pyTivoX - Page 46

bareyb · 02-23-2012, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Fofer

Tinkertool is free. But there's a different app called Tinkertool System, that is more like Onyx in its purpose, that costs about $14 US. It's extensive, elegant -- and quite a bit more "explanatory" than Onyx. I just paid for it. It's seriously impressive.

I'll check it out. Thanks for the lead. I need to get Skitch too, I could have really used that on this. Does it allow you to add text, as well as those cool arrows; directly in the App? I'm assuming it does, and that's gotta save a ton of time over the Command-Shift-4 and Photoshop method... Photoshop Arrows look pretty uninspired compared to the ones in Skitch...

Fofer · 02-23-2012, 03:00 AM

Yes, Skitch does it all, fast and easy.

gteague · 02-23-2012, 03:23 AM

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Originally Posted by bareyb

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I'm a night ranger too. Always have been. One reason I became self employed. Getting up too early ruins my whole day.

funny ... since i devote like 110% of my energies to ensure i don't become self-employed! but i'm right there with you on the evils of early rising--i've worked night jobs for several decades now to ensure i didn't have to ever wake up early. [g]

/guy

bareyb · 02-23-2012, 03:34 AM

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funny ... since i devote like 110% of my energies to ensure i don't become self-employed! but i'm right there with you on the evils of early rising--i've worked night jobs for several decades now to ensure i didn't have to ever wake up early. [g]

/guy

LOL. Hey different strokes for different folks. My wife just went to bed. I've got the whole place to myself. I just downloaded Skitch and am playing with it. I'm on vacation and I like staying up late.... ergo...

bareyb · 02-23-2012, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Fofer

Yes, Skitch does it all, fast and easy.

I just got it and I'm loving this thing. It's definitely a keeper. I'll probably redo a couple of the images in the Tutorial with it. Also, can't believe it's FREE. That's amazing.

ETA: My first effort.

bareyb · 02-23-2012, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Fofer

Yes, Skitch does it all, fast and easy.

Curious. How would one take this kind of screen shot in Skitch? I want the Downloads folder to stay open during the screen shot.

Fofer · 02-23-2012, 02:37 PM

Hold shift down while you're clicking a screen selection. That starts a timer, so you can pull/hold a menu down (or whatever) while the snapshot takes place.

bareyb · 02-23-2012, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by bareyb

Curious. How would one take this kind of screen shot in Skitch? I want the Downloads folder to stay open during the screen shot.

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Originally Posted by Fofer

Hold shift down while you're clicking a screen selection. That starts a timer, so you can pull/hold a menu down (or whatever) while the snapshot takes place.

That did the trick. Thanks.

rjgibson0066 · 02-23-2012, 05:45 PM

Is there anyway to organize the transferred videos in a folder? Right now in my Now Playing list they are littered among all my recorded shows and folders.

Iluvatar · 02-23-2012, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by rjgibson0066

Is there anyway to organize the transferred videos in a folder? Right now in my Now Playing list they are littered among all my recorded shows and folders.

edit....read your question wrong.....

Iluvatar · 02-23-2012, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by rjgibson0066

Is there anyway to organize the transferred videos in a folder? Right now in my Now Playing list they are littered among all my recorded shows and folders.

You can set a generic default.txt metadata file per share or directory I believe. I'm not terribly familiar with this aspect of pyTivo but pulled this up from the pyTivo forums.

http://pytivo.sourceforge.net/forum/...20one%20folder

You may want to read up over there and ask any questions you have.

jonbig · 03-25-2012, 11:37 PM

I'm incredibly frustrated. I've used pyTiVoX/streambaby for months to stream to my Tivo Premiere Elite, and tonight it just won't work. Nothing that I do makes an entry appear in my TiVo's "Showcases & Apps" menu.

How do I debug this?

Iluvatar · 03-26-2012, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by jonbig

I'm incredibly frustrated. I've used pyTiVoX/streambaby for months to stream to my Tivo Premiere Elite, and tonight it just won't work. Nothing that I do makes an entry appear in my TiVo's "Showcases & Apps" menu.

How do I debug this?

It's kind of tough to say. This type of issue could be related to many things. A software/system update, firewall issues, networking issues.....etc. The most basic thing you can do is to restart your TiVo and computer. There is also a debug mode for streambaby but pyTivoX makes it a little more difficult to access and having not used pyTivoX for years I couldn't say exactly how to enable it off the top of my head.

You may also try to use streambaby as a standalone application. As it runs in the Terminal it may be easier to catch issues.

Fofer · 03-30-2012, 01:53 AM

You did? So did bareyb. Where's yours?

bareyb · 03-30-2012, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Fofer

You did? So did bareyb. Where's yours?

News to me too...

johnh123 · 04-11-2012, 11:02 AM

Is there an easy way to get vidmgr working with pytivox?

dadrepus · 04-11-2012, 11:19 AM

Why doesn't someone, more clever than I, just write a Plex client for the Tivo? It is the MOST elegant way to display all your saved media to a Tv and I, for one, would appreciate the elimination of a secondary box, ie: appletv, roku, to display that media.

Fofer · 04-11-2012, 12:34 PM

While that would be great (I'm liking Plex more and more these days) I get the feeling that development for apps on the TiVo isn't exactly a walk in the park. TiVo's APIs or infrastructure just isn't something developers have flocked to. There's no ecosystem, and the installed customer base is relatively small. Where's their incentive?

In the meantime, I switch between boxes. I use Plex on my (jailbroken) AppleTV (love it!) as well as my Roku.

dadrepus · 04-11-2012, 01:14 PM

While I also have a Roku and Mac Mini I would love to get rid of so many extra boxes and remotes. I think the reason the Plex community (developers) has not attempted to do anything is the fact that no developer has a Tivo to work with. I assume you would need a box for testing.

Fofer · 04-11-2012, 02:45 PM

In the end I think the best approach is going to be something like the upcoming Roku Streaming Stick, that connects via HDMI and uses a new tech called MHL (Mobile High-Definition Link) that powers it too, but also integrates the UI and lets you use your original TV's remote:

http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/04/r...to-mhl-dongle/

dadrepus · 04-12-2012, 07:49 AM

[quote=Fofer;9043024]In the end I think the best approach is going to be something like the upcoming Roku Streaming Stick, that connects via HDMI and uses a new tech called MHL (Mobile High-Definition Link) that powers it too, but also integrates the UI and lets you use your original TV's remote:

http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/04/r...to-mhl-dongle/[/QUOT]

You are still changing inputs to the TV, hdmi1-hdmi2, etc and only eliminating 1 remote but that is better than nothing. I would prefer the tivo remote to the tv one , though. It fits better in my hand.

Fofer · 04-12-2012, 11:52 AM

Are you sure about that? I recall reading that one element of the MHL tech is that it can do UI and menu overlays on one "combined" input. I know some MHL-compatible A/V receivers can do that now.

dadrepus · 04-12-2012, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Fofer

Are you sure about that? I recall reading that one element of the MHL tech is that it can do UI and menu overlays on one "combined" input. I know some MHL-compatible A/V receivers can do that now.

I don't know that for certain but if what you say is true it will be a great little device especially if Plex still works with it.

Fofer · 04-12-2012, 12:23 PM

I don't know for certain either, but I do recall reading something about that. I'm hoping!

Even still, if NOT, so long as you're consolidated down to one remote (which hopefully can be the TiVo remote which I like to) then it's just a matter of hitting the right Input button first.

We'll see.

elmeng · 04-16-2012, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by gteague

arghhh, i had this working perfectly under snow leopard and now it's gone south. using the tips above i got it limping along again, but nearly every video fails with a 0xfff error.

thanks,

/guy

I'm using Mac OS X 10.7.3 and pyTivoX 1.4.1b. When I download a show from my Tivo and edit it and send it back to my Tivo Premiere, the Closed captioning did not work. I upload the same file to a Tivo Series3 and closed captioning worked. Then for kicks I transferred the file for the Series 3 to the Premiere and it did not work, I then recorded a program using the Series 3 and transferred it to the Premiere and it worked. So is the problem with Tivo, pyTivoX or both?

Iluvatar · 04-16-2012, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by elmeng

I'm using Mac OS X 10.7.3 and pyTivoX 1.4.1b. When I download a show from my Tivo and edit it and send it back to my Tivo Premiere, the Closed captioning did not work. I upload the same file to a Tivo Series3 and closed captioning worked. Then for kicks I transferred the file for the Series 3 to the Premiere and it did not work, I then recorded a program using the Series 3 and transferred it to the Premiere and it worked. So is the problem with Tivo, pyTivoX or both?

Problem is with TiVo Premiere an the v20 software. Captions are there, it just won't display them.

clark_kent · 06-08-2012, 05:39 PM

Hello everyone, my apologies if this has been asked and answered:

I'm using pyTivoX 1.3 and I'd like to get photos (cover art of movies) into the pyTivoX folder that has the video file in it. My Premier sees the pyTiVoX folders and the movie videos just fine but it does not see the jpg or jpeg cover photos of the movies. Any thoughts on how to fix this?

Thank you.

philvh · 01-28-2013, 01:36 PM

More apologies if this has been asked and answered (and I've searched):

Using pyTivoX 1.3, I've learned from the .conf file that pyTivo is aimed at my main network -- meanwhile, all three of my TiVos are on my guest network. Can I redirect it? And is there any way to specify which of the three machines will get the transfer?

wmcbrine · 01-28-2013, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by philvh

Using pyTivoX 1.3, I've learned from the .conf file that pyTivo is aimed at my main network -- meanwhile, all three of my TiVos are on my guest network. Can I redirect it? And is there any way to specify which of the three machines will get the transfer?

Why are your TiVos on your guest network?

I'd just fix that.

Otherwise, I'd need to know more about how your network(s) is/are set up. Can the machine hosting pyTivoX even talk to the guest network?

philvh · 01-28-2013, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by wmcbrine

Why are your TiVos on your guest network?

I'd just fix that.

Otherwise, I'd need to know more about how your network(s) is/are set up. Can the machine hosting pyTivoX even talk to the guest network?

Thanks for the quick reply. I was thinking to divide the traffic (7-8 wireless clients at any given time), and inasmuch as my Time Capsule offers a second network . . . was I kidding myself?

My desktop computer communicates with the main network via ethernet and with the guest network wirelessly.