permanently disabling Startup Movie

[shaunH]

Hi all,
Is there a way to disable the TiVo startup Movie on a UK TiVo. I think I've seen it enough times now....

http://tivoza.nanfo.com/wiki/index.php/TiVo_boot_parameters suggests that it can be done by telneting, and using bootpage -p /dev/hda command
but I don't know if this will work here...

Has any one tried this or another way?

Many thanks.

ShaunH

[nickf]

Erm... how many times have you seen it? Unless you're rebooting regularly for some reason, TiVo should run for months without needing to be restarted...

[riggers]

I'd agree with nickf, unless you repair Tivos for a living you should rarely see the movie at all.

I've had my Tivo for over 8 years and have seen it less than a dozen times. Still find it quite amusing, particularly the bit about Sky Digital.

[cwaring]

I know there's a way to get it into your "Now Playing" list, but not a way to stop it appearing. I agree with the above posts. If you're seeing it too often, your Tivo's re-booting too much. Maybe it's faulty?

[shaunH]

Erm... how many times have you seen it? Unless you're rebooting regularly for some reason, TiVo should run for months without needing to be restarted...

I see the Startup movie frequently now as I'm using a time switch to turn my TiVo and Cable Box on and off.
I watch little TV so am doing this to save electricity (see my earlier discussion thread abou using TiVo as NAS).

[steveroe]

You can't turn it off, but you can press the TiVo button when it starts playing and it will stop and go to the main menu

[shaunH]

You can't turn it off, but you can press the TiVo button when it starts playing and it will stop and go to the main menu
Thanks - did know about this, but it would be nice to get rid of it completely!

Well as I mentioned, the web page I referred to suggests I would need to telnet to the tivo
and toggle the following:

TIVO_DISABLE_INTERSTITIALS: whether or not to display the startup animation: 0=enabled, 1=disabled

when I telnet to my tivo and enter
bootpage -p /dev/hda
in the terminal it returns the following:
root=/dev/hda4

The webpage suggests that I would need to enter the following:
bootpage -P 'root=/dev/hda4 TIVO_DISABLE_INTERSTITIALS=1' /dev/hda

I wanted to feel confident that my TiVo is still going to boot after doing the above :-)

[shaunH]

The webpage suggests that I would need to enter the following:
bootpage -P 'root=/dev/hda4 TIVO_DISABLE_INTERSTITIALS=1' /dev/hda


Just in case any one else needs to do this, I tried it yesterday & it works perfectly - No more Startup Movie!

Cheers.

[countjocular]

Just in case any one else needs to do this, I tried it yesterday & it works perfectly - No more Startup Movie!

Cheers.
Congratulations on finding out another little titbit. Personally, I like seeing the welcome movie.
One thing that's always bothered me is the length of time the CacheCard memory tests take on startup. I don't restart TiVo unless necessary, but when trying new stuff requiring a restart (or occasionally when I've messed up and TiVo goes into a continual reboot cycle) I'd much prefer the memory tests bypassed. Is there a way to do this? (Without removing the SDRAM)

Cheers,
Phil

[shaunH]

Congratulations on finding out another little titbit. Personally, I like seeing the welcome movie.

You might not say that if you have to watch it every day :-) It's actually the tune that I find annoying as it seems to be much too loud.


One thing that's always bothered me is the length of time the CacheCard memory tests take on startup. I don't restart TiVo unless necessary, but when trying new stuff requiring a restart (or occasionally when I've messed up and TiVo goes into a continual reboot cycle) I'd much prefer the memory tests bypassed. Is there a way to do this? (Without removing the SDRAM)


That I can't help you with...I wish I could get a (cheap) cachecard though...
Cheers,

Shaun H