TiVoDecode Manager fulfills TUAW prediction

"Does anyone know if these will work with Comcast (Motorola) boxes? I tried both software approaches, but no luck. Just not sure if they *should* work - meaning I'm doing something wrong. Thanks."
No, these will not, as they are not TiVo boxes. These scripts are actually very specific, for TiVo Series 2 Stand Alones.

Is there a file decode option for non-tivo-to-go files yet? I have a Tivo 1 without Tivo to Go, and you used to have to streap the video to another system - it seemed awkward.

Does anyone know if these will work with Comcast (Motorola) boxes? I tried both software approaches, but no luck. Just not sure if they *should* work - meaning I'm doing something wrong. Thanks.

If you want to, Michael, then go ahead.

The largest subscriber base of TIVO users is DirecTIVO,
yet we are the last to get any help with putting video
we have recorded into our Macs or PCs for that matter.
It's depressing. All of you who record with stand alone units
have much less quality video than we do because your
units have to encode and decode the signal all over again
while we just record the digital stream right from the sat feed.
It's such a shame the only place we can watch it is on our TVs.

Dan

Samuel -- sorry we didn't know about your Automator workflow, want me to add the link to the main post?

John -- again, I am not a lawyer and you probably want to talk to one. Judging by the DMCA and DeCSS cases, it seems likely to me that tivodecode is potentially under the shadow of the DMCA, but you would be better off asking the gang at the EFF for an opinion.

OK, I'm an idiot.. you were suggesting making the user install the binary... (I'm sick - my brain isn't working well! :) - it's an idea, unfortunately not very elegant.

The DirectShow guy never got sued did he?

-John

Michael,
What about the actual un-DRMing? Is that considered "illegal"? I'd like to release the widget with the feature, but don't want TiVo knocking on my door. :)

-John

#1 -- John, IANAL, but some products that use open-source components to decode video for repurposing (I'm thinking of forty-two in this case) force the user to download the relevant libraries separately, rather than packaging them as part of the product. Not sure whether this provides any real cover.

#2 -- thanks. We do try.

Hm, TivoDecode is what I called my Automator workflow that does the job, the one I released days ago.

http://www.geocities.com/kyoutekia