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