Lou Jacob
12-14-2007, 11:30 AM
Was just taking a trip down memory lane and installing some of the old extraction tools on an older Series1 Sony SVR-2000.
These were (and still are) great units for networking and video archival because the video that is recorded is not encrypted and as a result, archiving (or extracting) digital content from them is not considered to be illegal by any definition, since there is no encryption to circumvent.
If you have one of these units, especially one that is already networked and accessible via telnet and ftp, installing and configuring some of the older video extraction and playback tools is relatively straightforward to do as long as you are familiar with some basic linux stuff and following instructions.
Here are some useful links to free tools you may find interesting:
TyTool10r4 from DealDatabase (http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47025&highlight=tytool)
You need to be a member of DealDatabase to download the tool. Within the distribution is something called the TSERVER (there is a binary for both Series1 and Series2 systems, PPC and MIPS, respectively) which you need to install on the TiVo side using your FTP and TELNET client. There are README files in the distribution with more information as well.
VLC Player (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/)
Grab this free player and install on practically any PC; this is the best way to test and playback videos you've archived from your TiVo as it will confirm that everything is working. Relying on Windows Media Player and other players can be a problem because there are SO many different codecs. Until you've verified that you've properly installed everything on the TiVo, configured TyTool correctly, and can play something back with VLC Player, its not worth trying a different player because you will just introduce more variables. It is possible, however to use things like Windows Media Player once the right codecs are installed.
Old DVRchive Support Information (http://www.dvrupgrade.com/dvr/stores/1/dvrchive.cfm)
A long time ago, we offered a product called DVRchive for Series1 TiVo systems. It was essentially all of these tools wrapped up so that you can easily install on a PC (not a MAC).
Those pieces still work (you still need to install the TSERVER on your TiVo) but the components are out of date. You can always try them on your PC (there is a sample video you can download, as well) before trying to update to the latest versions.
Hope you find that information interesting.
These were (and still are) great units for networking and video archival because the video that is recorded is not encrypted and as a result, archiving (or extracting) digital content from them is not considered to be illegal by any definition, since there is no encryption to circumvent.
If you have one of these units, especially one that is already networked and accessible via telnet and ftp, installing and configuring some of the older video extraction and playback tools is relatively straightforward to do as long as you are familiar with some basic linux stuff and following instructions.
Here are some useful links to free tools you may find interesting:
TyTool10r4 from DealDatabase (http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47025&highlight=tytool)
You need to be a member of DealDatabase to download the tool. Within the distribution is something called the TSERVER (there is a binary for both Series1 and Series2 systems, PPC and MIPS, respectively) which you need to install on the TiVo side using your FTP and TELNET client. There are README files in the distribution with more information as well.
VLC Player (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/)
Grab this free player and install on practically any PC; this is the best way to test and playback videos you've archived from your TiVo as it will confirm that everything is working. Relying on Windows Media Player and other players can be a problem because there are SO many different codecs. Until you've verified that you've properly installed everything on the TiVo, configured TyTool correctly, and can play something back with VLC Player, its not worth trying a different player because you will just introduce more variables. It is possible, however to use things like Windows Media Player once the right codecs are installed.
Old DVRchive Support Information (http://www.dvrupgrade.com/dvr/stores/1/dvrchive.cfm)
A long time ago, we offered a product called DVRchive for Series1 TiVo systems. It was essentially all of these tools wrapped up so that you can easily install on a PC (not a MAC).
Those pieces still work (you still need to install the TSERVER on your TiVo) but the components are out of date. You can always try them on your PC (there is a sample video you can download, as well) before trying to update to the latest versions.
Hope you find that information interesting.