TiVoToGo DRM cracked, and that's not necessarily a good thing

I still say Apple (in conjunction with Google) should buy out TiVo. Swap the hardware in the Series3 for a Mac with CableCard support, and then "bundle" the current subscription for program guides with the .Mac service and/or offer it free if part of the aggregate viewer reporting data which would be sent to Google.

That's the way to keep the platform relevant and fiercely competitive without pissing off us users.

There will never be TTG for Mac and there will never be TTG from a Series 3. CableLabs only exists to champion the cause of cable operators (go look at their web site). There is no way they will be willing to let TiVo implement TTG for HD cable content. Look at the lack of features that Vista is going to have now that they went the CableLabs certified route.
Make the best of what you can with your TiVos, I think what we have now will be the last we ever have from them.

A quick reminder, although Zatz is an awesome Tivo supporter, he isn't right about everything. Tivo never had any solid plans to support macs and never will.

Oddly enough, I was going to cancel Tivo soon, but now that I can get access to the items I've been recording, I may actually continue my subscription a little longer.

the more time they spend on that, the less time they will spend on bringing Multi-room viewing (MRV) and TTG to the HD Series 3 and TTG to Mac users in general.

I wasn't aware there was an amount of time less than zero. Seriously. It's never going to happen. There is no reasonable explanation for it taking this long. If it hasn't been enough of a priority to do it by now, it never will be.

All DRM needs to be cracked, so that content providers will get the message that it's stupid and counterproductive. A device you own should not produce content that other devices you own can't access. Any argument about home copying, piracy or any other nonsense from the RIAA, MPAA, et al is self-serving nonsense they've pushed before. Every new technology was to be the death knell of their business yet even now they make more than ever.

DRM is a violation of the spirit of all our copyright laws, meant to extend copyright not only to the day it is granted but in perpetuity. DRM is wrong, and anti-American. DRM helps fund terrorism and hates puppies.

And now there's a detailed walkthrough of getting it from the TiVo to the Mac to the iPod and Front Row. That was fast...

http://www.macgeekery.com/hacks/software/video/how_to_view_tivo_recordings_on_your_mac_or_ipod

Here's a binary for you. I compiled it on my iMac and it works fine there and on my MacBook Pro.

http://exiva.net/tivodecode.zip

Enjoy.

My question is, where can I get a Mac binary for Tivodecode?

The idea that TTG will ever find it's way to Mac is just down-right laughable.

Mac users were brushed off long ago...