Filed under: iLife, Multimedia, Software, iTunes
TiVo Desktop for Mac v1.9.2
Hold on to your
hats, Mac users. TiVo has released TiVo Desktop for Mac v1.9.2. According
to TiVo, this update "...provides compatibility with Mac OS X 10.4." TiVo Desktop for the Mac lets
you view the photos in your iPhoto library and listen to your iTunes music (mostly) on your TV via a networked TiVo.
The requirements are:- A networked TiVo Series2 DVR
- iTunes 3.0.1 or later required for music; iPhotos 5 or later required for photos;
- 400MHz G3 processor or better recommended
- 256MB RAM or more recommended
[Via PVR Blog]
Update: TUAW reader Dave Zatz has posted a couple nice screenshots of this new version. Thanks, Dave!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
kissthering said 3:42PM on 2-15-2006
no TiVo-To-Go wtf?
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Chris said 3:46PM on 2-15-2006
I just wish Apple would hurry up with a DVR service of their own so I could bury my TiVo forever. Don't get me wrong, I've loved TiVo (though the lack of HD recording stinks...), but their neglect of Mac users for so long is more than I can bear anymore.
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kissthering said 3:48PM on 2-15-2006
ok, I added it to my macupdate.com watch list when they get tivo-to-go for the mac I'll download it.
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Andru Edwards said 4:23PM on 2-15-2006
This thing doesn't even work on the Intel Macs: http://www.gearlive.com/index.php/news/article/tivo-desktop-for-mac-192-released-and-sucks-02150109/
No download.
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phil said 4:24PM on 2-15-2006
What Tivo is not telling you is that it worked with Tiger before this newest release, natch. I've been running Tivo Desktop v1.9 since August!
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Dan said 4:30PM on 2-15-2006
I think it's encouraging by virtue of the fact that they are still developing for Mac. They actually have coders working on Macs at Tivo. This is a good thing.
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Steve said 4:57PM on 2-15-2006
It's sad when a Mac user has to resort to buying an ugly pc to off load data from there Tivo unit. I still don't get it.. don't they understand that Mac users are more likely to purchase "cutting edge" stuff or even "be different" by owning a Tivo now a days?? Why lock them out... I know there are plenty of developers out there, compatent to get a real version out the door. Even in beta would show good faith to the community of Mac users right now... not screen shots.
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Jeff Wilson said 5:28PM on 2-15-2006
I just want the whole transfer from TiVo to Mac thing. Thats the most important.
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Adam said 5:46PM on 2-15-2006
"There's still no official way for Mac users to transfer content from their TiVos to their Macs"
Whats the unofficial way?
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Chris Coleman said 6:00PM on 2-15-2006
This *sort of* works. I'm doing wireless to my TiVo, and the adapter on the TiVo is only 802.11b, so I think it's giving me some stutters. It stutters when going to the next song while playing too.
But I see a much bigger problem. I have over 18,000 songs, yet when I browse by artist and go to The Beatles, I only see four of the 17 albums that I have in my library. Um, where the hell are the rest?
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Jason Anderson said 6:30PM on 2-15-2006
I don't want to listen to my music on my TiVo.
I don't want to view my photos on my TiVo. (I do NOT use iPhoto. If TiVo would let me just browse folders of images instead, I'd use it.)
Alls I want is to use all the other cool stuff T2G has. I want to view my videos. I want to download and transfer my TV shows. I want to use those cool Yahoo! apps. Hurry the hell up and release 2.0 for Mac! Sheesh!
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Angel said 7:48PM on 2-15-2006
I've been accessing my iTunes library on my Mac by sharing my library with my PC and using Galleon. I have to download all my TiVo files to my PC and if I want to watch them on my Mac, I quickly convert them with the Direct Show Dump utility and view with VLC.
It's more steps but at least I can use/view all content between various machines. TiVo needs to get on the ball!
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Ted Walters said 2:12PM on 2-20-2006
I don't understand what is the big deal here. I've been using the Tivo with my Mac for well over TWO years!! There doesn't seem to be anything new here. Yes, I am glad they are still revising it, but the BIGGEST thing I would like to see is support for AAC files (not even Protected, just AAC). I ended up coverted 14 GB of AACs to MP3s just to stream to my TiVo which degrades the sound. It would be nice to dump those duplicates.
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Anonymous said 4:20PM on 2-20-2006
For playing AACs, Tivo 1.9 added a hidden feature. If the LAME program is installed on your system, the Tivo Desktop will use it to transcode AACs to MP3s on the fly. Said another way, all your unprotected AACs will magically show up. Google "tivo transcode lame" to find instructions.
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Walter A. said 11:33PM on 4-29-2006
Don't blame TiVo, folks. They're trying. These guys are struggling against cable and satellite companies who want to steal their invention and then sling their lame-assed copies on their users, trying to put Tivo out of business.
If you've ever compared TiVo's interface and features to the garbage you get from Comcast, you know there's a big difference. The cable companies' interface sucks, doesn't let you filter out crap channels (QVC anyone?) that you don't want to watch, and their remotes suck balls.
Remember that TiVo is tight on cash these days, and it wouldn't be very smart for them to strain their budget just to provide more immediate gratification to mac users, who make up a tiny slice of the market.
Once they are on firm financial footing, I am pretty sure they have no objection to maintaining Mac versions of their software, or else they wouldn't even bother to try now...
instead of whining about companies like TiVo, how about writing your congressmen to oppose the real threats you have today such as the telecoms' intention to raise prices and control on line content by restricting bandwidth to content they don't like and charging premiums for big companies to secure necessary throughput. And then there's the attempts to force ISPs to store ALL user records indefinitely, and Part TWO of the DMCA, now focusing on Intellectual property...
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