Does pyTIVO get me around the "no transfer" copy protection?

[cmshep222]

I would love to transfer my HBO, Starz, and Showtime recordings to my PC to clear some space on the TivoHD. Yet all recordings from these 3 channels (HD and SD) are blocked due to the CCI byte setting.

Does pyTivo ignore the CCI byte? Just curious.

[ajayabb]

Nope

[wmcbrine]

Afraid not. It's controlled at the TiVo end, not the PC end. There's nothing we can do about it.

[pmiranda]

If you aren't too particular about video quality, you could output them on S-video or composite and use a video capture card to get them into your computer. Or it'd probably be faster and easier to steal them from a torrent site :(