Mac developers: Want to work for TiVo?

Could this finally be a sign that TiVo is getting serious about Mac OS X support? This listing is currently on their employment opportunities page: Senior Software Engineer, Macintosh Development - CBD033. From the posting:

"TiVo is looking for an experienced senior software engineer to work at TiVo's headquarters in Alviso , CA . The job consists of developing TiVo desktop software on the Mac platform.

Essential Requirements:

5+ years software development on the Mac.
Experience with Macintosh programming on OS X is required. Windows and/or Linux programming experience is desired.
Proficiency in C++ and Java is required. Experience with Objective C is also highly desirable.
Object-oriented design skills and robust coding practices are required.
Must demonstrate the ability to develop complex applications leveraging newly written software with existing legacy code and libraries.
The ability to work at both design and implementation levels is required.
Excellent communication skills.
The ability to work in a cross-platform development environment.
BA/MA Math/CS or equivalent experience.

Desired Skills:

Experience with the Xcode development environment.
Experience implementing robust communications software.
Experience with component-based architectures.
Experience with DRM or encryption/decryption software."

If this is you, let me say good luck, and here's what I'd like to see: A simple, TiVo-branded way to transfer video from my TiVo to my Mac, and the ability to play AAC files purchased from the iTunes Music Store via the Home Media option.

[Via PVR Blog]

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Source: http://www.tivo.com/cms_static/job_82.html

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X Cohen

RE: your last paragraph wish list: Just buy a ReplayTV and witht DVArchive (it's free) you can program, stream to any pc/mac/linux, and download the MPEG-2 directly. It's at http://dvarchive.org. ReplayTV's interface may not be as slick, but it's far more capable, and the machines come with true 100mb ethernet on the board. BTW, the mpeg-2's are not copy protected and the macrovision flag is not enabled. They rock...have a look at www.undergroundclips.com for examples. --Alex

August 05 2005 at 8:52 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Garrick

I really hope they're serious about it. I've been putting off buying a PVR because Tivo-To-Go won't work with Macs.

August 04 2005 at 9:43 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Chris

The fact they're looking for a Senior Engineer doesn't make me any more comfortable. What happened to the last guy that had the job? Did he quit cause he felt Tivo wasn't moving forward on the Mac fast enough?

August 04 2005 at 9:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

superpixel

Is this another sign of a video ipod on the horizon? That's quite a stretch, isn't it? But what if Tivo, in a last-ditch attempt to stay alive, realized that pushing content to the iPod is a good idea?

August 04 2005 at 9:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply