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Filed under: Video, Linux

Download and burn TiVo recordings to Linux

TiVo2DVDIt's kind of funny that Mac and Windows users now both have officially supported programs to download recordings from their TiVo onto their computers, but Linux users don't. Why's that funny? Because TiVo runs on a version of Linux. Go figure.

While TiVo may not have any plans that we're aware of to release an official TiVoToGo client for Linux, there's a new project up on SourceForge called TiVo2DVD.

The command-line program lets you access, format, and burn to DVD programs that are stored on a Series2 TiVo. While a similar command-line program for Mac eventually got a nice update with a pretty GUI, we're not certain the same thing will happen to the Linux version, because you know, it's Linux.

[via TiVo Lovers]

Filed under: Video, Macintosh, Commercial

TiVoToGo for Mac announced... by Roxio

Toast Titanium 8
Mac users finally have a legit option for transferring recorded TV programs from a TiVo to their computer. PC users have been able to use TiVoToGo for two years, but the Mac version was so long overdue that it made Wired's list of vaporware for 2006.

Well, apparently TiVo developers had pretty quickly figured out how to move recordings to a Mac, but creating a program that would let you play those videos on an iPod or burn them to a DVD was a bit much. So TiVo secretly partnered with Roxio, makers of Toast CD burning software for Mac.

TiVoToGo for Mac is not a standalone program, like TiVo Desktop for PC. Rather, it's built into Toast Titanium 8, which will set you back $100 (although there's currently a $20 mail-in rebate). Toast will let you transfer recordings and burn them to a DVD. It will also drop files in your iTunes directory to be transferred to an iPod.

But with a price tag of $100, I'm guessing some folks out there are just going to stick with the unofficial TiVoDecode Manager for now. It may not be as pretty or as functional, but you can't argue with free.

Filed under: Video, Hardware, Windows, Commercial

TiVo releases iPod/PSP video converter

TiVoTiVo has released a public beta version of new software that will convert TiVoToGo video to formats playable on the iPod and Sony PSP. The software will automatically transfer your recorded TV shows to your iPod or PSP while you sleep, which is a blessing because apparently the transcoding takes awhile—up to twice as long as the video itself. The beta is free but when the final version is released it's expected to cost $15-30. You can sign up to test the beta version of TiVo Desktop 2.4 at the TiVo web site.

[Via PVR Wire]

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