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    Best Way to Automate Conversion of Tivo Files?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by theneighborrkid, Jun 16, 2012.

  1. theneighborrkid

    theneighborrkid Notebook Evangelist

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    Hello hello folks,

    So what I would like to do is setup a program/script/something to do the following:

    - Connect to my Tivo and download new recordings automatically (I believe Tivo Desktop can do this)
    - Convert the .tivo files to .avi/.mpg/.mkv automatically (this I have no clue)
    - After conversion is done, delete the .tivo files (I feel that a conversion program would be able to do this part relatively easily)

    That's it! Any and all help is greatly appreciated!

    I have a Tivo HD if that matters at all.
     
    theneighborrkid, Jun 16, 2012
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    KLF NBR Super Modernator Super Moderator

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  3. pusta

    pusta Notebook Consultant

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    Check out KMTTG over at Google Code hosting. It's a free open source Tivo Desktop replacement that can automate downloading, commercial skip and re-encoding of Tivo files. A bit of a learning curve, but I love it.
     
    pusta, Jun 17, 2012
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    theneighborrkid Notebook Evangelist

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    Thank you this seems perfect. Do you have any tips for getting the auto transfer to work?
     
    theneighborrkid, Jun 18, 2012
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  5. pusta

    pusta Notebook Consultant

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    I believe you need to install it as a service. Under one of the menu options there should be a way to do this.
     
    pusta, Jun 21, 2012
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