Ok, I am new to this so please do not laugh.
If I understnad this you download the pyTivo program from here:
http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0/
Or should I get 2.5 or 2.6?
Install it on your PC, for me the Windows AMD64 MSI Installer (I have Vista 64). Then I can see the share folder it creates on my PC on my Tivo.
And select the files I want say Family_trop_2008.avi and watch it on my TV through Tivo?
Is this correct or did I miss something?
Also does it leave the files on the PC just view them trough the Tivo/TV or does it physical move them over to the Tivo and store them there to watch/delete?
Thanks much
It's actually a bit more complicated than that. There are two different software suites you need to download and install: pyTivo and Python.
pyTivo is the software that enables your TiVo to play movies and music stored on your computer. It's written in a computer language called "Python" (note the "py" in the name pyTivo).
Python is a "scripted" language, which means that you run Python programs by means of a "Python Interpreter" which reads the Python scripts and converts the commands stored therein into commands your computer understands.
The URL you listed above (
http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0/) is the download location for the latest version of the Python interpreter -- but, and this is
extremely important, you can't use the latest version of Python with pyTivo. Version 3.0 of Python is not backwards-compatible with earlier versions, which means scripts that work under previous versions are not guaranteed to run under version 3.0. This was done on purpose by the Python developers; I haven't followed things closely enough to know if I agree with their reasoning, but they obviously think there was something important enough about this latest version to break backwards compatibility.
You should download and install the latest version of Python in the 2.6.x tree, which as of today can be found at
http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.1/. I think pyTivo will work with the AMD64 version of Python (I saw some comments about that in another thread) but it's not as well-tested, so you might want to use the "Windows x86 MSI Installer" instead.
Once you've installed Python, you also need to download and install pyTivo. Unfortunately, the pyTivo download situation is a bit messier. There are several people working on pyTivo, and they each have their own versions of the basic code, called "branches". They are unsung heroes who have provided an immense amount of happiness to hundreds, if not thousands, of pyTivo users, but (in my opinion) it's a bit difficult to figure out exactly what version of pyTivo to download, especially if you're not a computer geek. Since the folks who are working on pyTivo are doing it in their spare time, out of the goodness of their hearts, and for free, it's fair to expect us to do a bit of work to get pyTivo running.
Since from the contents of your original post it seems like you're not a computer geek, I think you might want to try downloading one of these two versions:
http://pytivo.krkeegan.com/download.php?id=114
http://pytivo.krkeegan.com/download.php?id=115
I haven't tried doing this myself, as I downloaded pyTivo in a more computer-geeky way (from the "git repository", to be exact), but as far as I can tell each of these links points to a compressed "Zip" archive file, which you should be able to open with freely-available Windows utilities. You should be able to extract the Windows installer "exe" file stored in the zip file you downloaded. Run this installer to install pyTivo.
You then need to configure pyTivo. There are helpful comments and links on this page:
http://pytivo.armooo.net/wiki/WindowsInstall
Sorry I can't be more specific (I'm out of time); you will need to read up and put in a little bit of effort to get pyTivo working -- but trust me, it's worth it.
-Polar Weasel