mpg

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

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'.

--
Stephen Harris

The truth is the truth, and opinion just opinion. But what is what?
My employer pays to ignore my opinions; you get to do it for free.

(Stephen Harris) writes:

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

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

On Sat, 16 May 2015 17:12:52 -0400, 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?

Thanks


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

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=%2FNo wPlaying&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%2...aying&id=20173

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

--
Stephen Harris

The truth is the truth, and opinion just opinion. But what is what?
My employer pays to ignore my opinions; you get to do it for free.

In article
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.


--
Drew Lawson | I told them we had learned to change
| our swordblades into plows.
| I told them they should learn from us
| what should I tell them now?

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

lid (Drew Lawson) writes:
In article
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

On 5/18/15 1:47 PM, Doug McIntyre wrote:
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..



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