Controlling Multiroom viewing from non-connected Tivo

[shikarum]

I have two multiroom questions. Here's my scenario: I will have 2 Tivo's (HD and Premiere or possibly 2 Premieres) and one is connected to FIOS with two S-stream cards and my other one will most likely NOT be connected.

1. Can I set it so that whatever records to the main TIVO is automatically transferred to the other TIVO? Or do I have to manually do it each time?

2. Can I control what I record on the tivo connected to FIOS from the other Tivo? And if so, can the automatic transfer take place almost instantaneously?

Thanks

[ilkevinli]

1. No. Manually
2. No


I have two multiroom questions. Here's my scenario: I will have 2 Tivo's (HD and Premiere or possibly 2 Premieres) and one is connected to FIOS with two S-stream cards and my other one will most likely NOT be connected.

1. Can I set it so that whatever records to the main TIVO is automatically transferred to the other TIVO? Or do I have to manually do it each time?

2. Can I control what I record on the tivo connected to FIOS from the other Tivo? And if so, can the automatic transfer take place almost instantaneously?

Thanks

[gweempose]

1. Can I set it so that whatever records to the main TIVO is automatically transferred to the other TIVO? Or do I have to manually do it each time?You can automatically have recordings transfer to a computer, but there is no way to do this with another TiVo.



2. Can I control what I record on the tivo connected to FIOS from the other Tivo? And if so, can the automatic transfer take place almost instantaneously?I'm not sure I understand exactly what you are asking, but there is no need to "control" the other TiVo. When you use MRV (multi-room viewing), the entire recording is transferred from one box to the other. Assuming you have a reasonably fast network, you can pretty much start watching as soon as you initiate the transfer. If you wish to skip the commercials, then you may have to wait a bit while more of the recording transfers.

[orangeboy]

I have two multiroom questions. Here's my scenario: I will have 2 Tivo's (HD and Premiere or possibly 2 Premieres) and one is connected to FIOS with two S-stream cards and my other one will most likely NOT be connected.

1. Can I set it so that whatever records to the main TIVO is automatically transferred to the other TIVO? Or do I have to manually do it each time?

I actually do something along those lines using a combination of both kmttg (http://code.google.com/p/kmttg/) and pyTivo (http://pytivo.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/PyTivo). I have kmttg automagically download shows from one TiVo, strip out the commercials, and then send them to another TiVo via pyTivo. This method requires a computer, so natively, no, the TiVos can't auto MRV "out of the box". I'm extremely happy with my setup, watching commercial-free programs.


2. Can I control what I record on the tivo connected to FIOS from the other Tivo? And if so, can the automatic transfer take place almost instantaneously?

Thanks
Although you can't control the first TiVo from the second, again with the computer, you can use several different websites to setup single episode recordings and Season Passes. I hope soon the functionality of web control expands to include Wishlist creation, and program deletion.

[gweempose]

I'm extremely happy with my setup, watching commercial-free programs.How accurate is the commercial detection? Does is ever delete part of the actual show by mistake?

[orangeboy]

How accurate is the commercial detection? Does is ever delete part of the actual show by mistake?

Yes. The only drawback. I never get to see the last 30 seconds of shows like 30 Rock, The Office, Community, etc. Some shows I've tweaked the "comskip.ini" to resolve issues. There's syndicated Star Trek: TNG that ALWAYS used to record a 120 second Dish (spit) commercial because comskip (http://www.kaashoek.com/comskip/) (that kmttg incorporates) said anything 120 seconds or greater "must be show". I extended that to be 125 seconds, and no more Dish adverts. kmttg allows for a single comskip.ini to be used by default, or an override comskip.ini to be specified on a show by show basis. For me, I'd have to say that commercial detection accuracy percentage is in the high 90s.