Extracted Files don't work

[soapydonutzs]

Hey everyone I have made my files through tytools and I have make files, edit files, and gop editor comes up by said the files are not gop editior files but the extensions have key on them. Then I have made IFO files by can't run them. What the heck is going wrong. I have a Audio TS and Video TS but they are empty. After thinking about this is the files not working right because I am using tserver_mfs and not tserver_mfs7_mips on a Series 2? Should this really matter? This was the only file that would work and not give me not a super TIVO block. Does anyone think I need the cygwin.dll file would that do it? I have finally got this far and don't want to stop now. I am useing tytools 8r think I should use tytools 9r? Please help I have to go to work tommorow and sure don't want to leave the computer I am not going to let it win.....

Thanks
sherry

[captain_video]

I believe you will need the cygwin.dll file for all of the latest versions of TyTools. You should also make sure you have the current mips versions of the Tivo side files installed. It sounds like you're using outdated files on both sides. As for the VIDEO_TS folder being empty, check to see what you specified as the output directory location in the Make IFOs/Dirs screen when it's displayed. You have to set it up separately from the destination directory used for downloading ty files to your PC.

[soapydonutzs]

Captain,

Thanks for the info. I have a bad ./tserver_mfs7_mips file that will not run. I have put ./tserver_mfs in and that runs fine but my files are crap still can't run GOP said again key file was not a GOP key file. I put ty9r out there and did put the cygwin file there also still nothing. Do you or anyone have a good ./tserver_mfs7_mips that will not give me a failed to open not a Super TIVO? that was the problem I was haveing with my old file.....I started this project for my dad for father's day but now I am more pissed at it then him....I have come so far on my own but now I must turn to the experts. Even thought of getting another hard drive this morning and trying to go it again. I have read that maybe the compile x file is wrong since I get not a TIVO Super Block Magic (0x000000000) Anyone's thoughts? Also the files have extensions of ty.vob.mpg but still won't run. I installed everything new this morning for tytools and still nothing.....

Sherry

[lart2150]

Thanks for the info. I have a bad ./tserver_mfs7_mips file that will not run. I have put ./tserver_mfs in and that runs fine...

the _mips notes that it's for a mips cpu such as the one's in a s2 tivo but you don't have one and that's why tserver_mfs works as it was compiled for a s1

[captain_video]

All the files you need are in the zip file that contains the other TyTools files. Look for the folder with the series 2 mips versions of the files (it's clearly labeled). You shoudl have the latest NowShowing.tcl and tserver_mfs7_mips file to upload to the Tivo. Don't forget to do a chmod 755 on both files after you've uploaded them. Then run the tserver_mfs7_mips file from bash as follows:

./tserver_mfs7_mips

You may want to rename the tserver_mfs7_mips file to something easier to use like just tserver:

mv tserver_mfs7_mips tserver

Now you can run the new tserver file from bash:

./tserver

Once you get the "Waiting for an incomming connection" message in the telnet window go ahead and open up the TyTools window on your PC. Make sure the IP address for the Tivo is set and hit the Refresh button. Check the docs included in the TyTools zip file for details on using TyTools for extraction and processing.

[soapydonutzs]

Hi everyone....

Ok I have many questions and this stuff is keeping me up all night....

1. I tried installing tserver_mfs7_mips and still could not run.
2. I tried installing tserver_mfs7 and got the message could not execute binary files. Am I not really putting them in as binary files. I go to prompt and put in tivo: bin/ and then mount -o and the rest of the command am I missing something to put it in as a binary file. I have read and read and can't really find out what is wrong.
3. I tried to put in latest NowShowing.tcl and would't run had to go back to file that was associated with the tserver_mfs that will run with out giving me Not a TIVO super block.
4. I can get my files via telenet and I get files/make files/edit files and there is were things start going crazy. When gop editor comes up they say the files is not a GOP editor key file. But yet they have the extension ty.key but the file still looks crazy it has a box with a bunch of dots in it. Which as I slept on this in the middle of the night it has lead me to believe that this file is actually not unscrambled?
5. If my files are not unscrambled what the heck am I doing wrong or am I missing a file to unscramble them on the way down.
6. My TIVO has taken over my whole network why? I now have TIVO printer, TIVO shared files is this normal?
7. HELP...............my son just keeps asking are you done yet?

THANKS for any help I am really at a stumbling block here and don't know how to get up anymore. I have really thought about getting another hard drive and trying to start over........maybe easier then trying to recreate the world here.

[captain_video]

1. Did you transfer the file to your Tivo in binary mode? If not then try it again using binary transfer with your FTP program. Make sure you did a chmod 755 to both the tserver_mfs7_mips and NowShowing.tcl files on the Tivo after you transfer them. Also, you need to make the Tivo filesystem read/write BEFORE you try to transfer the files or nothing will get transferred (type in "mount -o remount,rw /" without the quotes at the bash prompt).

2. tserver_mfs7 won't work for the series 2 Tivo (I thought we already covered this).

3. Make sure you're using the mips version of NowShowing.tcl to go with the tserver_mfs7_mips file.

4 - 7. I have no idea what you're doing wrong but I'm sure it's related to 1-3 above. Here's a link with a lot of useful info you should check out, especially the section on Video Extraction Software. There's a step-by-step walkthrough that should get you going. You might also try Musclenerd's version of tserver if you're getting superblock errors. I've never tried it myself because I've never seen a superblock error.

http://www.alt.org/wiki/index.php/TivoHackingLinks

[newbie]

Some of the FTP programs will tranfer tcl files as ASCI by default. CV is right, you must transfer both files as BINARY.

Most people transfer the files to var, you don't need to mount it.

I have trouble trouble using a terminal program to transfer files. Zmodem doesn't really work well. Much easier to transfer with an FTP program. Smart FTP (free for personal use) seems to work pretty. well.

[eastwind]

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2. I tried installing tserver_mfs7 and got the message could not execute binary files. Am I not really putting them in as binary files. I go to prompt and put in tivo: bin/ and then mount -o and the rest of the command am I missing something to put it in as a binary file. I have read and read and can't really find out what is wrong.
...

This error is related to trying to execute a binary file that was built for a Series 1 PPC based TiVo on a Series 2 MIPS based TiVo. Like trying to run a Macintosh file on a PC. Just won't work.

By what method are you insuring the programs are not scrambled?

ew

[soapydonutzs]

Thanks for the info. Also I am using musclenerds version of tserver_mfs which he said in the description also has binary files for the mips so I guess I am using the right files. His version runs fine on the unit but can't just figure out this unscrambled file problem In my tytools file I have a NowShowing.tcl, mfs_stream and tserver files. When I go into the mfs_stream files information does come up not like the orginal tserver program I was originally using. I was searching all last night to see where I could pick up a file for unscrambling? or stupid question but isn't tytools supposed to be doing this? So why wouldn't it? I have figured out that I am doing the tytools portion right but something just ain't a clicking......

Thanks
Sherry

[eastwind]

Thanks for the info. Also I am using musclenerds version of tserver_mfs which he said in the description also has binary files for the mips so I guess I am using the right files. His version runs fine on the unit but can't just figure out this unscrambled file problem In my tytools file I have a NowShowing.tcl, mfs_stream and tserver files. When I go into the mfs_stream files information does come up not like the orginal tserver program I was originally using. I was searching all last night to see where I could pick up a file for unscrambling? or stupid question but isn't tytools supposed to be doing this? So why wouldn't it? I have figured out that I am doing the tytools portion right but something just ain't a clicking......

Thanks
Sherry
When you run TyTool on your PC does it CONNECT to the tserver? Can you get the list of shows by clicking REFRESH? If not you'll need to test it a different way. Try running the NowShowing.tcl file by hand to check the output. Shoud be a list of all the shows on your TiVo with a lot of information about each one. If so, it seems that part is running correctly. If not you don't have the right version of NowShowing.tcl. If you don't have a method installed to prevent scrambling you won't be able to extract from a Series 2 box. It is generally installed (I think) by TiVoScripts. Tytool doesn't unscramble anything--on a Series 1 box there is a hack that unscrambles a scrambled recording, but I don't think that's been figured out for the S2s.

ew

[soapydonutzs]

Eastwind,

Thank you so much for your great answers you have been very nice and patient with me. I can get the NowShowing.tcl files not that I have installed musclenerds file onto my hard drive. I can get the files with refresh and it also appears that I am making the files but they are scrambled I am using a Series 2 although lately I have really started to think about going and getting and making a Series 1 it seems a lot less complicated .. If I do not have the file TIVOSCRIPTS which I have not located yet on the hard drive is there somewhere to get it? I see you mentioned that you don't know of any files yet for the series 2 so does that mean that everyone with a Series 2 is not unscrambling yet? and if so then how are they downloading and watching the NowShowing files? Gettting this thing up and running is really my primary thought right now. I was very proud of myself getting it to get rid of the Super Tivo Block error. Now on to the bigger problems apparently.....Any help is so very much appreciated from this girl just helping her father with his present.....I have to laugh this present just keeps on giving....Last night he was watching and I started the MPG3controls and I rebooted him while he was watching something....see I control his world now....

Sherry

[eastwind]

Eastwind,

Thank you so much for your great answers you have been very nice and patient with me. I can get the NowShowing.tcl files not that I have installed musclenerds file onto my hard drive. I can get the files with refresh and it also appears that I am making the files but they are scrambled I am using a Series 2 although lately I have really started to think about going and getting and making a Series 1 it seems a lot less complicated .. If I do not have the file TIVOSCRIPTS which I have not located yet on the hard drive is there somewhere to get it? I see you mentioned that you don't know of any files yet for the series 2 so does that mean that everyone with a Series 2 is not unscrambling yet? and if so then how are they downloading and watching the NowShowing files? Gettting this thing up and running is really my primary thought right now. I was very proud of myself getting it to get rid of the Super Tivo Block error. Now on to the bigger problems apparently.....Any help is so very much appreciated from this girl just helping her father with his present.....I have to laugh this present just keeps on giving....Last night he was watching and I started the MPG3controls and I rebooted him while he was watching something....see I control his world now....

SherryYes, a S1 is less complicated, but a little outdated. TiVoScripts is also known as Sleeper's ISO (or it's found on it). How did you hack the box? S1 DTiVos can use unscramble.o to extract a file that was recorded before scrambling was turned off. S2 owners that want to extract must prevent the scrambling from happening in the first place (so far).

EDIT: Just noticed you are using a very old version of TyTools. Upgrade to the latest and make sure you have the cygwin1.dll that is attached to the second post in the TyTool9r15 thread (http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36115) in the same directory.
ew

[captain_video]

Here are some docs that should set you straight on hacking a series 2 DTivo and upgrading to the latest files. I wrote the tutorials for another site but never posted them here because there are certain individuals here that like to bash anyone for writing "guides". Note that some of the links I provided to threads or posts within dealdatabase may be outdated so you may have to do a little searching if they don't connect.