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tis true, the shame!!! :o

tried gluing three series ones together but it just wasn't the same. almost snagged a cablecard S3 on craigslist before christmas, alas it wasn't meant to be

Aidan...

horse's mouth

http://jmri.sourceforge.net/k/updates.html#last

http://jmri.sourceforge.net/k/docket/cafc-pi-1/08-1001.pdf



groklaw

or create hard links ;)



#!/bin/bash

while true; do sleep 15

for foo in /var/packages/* ; do
ln $foo /var/links/$foo

yep, a goofy lil *nix box with halfway decent AV specs

*amazing how those same capabilities were big bucks not that long ago...




one of the mods musta been awake at just the right time
...

wow, feet never even touched the floor on the way out ;)

yep, without cutting trace(s) that 12v finds it's way to other components and releases the magic blue smoke which modern electronics rely on

sorry, too many widgets with conditions attached :(

yep, and mrv client insert utils

all sorts of groovy toys, not really any free time to noodle with 'em though :(

confirmed, almost...

with WONT at locations 0,1,2,3 - TVR should be at bytes 20,21,22

not yet, I automated the pc_playback -> tvnow_capture process and have been building a library of watchables and samples to dissect

mplayer plays about 1/3 of the recordings w/o help so the format...

wouldn't say that, but with a toddler underfoot there's not much time available for release-debug-support cycles ;)


*down scope, resume stealth mode...

streaming & transcoding in one step works nicely to import cartoons into a $25 video ipod knockoff for the munchkin

or you could dig up the kernel modules from waaaaaaaay back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and the TCF underground was remotely relevant

there was one to mount mfs into the root filesys and...

the screen isn't great compared to an ipod, digicam or camcorder lcd


on the other hand... http://www.angelfire.com/cantina/rc3105/Hpim2023s.jpg

the munchkin should enjoy cartoons, sesame...

iPod video knockoff for $25 - possible tivo accessory

http://www.hasbro.com/common/images/products/7689923d4c18_main400.jpg
...

good catch, I'll merge this thread into "Editing SeriesFSID"

proc set_series { rec_fsid Series_Id } {
global db
set rec [db $db openid $rec_fsid]
set Showing [dbobj $rec get Showing]
set Program [dbobj $Showing get Program]
set Series ""
catch { set...

try tivoweb plus. the "group with" dropdown under "edit recording" doesn't allways work but it's worth a try

Building MFS from scratch on an S2

oughta be enough to get started

or maybe TiVo was just waiting for DTV to cough up some $$$ for a new contract

Unified mfs_* tools (originally tridge vplay)

that's odd. if it's a one-of you can rename the show with tivoweb, if it's a recurring problem try changing the name detail options (mfs_ftp settings file). worst case see about tweaking the...

option 1 - wait for routine garbage collection to "defrag" mfs

option 2 - reboot and/or trigger garbage collection manually

option 3 - switch to 1.2.9p which handles allocation better when mfs...

hrm, sounds a lot like FreeNAS

except FreeNas only needs a 32 meg thumb drive ;)


or you could load raid drivers under one of these tiny live distros

movix (10 meg)

m0n0wall (5 meg)

ty parsing in ffmpeg would definatly be handy. those who aren't technical enough to implement it can use mplayer

mplayer/mencoder supports direct playback/transcoding of ty files. usually it'll...

Outpost has the Airlink 10/100/1000 usb adapters on sale every once in a while

they're $9.90 at the moment :D


*work nicely with Scramblethis's hdtivo decrypt kernel & jamie's drivers. ...

nope

get tivo cust svc to make the change or physically swap the crypto chips between units

nice pics jmayes



oh, I imagine a couple of people have...
at this point you're very close to being able to implement a clip-on modchip



er, if you can switch between mb & clip on proms...

seems that XP doesn't bjork the tivo bootpage/signature if the drive is connected via external usb case

somebody else should try this to determine whether that's normal or just a quirk ;)

DSL is nice but still has some hardware compat issues, just last week I tried to use it on a P4-Dell with no joy :( hadda use Fedora Core 4 or Knoppix 5+ to get kb & video working

it's easy...

I think everybody's holding their breath waiting to see what the cablecard-hd-s3's look like

they well might, but if a modchip were public now it'd guarantee S3's would ship with countermeasures

lets not give them incentive to move the prom into a custom broadcom chip... :eek:

hrm, lesse

basic cachecard burstmode extraction source was posted ages ago & has allready been incorporated into tridge's open source vplay utils (that Jamie has adopted/updated/optomized)
...

got a 40gig hdvr2 with remote & cables delivered fedex for $15 :D

thanks for posting the link blueman2

yep, direcway svc sucks

so make yourself a mfstool backup, just don't distribute it? :confused:

oh sure, I was just observing that mplayer/mencoder has some other cool features that would benefit from ty compatability

(http/ftp/vserver network streaming, video playback under...

an actual ty codec would be handy. mplayer/mencoder allready has halfway decent ty parsing (not that there's any earthshaking diff between mencoder & ffmpeg) adding ty read/write to ffmpeg or ty...

seems unlikely that requirements for 2.x through 7.x would be accuratly summarized with a simple formula

if memory serves (16m sa1's was a ways back) allocation size also changes gsod memory...

sounds handy. try checking for discontinuities in the audio level (superloud commercials drive me NUTS!) and/or closed captioning data

eh, works ok for plenty of people. depends mostly on the target dvd player



take a look at etivo or roll your own equivilant with wget/mencoder



there's the encoder options page, adjust...

seems to. if you hit a snag like really wacky dtvhd/otahd it's easy to tweak the mplayer source & recompile



see the mplayer-mencoder guide for specifics. examples like these will get the...

something like the extensive list of procedures in tivoweb or the scripts that're part of a stock tivo image???



oh? like the "what's on" module does?

granted it dumps info for every show...

piece of cake, and the info needed is avail here on dd

likely nobody's going to spell it out though because that would make it WAY to easy for the folks that are out to steal guide data


read...

hrm, just finished re-reading your post. look at this for an easy way to use tivo menus to trigger utils in the tivoserver pc, like sync tivo(s) content to tivoserver pc :D

create a vserver...

which is why I use a kernel module to snoop events and/or disk access. by monitoring read activity in sectors that belong to a fsid you can determine when that recording is playing ;)

that was the moral

somewhere in the 90's it became:

get them to downsize you & outsource the project to your DBA
charge out the wazoo, particularly for bugfixes
hire a sales dept to convince...

'bout $475 last time I billed that way. the dot-com bubble seemed like a good time to switch to project based accounting - for some reason clients that don't blink at a $5k project get this funny...

The Parable of the two Programmers
Neil W. Rickert
Dept. of Math, Stat., and Computer Science,
University of Illinois at Chicago.
...

that's about 5 mins to implement with vserver, the mfs_* tools jamie mentioned a few posts up and mbm's old import.tcl script...

not exactly. "export softwareupgrade=false" will prevent installation of a full sw update but daily calls will still retrieve info/code, load it into mfs, then execute whatever scripts the...

let me ask a few (hopefully obvious) questions


why incorporate a retrieval client into tivoserver?

why not add the ability for basic interaction with a retrieval client by checking for...

yah, wouldn't care to backup any of my servers in a 10g-per-swap-a-thon either ( darn 250G/$69 deals!!! :p )

seems like 60min dv are actually 13G native (uncompressed). regular backups could well...

it's reasonable to expect single thread transfers to/from external usb 2.0 hd's of 15 megabytes/sec or better - speed shouldn't be an issue with tivoserver since even pure streaming will likely top...

wow, know your in trouble when is dtv is considered more friendly :eek:

the pvr market is "maturing" to mirror cellular business models - there's no money in hardware, it's all in the monthly svc fees

for example: gotta pay the cableco (or sat provider) for...

right, but don't hold your breath

seems like weakknees has (or had) refurb dsr7k (series 2.0 dtivo) for like $35. if you're not up for a prom mod but want to play now then your best bet is...

if loadlin (the *nix ver of monte) & BASH_ENV had been widespread on s1 they would've been closed in the s2 prom - instead there were the ez-bake prom flashing extreme images so TiVo countered with a...

I read that you could pull the sata drive and it would unmarry & recover (probably gsod) but you'd lose anything that was split across the drives (probably everything recorded while the sata was...

some more pics here

sure it is, assembly line scripted installs will have a "signature" that's relatively easy to scan for. a polymorphic installer could avoid simple detection but that'd require extra work on the part...

3.x launched ffmpeg & mplex via script. haven't looked at 4.x yet but it would be nice if that were kept as an option in addition to internal transcoding. *gonna feel stupid if that's a pref...

ouch, that has bit me in the butt a few times... ;)

wget is 'bout as elegant as it gets - if you like cli

cron wget daily/hourly with noclobber and it's easy to keep shows synced from tivo -> pc


Jamie called it, sounds like the priority set...

sure it is, the last stable public release is what's getting stale. upto my elbows in diapers for a while so there's not really time to debug & field the 2^10-23 questions updates allways prompt ...

yep :D



*blah blah blah durn minimum msg length requirements...

yah, like 'bout 4 years ago ;)
reading's easy, writing is dangerous if dependencies aren't updated correctly

that's support for local playback of a tivo formatted file, as in whatever.ty.

*"-demuxer 33" switch will force ty codec selection if filetype isn't automatically identified properly

...

no reason at all, works fine. kinda slow but then tivos don't have much horsepower to spare

course, if the goal is hdtivo<->hdtivo mrv you would also need to develop a HMO client and tie it into...

that's the way it is with my camera, never leave home without it. movies & music was a nice bonus (one less gadget to lug around) that'll be on the must-have features list when I go shopping for a...

the Mplayer documentation has several sections & examples that deal with Encoding interlaced video

doom9 and the doom9 forum have extensive info & links re advanced video processing. odds are...

quick & dirty conversion for portable viewing try

mencoder whatever.ty -o whatever.avi -demuxer 33 -vf scale=320:240 -mc 0 -ss 0.1 -oac lavc -ovc lavc -lavcopts...

$190?

didn't spend that much on the last Athlon64 box I built (1M Clawhammer 3000+) - it's a LOT more usefull and DRM-free :D

*ok well not totally, but itunes doesn't really count ;)

would need more info like mfs_ftp & client logs to even begin to guess... :eek:

Sanderton did a mfs_ftp patch that lets s1's do mrv



sounds neat. does it build tmf or ty?


wget -nc ftp://tivo_ip:3105/ty+/*
works nicely, but I'm lazy ;)

I ported tivo-side samba & nfs servers while writing mfs_ftp. they worked ok but ftp just seemed a better fit for extract/insert streaming applications

many moons ago (like predating tridge's...

there's a kernel module (where the heck did I see it?) that provides access to events under 6.x - easy enough to write a tcl wrapper that restores sendkey functionlity



seems to be what folks...

NOT cool. :rolleyes:

from your three posts so far it's apparent you don't really have a handle on how to utilize the forum yet

it would be kosher to share this exp in the Problems with...

mfs_ftp works fine on hdtivos (hd/sd/ota/sat)

as do sanderton's mfs_ftp mrv patches for tivo<->tivo & pc<->tivo tmf transfers


the real news is bcc (and other's) recent public work on...

the attached file has loadlin and a batch file to start it from dos (as in dos 5/6/7/98/me, not a 95/98/nt/xp cmd promt)

copy the kernel & initrd from the ptv iso onto a fat/fat32 c drive, boot...

take a look at ORB, free & does essentialy the same thing with your existing pc+capture card

no capture card or not ORB compatable? there are a number of equivilant open source apps like mencoder...

read up on breaking the chain of trust

killhdinitrd is required to modify hdtivo's without a warrenty voiding prom mod. it also works on regular series 2 units and is MUCH simpler than previous...

well maybe, maybe not. couple of things to consider

look at the banner ads here on DealDatabase, Ptv upgrade is a sponsor. that's not cheap, course neither is the hardware + bandwith to run the...

they spent billions to get into a particular market - if management is too cheap to hire a few competent people that's a whole 'nother category of stupidity...

*wonder what the original replay sw...

(but I don't think it was the tivo guy)

Cisco buys Scientific Atlanta: msnbc - theregister

I've long lamented that Scientific Atlanta makes great hw & ships it with REALLY crappy sw. we have...

sure, works fine. tivo is just a goofy lil *nix box. mail, news, irc, most things port pretty easily

it's a VERY bad idea to talk about tivo based p2p publicly though (trust me on this) you'll...

find somebody that can do surface mount work to replace the bjorked prom. (keep in mind that type service + shipping will probably run WAY more than the s1 is worth)

you'll need to provide the...

well, I don't remember saying that exactly, but I've certainly thought it quite a bit (allthough not nearly so politely) ;)

want to talk about half-assed, take a look at a scientific atlanta...

on series 1 dtivos the file boot299.btl is fed into the omega decoders at startup. it acts as the rom for those chips which are the heart of the tuning/decrypt system

any hope of tuning dvb with...

anyone bothering to read this thread or the post that the package is actually attached to will find info on how to aquire source for the GPL'd support binaries - actually READING the page that offers...

nah, realtime sd <-> hd conversion generally eats more cpu cycles than a tivo has to spare but that's easily solved by running a number crunching daemon in a thread on another box

yah, it's a shame TCF shredded the "tivo underground" when they converted it into "archives". forbidden info & binaries used to be avail if you had the exact link, even for censored or deleted...

it's not that difficult, s1 nfs & samba servers were posted to tcf several years ago - not long after the tivonet specs were released

might want to find an ancient ppc linux build (comparable...

show swapping isn't what this board's about

there are a couple of possibilities but they're not discussed publicly because nobody wants to get sued by tivo legal, the NFL, HBO or <insert fav...

there are other possibilities with features beyond the capabilities of tivo's HMO. now that 7.2 has narrowed the public/private feature gap TiVo inc is only 3+ years behind on comparable features ...

sigh, set the tivo-remote codes to unique numbers (1-9)




well, I dunno 'bout 4.x on hdtivo (bleagh) but tivo <-> tivo mrv has been feasable with utils avail here'bouts for ages (since 2.x...

killhdinitrd only works on series 2 tivos

there might be another bounty to get a 2.5 compatable version released (540 tivos are series 2.5) but don't hold your breath

spamvertising signature fixed ;)


*using the "report bad post" button - the exclaimation point in the red triangle at the top of each post - will alert the apropriate mods more efficiently

all depends on how well <insert fav linux distro> supports your particular hardware

knoppix is generally noob friendly, lots of drivers & many helpfull forums that discuss things like ntfs r/w...

put tivo drive in external usb case (even works on XP machines w/o probs as XP doesn't seem to insist on writing a drive signature to an unrecognized usb hd)

boot from a knoppix live cd/dvd &...

to quote Fred Sanford, don't doooooooo it! :eek:

even without DTV svc HR10-250 are cool ota-hd-pvr's. you'd be hard pressed to find a comparable unit for $300, $200 is a steal

can I put a 2.0 image on my 2.5 lightbulb? can someone tell me before I try because if it doesn't work my wife will kill me...

time to break out the Chewbacca_Defense? :D

dd cloning is reasonable if you don't mind dedicating a drive or you need the ability to instant-restore by swapping drives




biggest bottleneck is the speed of the tivo usb ports, 4~5...

load the usb storage modules


/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/scsi_mod.o
/bin/sleep 1
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/sd_mod.o
/bin/sleep 1
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/sr_mod.o
/bin/sleep 1
/sbin/insmod...

keep searching, joe works over serial. try using it with tera term pro

currently the main hub consists of 2 machines with about 3TB of hd 'tween em and an absolute octopus of wiring & accessories. 1 ghz thunderbird, 2 ghz barton, 3.5TB of rw DVD in two homebrew 400...

finally got around to rebuilding the archive server (approaching 9TB) so live tv is a distant memory. when you can watch entire seasons as continous blocks pause-&-resume-tomorrow (or next week) can...

well, yanno how there's sposed to be lotsa births after a blackout or similiar tv disruption? (colortv-contraception?) perhaps it's not quite as effective when there's a TiVo pause button... :D

dtv is dropping hr10-250 in favor of non-tivo mpg4 hardware soon, why would they want to provide 6.x?

IF they ever offer a hd-mrv option it'll be on the new hw that's a lot more secure

when a ty or tmf is uploaded mfs_ftp stores the xml in /var/mfs_ftp/cache

restarting mfs_ftp doesn't clear the cache, for that you need a cmd like


rm /var/mfs_ftp/cache/*.xml

or ftp in on...

currently you'll need a prom mod before you can change anything to enable bash. best bet is probably to find a pioneer 810 as monte & killhdinitrd both work on that model

dssapp & myworld maybe, but tcl like tivoweb & mfs_ftp are single threaded so they should only be listed once

once guided setup is complete it's just a matter of existing utils or setup screens to change inputs

keep digging, guided setup works just fine across network or serial ppp

more like a car without climate control - you'll get there eventually but might not enjoy the trip

ALL UR J0BZ R 3EL0N6 2 US!!!

yep, piece of cake. three ways spring to mind


change the setting on disk before tivoapp starts

poke the value for the new setting directly into memory

use a script that simulates remote...

unless somebody does a usb -> component hdmpg decoder dongle ;)

(ah the joys of implementing gpl'd code via cheap general purpose asic's)

tivo's bread & butter is the monthly subscriber base,...

yep, and if dtv completely orphans 'em ( unlikely, but they did it with primestar recievers :eek: ) it's not all that hard to add a usb tuner

that'd be a kick wouldn't it? dtv orphans a couple...

a sleepered s1? :confused: that's unlikely...

a tivo with 3.x sw + the tivoweb screen module will do 90% of what you want. a few strategic tweaks would let it start playback directly from the...

really depends on what all you're running. reboots shouldn't make a difference on a stock factory config


regular reboot is a good idea if any of the following apply:

running 17 different...

viewing via pc or tivo->tv?

(both are easy enough, just not sure what you're asking)

Questionable Content

Cntrl-Alt-Del

Foxtrot

Sherman's Lagoon

Calvin & Hobbes

you've got one, tivo is just a goofy lil *nix box. source is avail for the os, it's the proprietary pvr sw where lack of documentation makes things interesting



ah, but decent is very much in...

xml in tmf (a tar wrapper) is basically a 1:1 txt ver of info in the tivo's mfs database

tivoweb can produce html/xml in nearly any desired format - it's easy to modify existing modules or write...

point to point GigE? :eek:

must resist urge to buy crate of expen$ive adapters...

two key words there "we believe"

just because the GPL authors think that doesn't make it the law (as it currently exists anyway)

*Stallman has some good ideas, but even his biggest supporters...

guess that 'splains the grin ;)

EFF.org - You Have 48 Hours to Stop the Broadcast Flag

EFF action alert


slashdot mention

senators phone numbers referenced from slashdot (hopefully)

these are all series 2.5 and require prom mods

http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=41325&highlight=540040

some folks seem to have trouble with joe over serial, here's a intro level thread for examples, solutions & discussion

gotta start somewhere, the bootstrap partition can contain your own kernel/scripts/utils and tag along inside a standard mfstool backup w/o modifying the "legit" kernel+root

fwiw, the mfstool...

and you would know that how exactly? :D

mfstool includes the bootstrap partition, so just resize & mke2fs it

nope. create a small ramdisk, chroot, have your way with the drive. don't forget to rebuild the kernel, root + partition table before rebooting. ( as easy as "dd if=base_config.dd of=/dev/hda" )...

howdy, I'm the author of the ftp sw that allows for video transfer and you have an illegal copy. would you be willing to provide the seller's info and possibly proof of purchase / payment?


--...

pshaw, with a small enough ramdisk config you can even use mfstool to restore a new image w/o pulling the drive

*even easier if the tivo has extra drives, cd/dvd or usb memory stick avail

still alive. working on an engineering degree, gettin ready for a baby & paying the bills those bring doesn't leave much free time :eek:

there's enough osd, png/jpg/gif display & mpg playback...

myth / freevo aren't OS's, they're pvr apps

plenty of people writing/running myth or similiar apps apps on tivo hardware


think of it this way, the standard tivo experience is equivilant to a...

cojonesdetoro posted some tcl scripts to initiate fxp transfers a while back, chunkedit can also be run in straight copy mode w/o editing

tystudio supports them ;)

contact the seller for support

not so much, that ship sailed many moons ago. sleep??? thx for the reminder, knew there was something I'd been forgetting to do...

baby on the way & bills to pay. the balloon's still afloat but my time available for non-paying projects isn't what it used to be :(



tivos can indeed be used for pure network playback. ...

the dtivo hw/sw recieves, decrypts & displays the same raw feed as all those bare bones irds, but it also repackages it into ty before it's ever written to disk. changing header bytes on the fly is...

serial term probs are pretty basic and btux9 seemed to have a clue. dunno if this was a legit question or a troll but I bit anyway. coulda posted a working example but thought I'd see where this...

dtivos decrypt the wacky dtv mpeg2 varient and convert it to ty on the fly. it's true that's really more of a "encapsulating file format" change, but it's simple enough for the dtv->ty daemon to...

oh, I dunno. I can think of 3 or 4 ways that wouldn't require anything more than minor sw changes. I'm pretty sure the folks with the source code could implement it easier than I did...

the basic underlying components are all freely available - vserver, vplay, mfs_export, mfs_import, mfs_multicast, hmo_d, unscramble kernels/modules, text2osd, event intercept/send utils, updated usb...