HP partners with TiVo to bring add on to WHS

I am so all over this. I have been waiting for this ever since I got MSS last year.

 

it looks like a really nice skin of TiVo desktop but does not support automatic transfers. I do not get it?

 

It looks like they made it run as a service.

 

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What really sucks is it is only compatible with the latest HP Mediasmart Servers - once again, early adopters (HP MSS EX475) are screwed.... I've got Series 3 Deja Vu ownership issues all over again inside of 1 week with the no updated GUI on the heels of the Premier..... I couldn't even have time to get over that one!!

 

I have Tivo and the LX195 HP Home Server. How do I upgrade this model to V3.0 so I can download this new add-on?

Please let me know. Thanks.

 

I wonder if you upgrade to 3.0 if you can run it.

 

it just makes it easier to install rather then having to sneak your way into the box to install tivo desktop and/or pytivo.

 

Can anyone confirm if this will run on an EX47x or EX48x upgraded to the 3.0 software?

 

ah. so is the client a remote control of the WHS? can you watch the videos on other PC's as well via the client or by copying the file to the other PC?

 

each client in the house installs some software that gives it remote control of the server and does the nightly backups (and checks on the clients antivirus and whatnot).

So you can remote control the WHS from any client in the house (or on the web- as the WHS comes with built in remote access and DDNS support). (in fact many of the WHS' sold are headless without even a VGA port)

Not sure of the mechanism of watching the videos on other pc's but the WHS can act as a DLNA server so maybe that could be leveraged? (not sure how the whole decrypt would be handled- I have a first gen WHS so no fun for me as not supported)

 

Looks like I am screwed on getting 3.0 for the LX195. It's not even available. That and HP can't even get the Media Collector to work right. They lied to me about having an upgrade to 2.5 coming out which never did. Thanks for nothing HP! What a waste of $

 

i just found out (via wegotserved) that HP sells an upgrade disk to their 3.0 version of the software for our first gen boxes.

it's like 27.95 plus a couple bucks for 2 day shipping. Check out their support site.

 

Since I can't upgrade to 3.0 with the LX195. Is there another way I can access the content on my Tivo and copy it over to the LX195?

Please let me know. Thanks.

 

I would assume you can get TiVo desktop installed on the WHS. maybe others can chime in on that that have tried

 

The disadvantage of doing it that way is you would need to remote into your WHS instead of using the WHS connector software to use it.