What is the best or NEWEST way of Extraction form DTivo to PC

[morganjeeper]

I am a newbie to hacking Tivos, but I am computer literate. I have been going over thread after thread for a week now. I recently installed PTVnet 6.2 and InstantCake 6.2 onto a NEW harddrive for my DTivo Philips DSR704. I am planning on using the network connection to send (Hopefully) decrypted files onto my PC via my network so I can burn the movies to DVD.

What is the best software to do this?

I am looking at using TyTools, Does this decrypt the files so I can burn them?

Or do I need to apply another hack like:
(Code:mount -o remount,rw /)
(cp /tvbin/tivoapp /tvbin/tivoapp.orig)
(cd /tvbin )
(mv tivoapp tivoapp.tmp)
(cp tivoapp.tmp tivoapp)
(chmod 755 tivoapp)
(echo -ne "\x3C\x02\x00\x00" | dd conv=notrunc of=tivoapp bs=1 seek=10705308)

Will this conflict with TyTools? Or with TivoWebPlus?

Or is there anything else NEWER that is easily installed on the Tivo/PC for networking to view and/or Burn decrypted Movies?

Thanks in Advance...

[NutKase]

THIS POST BELONGS IN THE NEWBIE FORUM.


Why can't we have a lock on posters with less that a certain time limit on the board or a certain number of posts... Don't allow posting immediately... Only allow posts in the newbie form for a little bit... Then full posting ability?

OR maybe we can have a tracker that only allows posting in the newbie forum after a member retrieves and states that they've read the stickies? Then someone can just killfile them if it's obvious that they haven't.



Does this decrypt the files so I can burn them?

Or do I need to apply another hack like:
(Code:mount -o remount,rw /)
(cp /tvbin/tivoapp /tvbin/tivoapp.orig)
(cd /tvbin )
(mv tivoapp tivoapp.tmp)
(cp tivoapp.tmp tivoapp)
(chmod 755 tivoapp)
(echo -ne "\x3C\x02\x00\x00" | dd conv=notrunc of=tivoapp bs=1 seek=10705308)

Will this conflict with TyTools? Or with TivoWebPlus?


No. It doesn't decrypt.

Your code looks ok as long as that's the decimal seek= offset for your tivoapp. Do you know what any of that does or means? Make sure you know what's going on before you do it.

I recommend hex editing your tivoapp instead of using 'echo' commands. You'll learn a bunch and you'll also be sure you're editing the right place. You can search for my nick and hexworkshop to find several detailed posts I've made.

No, patching your tivoapp to record video in an unscrambled/unencrypted mode doesn't conflict with anything.

Read the stickies in the newbie forum, the '6.2 collected info thread' if you have a dtivo and the 'Series 2 Hacking in 2004' stickied thread also.

Later when I get a chance I'll link to those threads but they should be relatively easy to find.


NutKase

[morganjeeper]

Yes I am a newbie, I am learning pretty quick. I do not write codes and I only understand them a little. Thanks for your help. I found these files form "AlphaWolf" posted from Jan. 2002. This is the order he has them in, I found the last line from "BareFooter" posted in Feb. 2005 to update "AlphaWolf's" post for version 6.2

mount -o remount,rw / ( I am connecting/mounting to be writable)
cp /tvbin/tivoapp /tvbin/tivoapp.orig (I am copying from tvbin/tivoapp to tvbin/tivoapp.orig as a backup copy)
cd /tvbin (I am opening a section of the tvbin directory)
mv tivoapp tivoapp.tmp ( I am moving tivoapp to tivoapp.tmp a temporary file)cp tivoapp.tmp tivoapp
chmod 755 tivoapp (I am not sure what this is doing, I am guessing that it is modifying the tivoapp with 755 making it a noscramble signal)
echo -ne "\x3C\x02\x00\x00" | dd conv=notrunc of=tivoapp bs=1 seek=10705308 (And like you pointed out this is for a patch of my software version)

I am trying to learn here, and how else to do it than learn from others like you that at one time have been in my shoes.. Thanks for your help again
Ps. how did I do with the codes? Am I at least on the right track?

[NutKase]

chmod 755 tivoapp (I am not sure what this is doing, I am guessing that it is modifying the tivoapp with 755 making it a noscramble signal)
echo -ne "\x3C\x02\x00\x00" | dd conv=notrunc of=tivoapp bs=1 seek=10705308 (And like you pointed out this is for a patch of my software version)

I am trying to learn here, and how else to do it than learn from others like you that at one time have been in my shoes.. Thanks for your help again
Ps. how did I do with the codes? Am I at least on the right track?

Good post. The color is horrible.

chmod makes the file executable (sets permissions), the 'echo' line is setting up for recording unscrambled.

We'll continue this in the newbie thread if you start a post there.

Not here.


NutKase

PS. One note: I never was in your shoes. Yes, I didn't know much when I got here but I read for about 3 months before I posted anything. Too chicken to piss anyone off I guess.

[morganjeeper]

Thanks I will make a thread in the NEWBIE section