tytotivo: Convert ty/ty+/tmf/xml files to .tivo files

**jkozee** · 01-26-2008, 04:02 AM

PURPOSE
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This software extracts information from ty/ty+/tmf files or ty style showing.xml files and creates an encrypted .tivo file header file. Appending an mpeg-ps file to the end of .tivo file creates an "unecrypted .tivo" file that can then be uploaded to a TiVo unit using the standard tools. If the latest version of tytompg is located in the same directory, tytotivo will use it to extract and append the mpeg-ps file to create a complete .tivo file in one step

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
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You will need to use the MAK (Media Access Key) that has been assigned to the TiVo unit you wish to upload to.

tytompg by BCC located here:
http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=58397

Note this is a revised version of tytompg which now includes S3 and append to file options. Previous versions will not work.

INSTRUCTIONS
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Place tytotivo and tytompg in the same directory then call tytotivo with YOUR MAK.

Usage: tytotivo.exe [-y] [-m mak] [-o outfile] infile
-m TiVo Media Access Key (read from file named mak if missing)
-o output file (same as input with .tivo extension if missing)
input file

example:
tytotivo -m 1234567890 -i tyfile.ty -o tyfile.tivo
tytotivo -m 1234567890 -i tmffile.tmf -o tmffile.tivo
tytotivo -m 1234567890 -i showing.xml -o partial.tivo
tytotivo tyfile.ty

NOTE: If a showing.xml file is used, or tytompg is not found, the resulting .tivo file will need to have an mpeg-ps file appended to the file in order to be complete. You can do this like:
cat partial.tivo mpeg-ps.mpg > complete.tivo
or, for windows:
copy /b partial.tivo + mpeg-ps.mpg complete.tivo

THANKS
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Thanks to BCC for creating and updating tytompg.
Thanks to Jeremy Drake for tivodecode.
Thanks to Jamie, tridge, ADH, and others for Unified mfs_* tools.
Thanks to wsewell and others for tivoserver.

**jt1134** · 01-26-2008, 04:37 AM

Thank you for this! I'm eager to see what you've done, but the tarball you've posted seems to be corrupted. I get irrecoverable errors using 7zip or cgywin's built-in tar. I can unpack the x86 binary, but source code is of course always much more interesting.

**jkozee** · 01-26-2008, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by jt1134

Thank you for this! I'm eager to see what you've done, but the tarball you've posted seems to be corrupted. I get irrecoverable errors using 7zip or cgywin's built-in tar. I can unpack the x86 binary, but source code is of course always much more interesting.

It looks like the attachment was truncated. I've uploaded the attachment again and it looks fine now.

**jkozee** · 01-27-2008, 03:37 AM

New version fixes a bug with long file names on windows, linux version should be ok.

**jt1134** · 04-01-2008, 08:56 PM

With all the requests for something like this from people moving on from dtv and such, I'm surprised no one's said it:

THANK YOU!!

I've been making .tivo files and moving them to my new TivoHD all day long without any issues. Feels good to finally retire my HR10-250. Your work is appreciated!

**lgkahn** · 04-19-2008, 10:30 AM

ignore rambligs didnt realize you need tytompg also
'tytompg' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

**del4** · 04-30-2008, 02:24 AM

Sounds like a nice tool to access some of my old (S1) .ty files, but I cannot seem to get it to work. Trying the following command in a directory containing witch.ty, tstompg.exe, tytompg.exe and tytotivo.exe:

tytotivo -m <my mak> witch.ty

gives me this output

tytotivo was developed by jkozee.
Portions of this code based on or inspired by:
mfs_uberexport - http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=39487
tivodecode - http://sourceforge.net/projects/tivodecode/
tivoserver - http://sourceforge.net/projects/tivoserver/
s3tots - http://dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=57574
Please see LICENSE.TXT, as additional restrictions may apply.

showing.xml not found: No such file or directory

According to the README.TXT, if I have a showing.xml file, then I have to append an mpeg-ps file to complete the .tivo file, yet I don't have a showing.xml file present...

Likely something simple, but not sure what the problem is...

**jkozee** · 04-30-2008, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by del4

showing.xml not found: No such file or directory

Looks like the file doesn't have the metadata included. I can think of two reasons.
1) The file is incomplete. The showing.xml data is located in the last block of the file, so if the file is not complete then the data won't be there.
2) These old ty files were exported without the metadata. I believe (somebody correct me if I'm wrong) that older tools didn't include anything but video in the Ty files. The Ty+ format was created to add the metadata to the Ty files, and since they were backwards compatible (since the metadata was inserted in filler space) the exporting tools (mfsuberexport) were re-worked to inclued Ty+ and Ty was also changed to be a Ty+ format, just using the .ty extension.

So, this tool works with ty/ty+/tmf from the latest exporting tools, but will not work on ty files if there is no metadata included. Your best option is to just convert it to a mpeg-ps (.mpg) and use TivoDesktop or pyTivo to serve it back to the tivo. If you are using pyTivo I believe the lates version allows you to add metadata (don't quote me on that, I haven't actually used pyTivo yet).

You could still create a .tivo file, but you will have to create the showing.xml file manually, convert the ty to a mpg, then use tytotivo produce a .tivo file. Probably more trouble than it's worth.

HTH and sorry for the confusion about the file types.

**jg123** · 05-04-2008, 05:24 PM

I was getting a segmentation dump when trying to run the linux binary, but running make in the src directory gave me a working one. Great tool. Thanks!

**HerronScott** · 09-22-2008, 12:37 AM

Great tool! This along with mfs_ftp is allowing me to pull shows off our old S1 and move them over to our new S3.

It does look like shows from the same series are not going into a folder though on the S3. Any thoughts on this? I think this means that it doesn't think they have the same series ID?

Scott

**jkozee** · 09-23-2008, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by HerronScott

It does look like shows from the same series are not going into a folder though on the S3. Any thoughts on this? I think this means that it doesn't think they have the same series ID?

Correct, if the series id's don't match they won't be grouped together in the same folder. You can fix the values in the ty/tmf file before you process it. I also submitted a patch to sourceforge that included a tdmake app that allows you to combine .tivo xml and mpg files.

**OKCRandy** · 05-04-2009, 10:28 PM

No matter what I do I cannot get this to run as it should. All I get is the following.

Code:

Z:\TyToTiVo>tytotivo -m XXXXXXXXXX -i StarTrekIV.ty -o StarTrekIV.tivo
tytotivo was developed by jkozee.
Portions of this code based on or inspired by:
mfs_uberexport - http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39487
tivodecode - http://sourceforge.net/projects/tivodecode/
tivoserver - http://sourceforge.net/projects/tivoserver/
s3tots - http://dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=57574
Please see LICENSE.TXT, as additional restrictions may apply.

Usage: tytotivo [-y] [-m mak] [-o outfile] infile
  -m TiVo Media Access Key (read from file named mak if missing)
  -o output file (same as input with .tivo extension if missing)
  input file

Also, you mention tdmake app to merge xml and mpg do you have a link available?

**ScanMan** · 05-05-2009, 08:44 AM

Originally Posted by OKCRandy

No matter what I do I cannot get this to run as it should. All I get is the following.

I think your usage is wrong; should be something like:

Code:

Z:\TyToTiVo>tytotivo -m XXXXXXXXXX -o StarTrekIV.tivo StarTrekIV.ty

Don't know the answer to your 2nd question.

**jkozee** · 05-05-2009, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by ScanMan

I think your usage is wrong; should be something like:

Code:

Z:\TyToTiVo>tytotivo -m XXXXXXXXXX -o StarTrekIV.tivo StarTrekIV.ty

Correct. Or just:

Code:

Z:\TyToTiVo>tytotivo -m XXXXXXXXXX StarTrekIV.ty

Originally Posted by OKCRandy

Also, you mention tdmake app to merge xml and mpg do you have a link available?

I don't have the binary, but you can find the patch files here and compile it using MS Visual Studio Express.

**OKCRandy** · 05-05-2009, 05:18 PM

Thanks for the replies.

When I fallow the above examples, I get this error on any tmf or ty file I try to convert.

Code:

Z:\TyToTiVo>tytotivo -m XXXXXXXXXX StarTrekIV.ty
tytotivo was developed by jkozee.
Portions of this code based on or inspired by:
mfs_uberexport - http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39487
tivodecode - http://sourceforge.net/projects/tivodecode/
tivoserver - http://sourceforge.net/projects/tivoserver/
s3tots - http://dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=57574
Please see LICENSE.TXT, as additional restrictions may apply.

tytompg: Copyright (c) 2004-2007 B.C. <bcc24x7@gmail.com>
Multiplexer version 0.21, Demuxer version 0.27
tytompg: illegal option -- p
error: Invalid arguments specified.
Usage: tytompg -i infile -o outfile
        OR tytompg infile [outfile]
-d<opt> Turn on debug option
-i infile       Input file containing .ty/.ty+/.tmf source
-o outfile      Output file for mpeg2 transport stream
-s n    Skip n chunks
-n n    Process n chunks
-y      Allow overwrite of output file

If I just run tytompg I do not get any errors, the file processes just fine.

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