Move Your Media: TiVo HD : Index Your Media

By William Van Winkle , published on March 2, 2009 at 1:31 PM
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With TiVo Desktop running, it is time to provide the system with files and folders to index for sharing with the set-top box. Click the Share Music, Photos, and Videos icon on the left. To add music, make sure the Music tab is selected, then click the Add Music button. Find a folder location you want to add, such as “My Music,” and hit the Add button at the bottom. Select the Photos tab and repeat this to add your photo locations. To pull TiVo recordings onto your PC, click on the TiVo recordings icon, then click the Pick Recordings to Transfer button. As you can see, we had two videos stored on our TiVo HD, but both were copyright protected and couldn’t be moved off the set-top box.
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TwoDigital 03/05/2009 4:56 PM
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I had and loved my original TiVo for several years. As the author mentions, there are a lot of good features and the online ability has come a long way since the original v1 and v2 TiVo added the networking features.

The two most annoying things to me: (1) there's no way to control or even pass-through DVD or BluRay playback through the device. If I want to watch movies, I better have 2 HDMI inputs on my TV and I'll need to dig out the TV remote again to switch it (and a third remote from the BluRay player.) (2) you can't play your own media on a TiVo... it only plays something that a TiVo records or something you've downloaded from one of their partners.

Moving to a low-profile Vista Media Center fixed both issues for me (as well as giving me the two CableCards that an upgraded TiVo HD would have given me.)

redhat 04/18/2009 5:49 AM
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I like all kinds of media player that I have some of them with me all day , they can give me much pleasure , I like them very much!

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