MetaData Generator for pyTivo

Windows (only) program pyTivoMetaGen.exe generates pyTivo metadata files when a .tivo file containing the metadata is available. It will be useful for people who transfer .tivo files to their PC and encode them to other video formats for storage and later serving back to their TiVo.

It generates metadata files using a TivoDecode com object to read the metadata from .tivo files -- thanks to FrooBrar, TiVo Decode author. It processes one or multiple files selected in a file browser. You can select the video file extension of your choice. The generated metadata file has the name <video file name>.<ext>.txt, where <.ext> is the extension you select, e.g., ".avi" or ".mp4", etc. This naming convention is required by pyTivo and the metadata file must be placed in the same folder as the video file it is paired with.

The program is free; just download from here and run the installer. A desktop icon is created (which you can delete if you want). Operation is self-explanatory.

The installer is needed because the tivoDecode COM dll must be installed and registered, which is done automatically. Don't worry, it's painless and harmless!

Note: this is a Windows program and requires .NET framework 2.0 or higher installed. Most windows computers already have this but it is easily downloaded and installed from Microsoft. Just google .NET framework to find the download site.