Hi all, just bought my first Tivo

[Tivo_noob]

Very happy with the purchase :0) , its got the networking card already and i was wondering how to make the most of it, is it hard to do? As my username states i'm not that clued up on these things so any advice would be greatly appreciated

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[doubledrat]

do you know it's ip address? if you do, try pointing your web browser to that address, as it probably has "tivoweb" on it already.

you will be able to configure it so that it can make it's daily call through the network which is much faster.

there's loads of cool addons you can put on your machine once you get in the swing of things...

[Tivo_noob]

No i don't know its IP address, how do i find this out?

[6022tivo]

Easiest way, ask the seller.. It can be tricky..

[Tivo_noob]

Ok, got the ip address and it already has Tivoweb installed :)

How do i go about adding other hacks?

[doubledrat]

they differ - each one should have instructions

imho you need endpad if nthing else. use tivoweb to check logs. if you have endpad.log and it has today's date in it, it's already there. if not, check the soft padding link in my sig

[Tivo_noob]

they differ - each one should have instructions

imho you need endpad if nthing else. use tivoweb to check logs. if you have endpad.log and it has today's date in it, it's already there. if not, check the soft padding link in my sigSorry for sounding like a complete noob, but how do i get these hacks onto my Tivo?

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[Wonder_lander]

Sorry for sounding like a complete noob, but how do i get these hacks onto my Tivo?

:confused:

Each hack has differnent instructions but you will be ftp'ing something onto tivo and them completing the install by telneting into tivo.

Both ftp and telnet clients are provided withing the XP command prompt environment.

Probably best to google for help on these if you are unfamiliar!

[Tivo_noob]

Thanks, i'll look into it. Also how do i transfer recordings on the Tivo onto the PC so i can burn them to DVD?

Sorry for all the questions :o

[blindlemon]

That's a 'banned' topic on this forum as TiVo doesn't officially support video extraction from Series 1 machines (which ours are).

However, there is another forum, generally referred to as 'the other place' or the 'database of deals' that has all the info and tools you need. Try a google search for deal extraction if you don't know where I mean :)

[Tivo_noob]

That's a 'banned' topic on this forum as TiVo doesn't officially support video extraction from Series 1 machines (which ours are).

However, there is another forum, generally referred to as 'the other place' or the 'database of deals' that has all the info and tools you need. Try a google search for deal extraction if you don't know where I mean :)
Thanks lemon, i'll give it a try :)

[Tivo_noob]

Hmmmmmmmmmm this seems harder than i imagined, can anyone give me a crash course in ftping?

[Raisltin Majere]

I use this http://www.smartftp.com/ I'm not bright enough for command line stuff.

It's really simple. You can navigate through the file system on the tivo and just drag and drop files where they need to go.

[Tivo_noob]

I downloaded that, but can't find my file system on my Tivo, i must be really thick :(

[Raisltin Majere]

What have you done? Can you connect to the tivo okay?

You should get a narrow window on the left with little folders called bin, dev, dist etc. Clicking one of these will show the contents in a wider window on the right.

If it had tivoweb web installed then there should be a var directory towards the bottom of that left hand window, click that and its contents should appear, now there should be one called hack. This is normally where hacks go. Once you have the hack folder in the right hand window you can drag and drop files into it.

Hope that helps

You're not thick, just learning.

[Tivo_noob]

Ha i really am thick, i didn't have the window opened fully so couldn't see the folders :)

[Tivo_noob]

Thanks for your help