Copy Videos to Computer

Pytivo, kmttg will let you move videos to computer as long as they are not flagged copy once by cable company.

You don't need an image. Bolt and roamio you can just put a new drive up to 3Tb inside and power back up and it will format and ask you to rerun guided setup. No need to call TiVo.

 

No way to save my onepass settings right?

 

archivo is easy and simple to use tool.

 

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Omg - this is amazing... how have I not heard about this until now - thank you!

 

kmttg can copy, backup and restore One Pass settings.

 

I Googled Archivo and just get a bunch of sites in Spanish. What is Archivo? Thanks for your time!

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Archivo

 

LOL! Besides the link posted above, you could google "archivo tivo" to get more relevant results.

 

I'm getting ready to try upgrading my 500GB Bolt to a 3TB toshiba drive. I have already used Tivo Desktop to back up everything. Is there any reason I would want to use Archivo instead?

 

Please pick a large program and have the TiVo copy it back. Check your transfer speeds in Network Diagnostics. Get a feel how long the return will take. I usually monitor the transfer with the Performance option in TaskMgr.

 

I did a test of a 1 hour recording and it seemed pretty fast. Is that the difference between Tivo Desktop and Archivo? Speed? Can I save settings with either program?

 

You might want to take a look at newly-developed pyTivo Desktop--will transfer both from and to a TiVo.

Easier to use pyTivo

 

Sorry, speed is probably very fast. I was just suggesting a test to be sure you can copy the programs back before you change the drive. If you check, TiVo has a diagnostic that shows size, time and speed. And like I said, with Windows, Taskmgr can also show the speed.

Also, as was posted, Easier to use pyTivo might be worth a look.

 

I wonder if anyone has done a speed test of downloads from a TiVo, between Archivo, kmttg, and pyTivo Desktop. Would be interesting to see.

 

I would expect them to be roughly the same for just downloading.

Scott

 

Again, just wondering if any of them can archive settings -- not just videos.

 

I can't, for the life of me, determine how to put a program back on the TiVo using pyTivo.
Can someone please enlighten me?

 

Which settings? kmttg will do Season Passes.

 

1. Have you set your video share location (the location where your videos are stored on your PC) under pyTivo? (Btw, which pyTivo interface are you using? I might recommend newly-developed pyTivo Desktop, for ease of use. Easier to use pyTivo)

2. Go to your TiVo and you should find, under My Shows, the PC video share name. (The location varies by TiVo model--on a Series 2, it's at the bottom of the My Shows show listing; on a Roamio, it's under the My Shows Devices listing or otherwise towards the bottom of the My Shows shows listing). Enter that folder and select the video, and choose transfer.

Note that you need to "pull" a show to the TiVo from the TiVo box and its interface; you can't "push" it to the TiVo from your PC (TiVo eliminated that possibility last year).