The features of the 390 sound sweet, but the web pages I read are so contradictory about the region-free hackability.
Yeah, but you're an amateur fry cook and I come from a long line of fry cooks that don't live past 25.
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§ ita § - Dec 23, 2009 11:48:25 am PST #12060 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
§ ita § - Dec 23, 2009 11:50:06 am PST #12061 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
cocoa puffs:
when I find a really cool video I want to easily play it on my TV
If it weren't for the iSquint times, I'd be happy to convert everything for my AppleTV and view it there. As is, I need to reinvestigate the formats that my TiVo will use as the other method for getting video to my TV from my network.
tommyrot - Dec 23, 2009 11:52:16 am PST #12062 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
As is, I need to reinvestigate the formats that my TiVo will use as the other method for getting video to my TV from my network.
Ooh, I'd forgotten about TiVo. Actually sending something from a computer to a TiVo is simple (if the TiVo has WiFi), right? And a Mac can do it too, right?
§ ita § - Dec 23, 2009 11:56:44 am PST #12063 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Actually sending something from a computer to a TiVo is simple (if the TiVo has WiFi), right?
If you're running TiVo desktop, your computer shows up as a source in the listings. I just haven't added anything in there since I got the new computer. All it has in there is stuff I've copied off the TiVo itself.
I'm out of touch with what the Mac software will do. I need to look into that too.
Jon B. - Dec 23, 2009 12:09:52 pm PST #12064 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
TiVo Desktop is fussy about what formats you can download to the TiVo. I've been using pyTiVo instead of TiVo desktop which easily allows me to transfer most anything I ahem. The Mac version was ridiculously easy to set up.
§ ita § - Dec 23, 2009 12:12:13 pm PST #12065 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've been using pyTiVo instead of TiVo desktop which easily allows me to transfer most anything I ahem
Does it also allow you to transfer stuff off your TiVo and view it locally?
NoiseDesign - Dec 23, 2009 12:17:33 pm PST #12066 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
The PS3 was the benchmark Blu-Ray player for the first couple of years but in the past 12 months or so a number of the standalone ones have been outperforming it from what I understand. We have a PS3 in the living room for games and Blu-Ray and it works great, but they are huge and don't stack well into regular component setups and have a big fan in them as well. I picked up a Samsung Blu-Ray for the bedroom system recently. Haven't had a chance to compare the two yet, but it seems like it's a good performer.
Jon B. - Dec 23, 2009 12:28:43 pm PST #12067 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Does it also allow you to transfer stuff off your TiVo and view it locally?
Now that I think about it, there may be two programs that I set up on my Mac -- one for each direction. I'll check when I get home and report back.
tommyrot - Dec 23, 2009 12:39:49 pm PST #12068 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So, anyone who used Notepadd++ - is there a way to find unbalanced brackets, parenthesis, etc?
le nubian - Dec 23, 2009 1:05:27 pm PST #12069 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jon is right, on the mac, pytivo is the superior product to Tivo Desktop. I use it all the time and it can be a little quirky: I have to restart the program here and there, but that is a very minor inconvenience.
To transfer files off the tivo, I believe I use ITivo.