Rbautch's Folder Script & Question

I've not used the update script but it might be that your telnet program is entering extraneous information with the carriage return, a common problem I think if you are using the MS Windows telnet. From START/RUN, I use

where xxx is the last 3 digits of my IP address. Hopefully that makes sense. I've had a similar problem in the past and this helped me.

 

Still sounds like terminal settings. Try running this batch file on your PC, and try it again from a regular dos command window. Also make sure you invoke the script with

Code:

tivosh folders.tcl 

 

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Instead of messing with the Windows utility, why not use something such as PuTTY (it's free)?

 

Definitely something with your terminal program; works fine with Terra Term Pro. Also, you can just run it like:

Code:

./folders.tcl

From the directory it's in.

Cool script, BTW!

 

Russ, gave this one a test drive tonight. Works great.

 

Cool.

 

I definitely like it and works great on 6.3a. Only things that bug me are either a result of the way TiVos handle grouping/grouped objects.

If I want to move a show from a folder back to the root level do I move it to folder "" (without quotes)?

 

To move a show to root level you atually have to remove it from the folder, using option 3.

 

Now that this thread has some "legs" is there a way to start up a "new" folder. I MRV'd some programs to a "server" DTivo that is not hooked up to the sat, some of the shows are pretty old, and they ended up single file, instead of in a folder. Even though they came out of a folder on the source box.
I've got a box with 200+hrs that has signs of HD failure, so I transferred all of the shows over to the "server" before it is too late. But now I've got a now showing list umpteen pages long.

 

Tivo doesn't like the creation of folders from scratch, but there's a way around it. Tune your tivo to an episodic show that you would never usually watch - like The View. Record a few seconds of it, then stop recording. Then start recording it again, then stop - this should create a folder called "The View". Then use folders.tcl to change the name of the folder and add your shows.

 

So let me make sure I understand what this new utility does.

I can move shows around that are on my tivo in to different folders. IE. when I use tivoserver to transfer shows from my pc to my tivo they will not go in to a folder they show up all seperately, I can use this utility to organize them in to a folder?

Thanks

 

Yep, it works great for organizing kids shows

 

OK I FTP'ed it up telneted in and get this..

livroom-bash# sh folders.tcl
folders.tcl: EnableTransactionHoldoff: command not found
folders.tcl: puts: command not found
folders.tcl: puts: command not found
folders.tcl: puts: command not found
folders.tcl: puts: command not found
folders.tcl: puts: command not found
folders.tcl: flush: command not found
'olders.tcl: line 40: syntax error near unexpected token `
'olders.tcl: line 40: ` }
livroom-bash#

Any ideas? Tried 2 diff Tivos, so I missing something here..

Thanks.

 

Yup, you might want to read posts 4 & 6 which provide the syntax for properly running the script in tivoshell (tivosh - not sh)!

 

I'm a relative newbie to all this, but reading the thread made this pretty straightforward, and it works quite well. I'm delighted! I did have to make sure the tivo partition was writeable by telneting into it (I use PuTTy) and - using the "shortcut" Russ provided in his enhancement script - doing an 'rw' at the bash prompt. Without that, I couldn't successfully ftp the 'folders.tcl' file into the '/enhancements' directory. Once those 2 things were done - running Russ' 'rw' shortcut for 'writeability' and ftping the file over, it was simple to 'cd /enhancements' and run the app. (per posts 4 & 6: either 'tivosh folders.tcl' or './folders.tcl'.

I know it's been said many times before, Russ, but thank you so very much for all your hard work and generosity in doing what you do. Not only have your contributions provided me a fairly straightforward way to hack my Dtivos so as to radically improve their functionality, but they've re-stimulated an almost dormant interest in Linux, and I'm having a truly delightful time!

And to all you others who've contributed so much - far too many to list - a big round of applause to you as well!

CD

 

You're welcome!

 

Best tivo utility since tivoserver.
Finally, tivoserver can be organized.