Streaming/Extraction questions--240 SA S2 w/ 7.1b

[ReidWings]

Hi,

I am new to all this tivo hacking (and progressing well thanks to everyone's help here) and have a few more questions if anyone is willing to help me out.

My equipment is:
S2 SA 240040 Tivo w/ 7.1b, Mac OS X 10.4.

I am a bit confused about all the options for extraction/streaming.
-I hear mfs_ftp is the best option for extraction. I installed it and ran the program from the bash but when I FTP into the tivo, I still get the ftp files that I see from using tivoftpd. Is there a way to change drive partitions so the ftp program will go to the right one?

-What is my best option for streaming? I am not sure what works with 7.1b. I have considered TyStudio and Tivoweb but am not sure what is still supported (despite extensive searching) and what works with what. I also have tytools but there is no mac version (has anyone successfully compiled the linux version on a mac?).

-I am unfamilar with web servers, so to install TyStudio I was having a bit of trouble. Does tivoweb act as this? Or what that be all I needed for this to work?

-Any guidance is appreciated! Thanks.

[darrin75]

Are you using port 3105

[Thinkdiff]

1. Use port 3105 to connect to mfs_ftp. It works great in Finder. go to "Go > Connect to Server" and put in ftp:// your tivo IP :3105.

ftp://192.168.0.3:3105 for example.

2. Look in the streaming forum for the thread on VLC plugins and download the latest vstream and tydemux plugins for VLC... streaming works GREAT.

3. I have no idea what you're talking about there. Tivoweb and TyTools are completely different.

[ReidWings]

Thanks I'll try it after the holiday weekend and let ya know how it works. :)

[ReidWings]

Ok so I installed the latest vlc modules. I also need vstreamer correct? I loaded that in as well and started it up and it tells me:
Waiting for connections on port 8074

So now it should work in vlc right? I've been having some trouble but I just wanted to make sure this is all I need to get it working (then I'll figure out the rest).

Also, if I'm running 7.1b, will I need to unscramble it once I have it streaming properly? (I think so)

Thanks!

[Thinkdiff]

Yes.. start using VLC when you get that message. To add all the videos on the tivo to the VLC playlist, open this URL in VLC:


tivo://tivoip/plist

tivo://192.168.0.3/plist for me

[ReidWings]

Awesome, got the playlist in VLC. But I still get an error when I try to play a file:

ty: Can't determine Tivo Type (SA/DTivo).
main: no suitable demux module for `tivo/ty://192.168.0.7/570771'

Does this mean I need to unscramble the signal (already found a thread on how to do that)? Or is there something else I'm missing?

Edit: I ran Nutkase's superpatch on it and still no go--see post below

[Thinkdiff]

if it's scrambled, then yes. you need to descramble it.

[ReidWings]

plist populates my playlist, but then if I try to run a file by double clicking on it, I get this error:

vstream: fsid_size(1): invalid size 0xf0293580
vstream: resolve failed for fsid=1
vstream: fsid 723449 is not an object
main: no suitable access module for `tivo://192.168.0.7/plist'
ty: Can't determine Tivo Series.
ty: Can't determine Tivo Audio Type.
ty: Can't determine Tivo Type (SA/DTivo).
main: no suitable demux module for `tivo/ty://192.168.0.7/664732'

I'm using vstream r42 and demux r37 (newest mac releases as far as I know)

Any ideas?


Edit: Restarted everything and now get the ty errors and main errors, but no vstream error. I also posed this question in the VLC modules forum since this may not be appropriate for a newbie forum anymore.

[psxboy]

Also, if I'm running 7.1b, will I need to unscramble it once I have it streaming properly? (I think so)
If you haven't disabled scrambling yet (nocso patch) anything that's already been recorded is scrambled. Only new stuff that's recorded AFTER you patch tivoapp will be unscrambled & streamable. You can't stream any of the older scrambled recordings unless you unscramble them first (with the series2 unscramble kernel & utilities... a wholly separate topic).

-psxboy

[ReidWings]

Thanks PSXboy! That was the problem, new recordings work! thanks :)