As it is well known, Xfinity switched to MPEG4 from MPEG2 for their cable compression, with TiVo only providing an update for the Series 3 HD models (HD & HD XL), while leaving Xfinity subscribers with the original Series 3 DVR in the dust. However, with this update came a downside -...

A week ago, something changed with a few of the San Francisco South Bay Area Comcast broadcast channels. When 709 (KQED Channel 9 HD) or 710 is recorded, a TS download via kmttg and Tivo Desktop works. But when 1009 or 1054 is recorded, the same download only gets you the audio track - no video...

On March 14th, I got an email from Tivo saying my beloved Tivo HD would stop working mid march because of a comcast mpeg4 rollout. I scrambled to research all my tivo options, briefly considered going with a comcast dvr, but ultimately decided to buy a 1TB bolt with lifetime. Here was are...

I had been told by support that I could convert the .tivo files from a transfer to my computer to mpeg4 using TiVo Desktop Plus. So I ordered it, installed it, and attempted to convert some files. I found that the maximum resolution available for any of the default conversions is something like...