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The equipment is at a vacation home that is quite remote. All past experiences with installers in the area have been attrocious to say the least, and difficult to schedule (we are about 45 minutes...

Has anyone gotten them to upgrade you without sending someone to your house to do the install? I can't get them to ship me the unit at my billing address w/ the 5lnb dish, they say that is not...

Just in case anyone is wondering what the page said before they pulled it:

I definitely put in for a bounty on this, but somehow I think it is unlikely to occur.

Probably more likely now that they can be had for a decent price, and people won't be as afraid to blow them...

never mind just re-read Nutkase's post, and what I thought was a quote originally is actually a CODE section, now I just need to figure out if it is already part of the superpatch....

Split

Has the patch location been determined for 4.0.1b-02? Or is this included in the superpatch-4all?

Split

Oops, now I am posting in the wrong thread... I just posted this in the rant thread....

*trys to ignore all the latest messages*

So what is the story, we are just shy of $4k, and I believe the...

So is anyone going to beat the Doc? He took me out of first place pretty quick. (I could have sworn I posted in this thread challenging someone to beat me, but I guess my memory isn't as good as it...

I just added $46 dollars to my ante, that puts me (I believe) at the top of the list of contributors, and I still don't own a RID unit.

Come on people, folders for the RID units, HMO for the RID...

Wow, I am glad the rants are seperated into this thread. I just hope that the soapbox speaches in here, don't hurt the chance of the bounty hack being released if we come close, but don't quite make...

Doing a guide is always a balancing act between spoon feeding too much, and not providing enough info. I agree with AllDeadHomiez, while it is nice to provide explanations for the individual...

I am surprised that there are not more people putting in some dough just for a verified LBA48 kernel, plus it sounds like in place capacity expansion.

Come on people, let's get this total up!
...

If everyone that "voted" in this thread had already submitted their amount of their vote, I think we'd be a lot closer to reaching the goal.

I put in my ammount, have you put in yours?

Split

Is there anyway for me to change my vote? I'd be willing to go a little higher in the price I previously voted.

Split

Oh sure, try to make it sound like I am using the "new" math. ;)
You posted on the 19th at 4pm, and said you were recording 48 hrs/day (2 tuners * 2), today was the 30th, so that is 11 days. 11*48 =...

Well by my calculations you should have been able to have recorded over 522 hours of recordings by now. So how did it work out? still solid and stable?

Split

Well you have pretty much answered your own question there. The only visual difference between 4.x and 3.x is that 4.x has folders and HMO. HMO (Home Media Option) is the Digital music player,...

I'd pitch in $25 for the bounty, and offer testing and images if needed.

Split

I, for one, will miss Sleeper's contributions to the community.

Enough said.

Split

I think it is a great idea, and I'd be willing to repeat some of your answers at least a couple of times. ;)

Just getting my dish set back up, so if there is anything that I can do to help let me...

My guess is (with the topic, the low post count for the poster and the general feeling of the board) that this was just a troll.

Looks like the troll worked.

If it was not a troll, then the...

Can you point out where in the readme for TivoWebPlus Final that made you think that tserver was going to run? (If it is in there, it will need to be updated...)

For the record, the only thing...

Does it still work with a previous version of TyTools? is the server still running on your tivo?

While it might be nice to assume that everyone has upgraded to the latest version, in reality there are some reasons that some people will not have upgraded.

1) Lack of time (no matter how easy it...

You are correct that I am using Media Player. I will try out the new version (when posted) an let you know if I fair better. Until then I will keep 9r1 around.

So both the "old" and "new" format...

Well, it has been a while since I have extracted anything. So I fired up TyTool9r1 (that was the last version I had used). Selected three files to download and them came to this thread to see what...

I don't belive I implied that you had done any actual development work yourself, I am sorry for that mischaracterization.

Just in case someone else didn't actually read my message, and thought...

I am taking a stab in the dark here, but it sort of sounds like there are two copies of Tivoweb on your system. If two copies of Tivoweb are being started when you reboot, the one that gets started...

Yes, the headphone jack can be connected to a special cable that will allow it to be connected to a 9pin connector. You might try clicking on the sponsor's add at the top of the page, I believe they...

Well at least they aren't using code from Sleeper as we all know what you think of his scripts.



Split

That is what I was suspecting myself.

I don't see it on either my S1 or S2 Dtivo's. I don't think that DTV provides that info in the stream (nor the star rating).


I think that someone was...

I find the site to be snappier than before. Lets hope it has taken the outages as well.

Split

I hadn't posted to this thread yet, so I thought I would chime in and say that this is a great enhancement to Sanderton's original endpad. I was using endpad on my DTivo, and while it was working it...

Hey Sleeper,

Just ran the csoscout-1.0-5.tivo.tpm package. A couple of small errors in it.

First in the initial discussion there is a slight wording error. "... that were make with a ..." make...

Lowcarb: thanks for pointing this out, I too was making changes to the lj_util.itcl file and was finding that it was causing errors. Glad I am not the only one.

Here is what I did. First I...

An HTML file is by definition a static file, as in unchanging content. Are you saying that you want to create a page that does not change on your Tivo?

I think that I am unclear on the purpose...

I like the forum layout, very clear lines in the sand as to where to post.

Of course developers not writing manuals is nothing unique to hacking the tivo. Heck I know of a lot of developers that don't write apps for stuff they code professionally, and they get paid to do...

If we are keeping count, I concur.

I highly doubt that elseed is stepping on nophone's toes. fixsub/nophone and its variants do not actually do anything with the modem. elseed only monitors the modem so there is no real crossover. ...

Just so I am clear (I can be real slow sometimes), it appears that there isn't really an issue with the rules.

The issue appears to be more that the rules did not come with a new layout of the...

I think this is a different topic than the rules that have been presented, and should be addressed, but it does not negate the rules, nor the need for rules.


I think we (Vadim) all agree that...

I would think that most of us wouldn't expect you to be perfect. I think that now that your new rules have been posted, everyone should expect to live by them.

I would also think, in light of the...

I don't think I need to do a line by line breakdown of the Board Etiquette as they all appear to be common sense ideas that we should have all been following all along, and are mostly directed at...

Did you read the same rules that I did?Isn't this something that you pounce on whenever someone even comes close this this? Permanent ban = No teeth?
This seems to be another common topic that you...

TPM is only needed to make packages.

Split

Driving while intoxicated: Nope
Speeding: umm.. no comment
cheating on tax returns: Nope
Drugs: Nope, umm. I mean I didn't inhale.. (actually Nope, but the correct response for those holding...

That's great, did you donate to the site to help make sure that it is still here when you come back with questions?

no, 4.0 doesn't support SendKeys which means that some of the hacks for enabling...

Oh, this is one I can answer. I recommend that you don't toke up before undertaking this task as you will need to focus on the task at hand.

Split

Is there a reason you posted this three times?

If you have all the guides, and the scripts and everything, then I would suggest that you have all the "expert" tips you need to perform your...

I think this is a very important improvement to TPM considering some of the issues of late regarding users claiming to have not read the license agreement. The users are presented with the license...

I concur, there is no reason that people can't be treated with respect. That goes for both DB and his rants against questions he thinks have been posted in the wrong section, and for the newbies who...

Backing up and restoring your season passes is not part of TWP, it is an add-in module. We do not support that module here, please address this in its own thread, or in a thread dealing with that...

It is soft padding. Read the endpad thread (make sure you get endpadplus as it supports your dual tuners). But it might not be able to pad if you really have that many season passes. IMHO there is...

I agree, endpad rocks. And I believe the Tivo is getting the time from the sat. So it should be as "in time" with the guide as is possible.

Split

The tivo FTP server is single threaded. If you have a "hanging" open connection to the ftp server (ie. you connected with something that didn't disconnect properly) then it is possible for your tivo...

I believe that sleeper's scripts are for both. They also have appeared to successfully monte'd your drive (did you say thanks?), if you have issues with the automatic (read: I didn't have to do any...

If there is someone in here that has one, lets hope that they at least take a back up of it early in the beta, that way if there is a vulnerabilty like the U5 one, it won't be magically gone when...

Well that is good to know, so I would assume (there I go, assuming again!)that this is happening on my old DSR6000 as well, but the PS command is a different version.

Thanks for the input. It...

I've just started setting up 4.0 on my HDVR2. I used a downloaded image of 4.0 from the net. I restored it to my drive, and then ran sleeper's script against it to complete the monte.

I haven't...

Just upgraded my HDVR2 to 4.0 and wanted to try out one of the TPM packages..

So I decided to install the noscramble2-1.0-3.S2.tpm package.

I had a couple of issues (none that I couldn't over...

Before someone posts a (justified) really nasty response to this message. Please see a post by Sleeper in THIS thread about THIS EXACT issue.

There is a reason that people say to READ before you...

have you tried without the cachecard (and any respective drivers)...

Not pointing fingers at the cache card, but it would help eliminate a variable..

Split

Well there is a descriptive explanation of an issue if I ever saw it.

Care to elaborate?

Split

Well, killing ANY process that is running under tivosh will reboot your box. Period end of story.

The only time I have had TivoWeb and/or TivoWebPlus lock up, is when my entire tivo locks up (ie....

NBC is the reason you would want that, they are starting to have some of their shows either start a couple of minutes early or end a couple of minutes late.

It is not that big of a deal for those...

Just wanted to say great work sleeper. I already have these installed or I would definitely be giving them a try. :)

Split

Way more information is needed to diagnose a problem than that. SA/Dtivo? What version of the OS? What version of TivoWeb?

That being said, the original TivoWeb 1.94 does not appear to have any...

Hmm, I think that would take more than 5 minutes of programming. ;)

Split

I wonder if he has localized his Tivo like Rubik?

rpongett: Have you done anything to make your Tivo not use UTC as its internal time? Are you running the lastest -pre9 version (which has...

Noticed that my header still said -pre8, so did a restart of TWP (full reload) it didn't come back, so I started it from the console and got this:


TivoWebPlus Project - v1.0-pre9
The program...

How big of a HD do you have? (I have always had negative numbers in the info page, so I have completely ignored the values since day one). I am wondering if this is related to HD size. I am using a...

While there is limited support in the ORIGINAL TivoWeb for username/password authentication, there has been no specific testing of this. TivoWeb has NOT been hardened against any sort of outside...

Some ideas:


directly edit "preferences" (ie. thumbs up) data
be able to mark some shows as never record, and be able to prevent re-recording shows you've watched
automatically skip...

Yes, the number of dead-ends that Falcon and I have been down chasing that little piece of information is almost depressing.

Split

Working on my S1 Dtivo with 3.1, looking good.

Split

Will this work with Series 1 or not? Anything to be done differently to load on Series 1 DTiVo?

John[/QUOTE]

This is a trick question, right? :confused:

As I believe has been mentioned by FalconTX (and in my post that you quoted) the DTivo does not do any encoding itself. The Dtivo directly records the mpeg2 digital stream to your hard drive. It...

Monday works best for me.

I just want to confirm what you are saying. You see the "user interface" option on the main menu (or the menu bar across the top), when you select that you are seeing a list of options. Which of...

Good work installing additional modules. Those modules are not included as part of the base install at this time. As such we don't support them.

I doubt you actually got them working, what you...

Count me in.

I just re-read some of the last messages, and I think that gist that some of us are trying to get to is that if we make it easier on the newbies, it will in the long run make it easier on us.

When...

That is what we are doing in the TivoWebPlus thread as well. It seems to work well, but my above comments about conflicting posts still applies.

Split

Perhaps some of the more seasoned members (David?) would be willing to invest some time cleaning up some of the "stickies". I know I would be willing to invest some time doing it, if there was a way...

Looks like Hollywood has at least temporarily agree that extracting from one of your machines to another is OK, and so is skipping commercials! (Hey if it is ok for one digital technology, it should...

Thanks, I would have never gotten that... My mind kept going towards Internet Relay Chat (IRC)...

Split

It would be cool if DTV did pass the anamorphic content. :(

I keep seeing IIRC in messages, and while I can figure out most of the abbreviations (STFU: Shut the F... up, IMO: In My Opinion, IMHO:...

You might want to check the UI on the Tivo instead of TivoWebPlus, as that is what (I believe) you have changed.

Split

The code I wrote to allow linking from TivoWebPlus to TV Tome for tv shows, was incorrectly linking the music channels to TV Tome as well. As the music channels don't identify what song is playing...

You might want to check out the TivoWebPlus thread, it does all this and more.

Split

In the spirit of the IMDb lookup that was added, I change ui.itcl to also do lookups for tv shows on tvtome.com.

I also moved the search link over in to the data column and called the row "More...

Welcome back DB! :)



While I agree that is what one would expect to see, except the orginator of this thread said (in the second post):



So I can't really blame the guy for asking... ...

I was one of the people who downloaded it. It worked on my Series 1 Dtivo with 3.1.0.

There are some issues with how Tivo deals with the streams, but the script does seem to work correctly in...

I got this one off a thread a while ago. Not sure where it came from, but we might want another one that doesn't infringe on Tivo's TM'd logo...

But this is the one I use on my Tivo.. :)

You...

MrB: Went through and tested it on my S1 Dtivo w/ 3.1.0 and it all appears to work, and nothing appears broken because of the ui, and httpd-tt updates.

Looks like there is still some anti-hack code in there. This isn't affecting me but should still be removed.



set fstr "tseTbuS/cte/"
set fstr2 ""
...

Is work still going on on TivoWeb NG? I thought that had been still born? If not, where is the work occuring? I wouldn't mind looking at what state they are at and helping with that project as...

I was just looking back through the thread and noticed the discussion about the Resource Editing, which was a question that I had myself a little while ago.

It doesn't make any sense to me that...

My Dtivo S1 with 3.1.0 does. Can't speak for the other versions.

I guess those two lines should be removed as well then. :) I had gotten it down to the fact that it was down to /$var1/$var2 I just hadn't figured out where they were assigned (yet)...

MrB: Good...

Well, I finally broke down and decided to figure out why tivoweb was experiencing errors when ever it tried to do something like "get_thumbimage"..

I am not sure if others were experiencing it,...

Just for the n00bs, once you have the .gz file extracted from the zip and transfered to your Tivo (make sure you use BINary format) in the location you want to install it to

Use the following...

I agree that the forums should be arranged by Series rather than Dtivo/SA.

I think that the signal to noise ratio might be improved if the was a moderated section where "completed" hacks could...

No, I think it has more to do with the fact that he has received a temporary ban.

I don't want to come off defending DB (heck, I have crossed words with him in this very thread), but I do think...

I think that it would be a worth while thing to be able to do.

What are the skipping issues that you mention? (I guess if I can record it, I can find out for myself).... ;)

I would look at using Tivo Control Station. It has a lot of what you need to do. (intercept remote codes, and display stuff on the screen).

If you google for Tivo Control Station it should be...

you might want to check out Tivo Control Station

http://www.zirakzigil.net/tivo/TCSdownload.html

it will save you from re-inventing the wheel. ;)

Splitsec

Ok, I decided to go through the tivoweb and see what is working, and not working on my S1 - Dtivo running 3.1.0

With the latest version of TivoWeb as posted in this thread, DisplayText is not...

See, I knew I was just missing it. The drop down menus are nice, but they have hidden some things that use to be more obvious...

Thanks for the pointer...

I might be missing it, but we seem to have lost the button to directly PM a poster.

Is there a resource file for the Resource Editor module of tivoweb for 3.1?

Split

Valid point. No offense taken.

I think there is actually two aspects to it. One is from the perspective of a person looking at an FTP directory listing of modules, and trying to determine what...

I did up one as well, I wanted to put what hacks I had installed so took a slightly different tact.

If you have looked at the recent Tivo site, in their Demo Tivo flash, you might recognize the...

at line 170 in my rc.sysinit I have

# Some tcl scripts expect TIVO_ROOT to be set. It would be cleaner to
# just use the path, but that's not the way it is right now. The
# contents of...

mrb: is your TIVO_ROOT completely empty? or does it just contain a slash? mine has a / in it

Which I think is messing up the regsub as the string for the exp ends up being //var/log instead of...

Sleeper: I think DB attacks everyone equally, at least he is consistent in that.

His logic is hard to follow though. He thinks that because people ask for the theft of service hacks here that it...

Sleeper, just wanted to let you know that I was following the thread as well. I think it is a great concept, and would be willing to help nuture it along.

I like your original naming concept. ...

ok, I am thinking that this is something that is pecular to my setup.

Care to help me diagnose what it is?

As I only have the one tivo setup, and this is how it has always worked for me, I...

Hey rc3105,

I see you are running 5.2 on your hdvr2, and issues? Have you tried hooking up a dvd-r to it?

Split

My TIVO_ROOT is blank. The link that is being create (on my machine) includes the path, so by having the path in there, it ends up being in twice.

So you are saying it works on your machine? I...

I agree, what is being asked for is available after some reading.

I don't read into their question (however hard it is to read it, proofreading is a valuable skill when posting) that they are...

Hypertv, glad to see you solved your problem. Better yet, you acknowledged the help, and provided a link to the solution you used.

Splitsec

Yes, I think they would have. Tivo is in a tricky situation, the media companies want DRM management in all future devices capable of playing "their" content.

Tivo already has functions which...

I may be getting a bit off topic here, but after fixing the logs module on my Tivo (series1), I decided it would be nice to be able to clear the logs from there as well. I have modified the...

Is it just me, or does anyone else have a problem viewing their logs with Tivoweb?

With the install here (and I think the original before the dual tuner mods) I was getting an error.

I was...

Just tried that line, and it works for me as well. So if anyone is having troubles I would suggest trying either the busybox (make sure you create a link between cut and busybox) or replace that...

I hard coded my IP address (I am not using DHCP anyways) and it appears to be working for me fine for now, would still like to find the "cut" binary to a series 1 in order to be working with a...

Just trying this out on my Series 1 unit, and I am getting a complaint from the httpd-tt.tcl file:


couldn't execute "cut": no such file or directory
while executing
"exec ifconfig...

Did either of you ever connect a DVD drive to the system? Was it as functional as the original units (ie. could you play DVD's, and could you write them?)

Sounds like an interesting long term...

I was thinking that being able to put some MP3's on my 120gb Tivo and play them would be a cool idea. But I figured it hadn't been started on yet.

Sounds like there has been a lot of work done...