Problem with Music & Photos?: Solved

[Abouna]

I've been trying to get Tivo Desktop 2.8 to stream Music from my networked desktop for a couple days to my Tivo HD.

Unfortunately I could never get it to work. My computer would never show up in the Music, Photos & Showcases list (should be at the bottom). I did all the necessary work throughs, restarting my network, Tivo, computer, Tivo Desktop etc. No dice. Strange part is that I could see my computer in the Now Playing menu at the bottom (for video transfers). Weird.

Well after 1/2 an hour with Tivo support (and them having me repeat everything of course!), guess what happened? We got disconnected! Cripes.

Well I'm typically pretty savvy with this stuff so I dove back in. On a whim I decided to change my Discovery Protocol from Bonjour for Windows (Preferred) to Tivo Beacon. Worked like a charm! Easy peasey.

So do this, hopefully it will work for anyone (I'm running Windows 7 by the way):

Tivo Desktop
Services Tab
Tivo Server Properties
Network Tab
Choose Tivo Beacon
Restart Tivo Desktop (it should prompt for this)

[mchief]

I also went back to the beacon a couple of days ago and my transfer problems all went bye bye.

[angel35]

Same here i went to tivo beacon every thing working great.

[tivoknucklehead]

when I change from bonjour to beacon in 2.8 my PC disappears in my Tivo "Now Playing" list, even after a Tivo reboot :confused:

as I noted in another thread, i can't view any videos in "Now Playing" using 2.8, it appears empty.


Win 7, 64 bit PC

[CuriousMark]

when I change from bonjour to beacon in 2.8 my PC disappears in my Tivo "Now Playing" list, even after a Tivo reboot :confused:

as I noted in another thread, i can't view any videos in "Now Playing" using 2.8, it appears empty.


Win 7, 64 bit PC

Did you ever remove all but one file from My TiVo Recordings folder, one you know is good? It is not likely, but possible that a corrupt file either in the My TiVo Recordings folder or in the cache could cause this symptom.