary" from my TiVo Roamio
> using "curl" and then converted it to mpeg using "tivodecode". Basically
> the same tools that I used 7 years ago.
>
> I was able to view the resulting mpg file.
>
> So 'works for me'.

Two or three years back when I did this sort of thing, I always found
that the output of tivodecode [in linux] had lots of errors. So you
need a robust movie player. If the OP changed movie players, that might
be the problem.


Eddie

[Doug McIntyre]

ag...@drrob1.com writes:
>In 2013 and before, I was able to converted a .tivo file to its
>respective .mpg format using readily available software.

>Then that stopped working.

Nothing changed AFAIK.

>searching online finds lots of posts from over 2 yrs ago, so I don't
>trust that any of those solutions still work.

I do this currently with cTiVo. tivodecode (which is most likely the
engine that cTiVo uses) still works as well for me, same as long ago.


--
Doug McIntyre
do...@themcintyres.us

[ag...@drrob1.com]

How do you guys get the .tivo files off of the unit? If I were to use
curl, how exactly does that work?

[Stephen Harris]

ag...@drrob1.com wrote:
> How do you guys get the .tivo files off of the unit? If I were to use
> curl, how exactly does that work?

You to https://$tivo (where $tivo is your TiVo's username or IP address).

Login is "tivo", password is your MAK (found on the tivo.com site, or on
the tivo menus).

You can download from there.

Or you can do stuff programatically.

The base "curl command is:

$curl="curl -k --digest -u tivo:$MAK -o";

You can get a list of programs available with
${curl}- -s -S "https://$tivo/TiVoConnect?Command=QueryContainer&Container=%2FNowPlaying&Recurse=Yes"

Parse that to get the URL of the shows. Then
${curl}output.tivo -c /tmp/cookies.txt $url

eg this URL is one returned by my TiVo:
http://tivo:80/download/Marvel%27s%20Agents%20of%20S.H.I.E.L.D..TiVo?Container=%2FNowPlaying&id=20173

You can then use tivodecode to convert output.tivo to an mpg file.

[Drew Lawson]

In article <n5cfla9jdla602skl...@4ax.com>

ag...@drrob1.com writes:
>In 2013 and before, I was able to converted a .tivo file to its
>respective .mpg format using readily available software.
>
>Then that stopped working.

What specificly stopped working?

I'm finding more shows (especially high-def) being marked as copy
protected. Those shows cannot be downloaded.


--
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| our swordblades into plows.
| I told them they should learn from us
| what should I tell them now?

[Doug McIntyre]

ag...@drrob1.com writes:
>How do you guys get the .tivo files off of the unit? If I were to use
>curl, how exactly does that work?

Somebody already answered you on curl, but I use cTiVo, and used
pyTiVo in the past..
--
Doug McIntyre
do...@themcintyres.us

[Doug McIntyre]

dr...@furrfu.invalid (Drew Lawson) writes:
>In article <n5cfla9jdla602skl...@4ax.com>
> ag...@drrob1.com writes:
>>In 2013 and before, I was able to converted a .tivo file to its
>>respective .mpg format using readily available software.
>>
>>Then that stopped working.

>What specificly stopped working?

>I'm finding more shows (especially high-def) being marked as copy
>protected. Those shows cannot be downloaded.

Thank Comcast or your cable monopoly. I haven't run across any OTA
show marked as copy protected at all (haven't tried any sports).


--
Doug McIntyre
do...@themcintyres.us

[jp]

On 5/18/15 1:47 PM, Doug McIntyre wrote:
> ag...@drrob1.com writes:
>> How do you guys get the .tivo files off of the unit? If I were to use
>> curl, how exactly does that work?
>
> Somebody already answered you on curl, but I use cTiVo, and used
> pyTiVo in the past..
>

What are the optimal cTivo settings when transferring video?

[Doug McIntyre]

Hmm, I don't remember any settings for transfering. Mostly all the
different settings is for transcoding the video over to various
formats after the transfer (because the native TiVo MPEG format isn't
supported much by just about anything).

The transcoding settings are many because people do a ton of different
things after the end.

Personally, I have it set to HandBrake AppleTV, as that device is what I
mainly view external videos with on my TV.

You could just leave it at 'Decrypted TiVo Show' to leave it at the
original TiVo MPEG format.

--
Doug McIntyre
do...@themcintyres.us

[jp]

Ya...that's what I did. Left it as a Decrypted Tivo SHow which seemed
to maintain higher settings.

Thx.