TiVo to Support Video Transfer to iPod
The New York Times reports that TiVo is announcing both iPod and Sony PSP support for its Digital Video Recorder (TiVo).
The newest version of its TiVoToGo software will allow users to transfer recorded television programming to either an Apple iPod (5G) or Sony PSP.
According to a press release the feature will begin testing in the coming weeks, with full availability to TiVo Series2 subscribers as early as the 1st quarter of next year.
According to the New York Times, there will be a one-time fee to users to enable this feature which will cover the licensing fee for MPEG-4. Another article notes that the encoded video will contain digital watermarks to discourage internet sharing of the resultant video files.
Update: More info in the official press release.
The newest version of its TiVoToGo software will allow users to transfer recorded television programming to either an Apple iPod (5G) or Sony PSP.
According to a press release the feature will begin testing in the coming weeks, with full availability to TiVo Series2 subscribers as early as the 1st quarter of next year.
According to the New York Times, there will be a one-time fee to users to enable this feature which will cover the licensing fee for MPEG-4. Another article notes that the encoded video will contain digital watermarks to discourage internet sharing of the resultant video files.
Update: More info in the official press release.
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81 months ago
This is great, but will we be able to do it with OSX?
I would hope so, but my gut says no. They've shown no interest in even fixing the broken mac client. It's too bad. All I'd like to do is burn some of my tivo recordings to dvd for personal use. I can download the files easily, but I have nothing that will decode the .tivo format on OS X. I'd gladly pay $30 or so for a program that would let me do that. If they would just release the codec for a small fee, we could do what we wanted - burn to disc, compress to iPod format. I don't care how much DRM they put in it, just get it to us - please!
81 months ago
Great, now if they'd only port the TiVo2Go software to the Mac, the software that they've been saying for the past year "we're working on it."
Plus the TiVo Desktop software still doesn't work with Tiger, 10.3 only.
:rolleyes:
Plus the TiVo Desktop software still doesn't work with Tiger, 10.3 only.
:rolleyes:
81 months ago
I dumped Tivo because they don't support Macs. Also made sure they knew that on the feedback form.
81 months ago
Hmm... Right now people spend an average of 9 hours a day in front of the boob-tube. So with this connection they can increase that to 16? 24? Wow, I don't know how they do it!!!
81 months ago
Awesome idea for people who otherwise wouldn't know how to do such things.
Myself? As I have the know-how, I'd rather edit the footage myself, but still, a good link-feature.
Myself? As I have the know-how, I'd rather edit the footage myself, but still, a good link-feature.
81 months ago
TiVo is in an encrypted MPEG format.
A 60 minute show recorded in 2nd best quality on TiVo is about 5GB.
Good move, whoever chose to do this.
Would be good to see some sort of direct and wireless transfer between the next 6G iPod and the next gen TiVo, no PC or MAC inbetween.
A 60 minute show recorded in 2nd best quality on TiVo is about 5GB.
Good move, whoever chose to do this.
Would be good to see some sort of direct and wireless transfer between the next 6G iPod and the next gen TiVo, no PC or MAC inbetween.
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