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Librate your Tivo media

by Adi Rabinovich

So your Tivo is overflowing with best shows on TV. You are really trying to watch them all, but who has time these days?

If your Tivo is connected to your home network, here are some of the options:

1. Download and install Tivo Desktop.
2. Use Tivo Desktop software to transfer the shows from Tivo to your computer.

Now you can watch the shows on your home PC even if they are gone from Tivo.
But why stop here? What if you want to watch your shows on the go?

Well, you can always decide to pay some money to good folks at Tivo and get their Tivo Desktop Plus, it will transcode the software into many popular formats.

Or, here are some other ideas:
- I already posted about iPodifier
- What about other portable players? Here is an excellent Primer I came across, covers many options and lots of them using free Open Source tools.

From the portfolio of ideas, I especially like MediaCoder, the open source swiss-army knife of formats conversion. Check out this video overview of best Open Source tools, featuring MediaCoder. The slick presenter is Tom Merit, from C|Net, who’s one of the hosts on the excellent Buzz out Loud podcast, which I enjoy daily.

I am still tinkering with those myself and once I decide on which approach I like best, I promise to come back to this subject.

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Posted in Tivo on April 18th, 2007

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