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TiVoToGo for Mac Announced
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on Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:55 AM
from the maybe-finally dept.
from the maybe-finally dept.
An anonymous reader writes "After much anticipation, some backpedaling, a bite of hope, and a delayed release date, TiVoToGo Mac Edition is here. While there have been some unofficial hacks, those solutions have not been ideal for everyone. With support for transferring shows and burning to DVD/iPod, TiVoToGo is bundled as a part of Roxio's Toast Titanium software that will be announced tomorrow at Macworld."
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Too bad, almost sounded useful (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Too bad, almost sounded useful (Score:5, Insightful)
I don't understand, I haven't updated toast 7.0 since it came out and haven't upgraded to 7.1--or whatever it's at now (I'm doing 10.4.8 on a Mac Pro now).
Toast has always been the 'end-all' of burning software since I started using it nearly a decade ago.
These days it can take in raw video, including mpeg2, and burn a DVD with no other software. It'll auto-compress video (and video_ts) to fit DVDs.
Combined with ElGato's software, burning TV shows from Miglia or EyeTV devices can be done without recompression. I used to do this three or 4 times a week, putting 2 hours on each disc.
It even started doing dual layer way before Apple even offered the option.
I've never had compatibility issues, even though I rarely upgrade. In fact, I've never had a single issue with Toast, and I use it for all sorts of crazy stuff.
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As a serious backup program it doesn't work. It doesn't handle backing up open files and I don't even think it has an option to span disks.
Backing up the odd file from your home directory is far easier in the Finder than launching a seperate program.
Music and Photo backups are meaningless now with the builtin apps doing them better.
That leaves movie backup. It does a passable job there, but so
Of course it it... (Score:2, Funny)
Unfortunately... There's DRM (Score:5, Informative)
"Take heed, the software does indeed embed a non-visible watermark of your Media Access key into converted video -- same as the PC kiddo."
Click below for the full details:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/roxio-delivers
Not Exactly (Score:5, Insightful)
If anything, this is the proper way I'd like to see content distributed with protection.
"We'll give you free reign, but we're marking it."
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Re:Not Exactly (Score:5, Informative)
No, it's not DRM. It's a watermark. It does not and cannot prevent you from doing anything at all with the video; all it does is provide the content owners with a means of identifying copyright violators, should the video show up in a torrent somewhere.
I agree with shirizaki - this is the proper way for media to be distributed online. This watermark will never be an issue for you until after you've already, publicly violated someone else's copyright.
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Generations / DRM isn't about copying (Score:3, Interesting)
Yes, but to do so you incur a generation loss.
I'm with you though, watermarks are a great alternative to DRM from a user's perspective and from the purported-need perspective. Then you realize that DRM isn't about controlling how many copies of a work you can make, but controlling where and when you can play your media and suddenly the watermark isn't effective DRM anymore.
I saw this coming. (Score:5, Informative)
Dissappointing (Score:3, Informative)
DRM (Score:2)
I do not care how, but I need to get rid of that DRM. I've tried graphedit and xumxer (msp?), but I'm still not getting sound when I play them through my mediaplayer. Admittedly supposedly graphedit is supposed to prompt for the media access key and I am not getting that prompt. The graphedit created video file is playing fine on my p
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Likely to work with a Series 1? (Score:4, Informative)
Incidentally, for some more of those infamous hacks might I recommend TivoTool for the Mac [tivotool.com] and my own cross-platform TivoPodcast [eruvia.org] for handling podcasts of digital radio.
Cheers,
Ian
Not available without Toast? (Score:4, Informative)
"Roxio is the exclusive official provider of TiVoToGo(TM) for the Mac--and Toast 8 Titanium is the way to get it and enjoy your favorite shows on the Mac, on DVD, and on-the-go."
http://www.tivo.com/mactivotogo/ [tivo.com]
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You have GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. Mac users wait, and then wait, and then wait some more, and then finally TiVo announces it... for $100? The thing which has been a free download for Windows users for... ever? I'm miffed, but also genuinely curious why they would so obviously spit in the face of their customers like this. Is the Mac port somehow dependent on Toast's technology? Do the
So what. (Score:5, Insightful)
I just want to be able to copy some of our programs to a computer to watch. So I can watch my Sci-Fi when my wife or daughter are watching one of their programs, or so my daughter can watch one of her shows when the TV is otherwise busy.
We have no dvd burner in the computer and no desire to save these shows after viewing. Just want to have another screen to view them on.
And... (Score:3, Informative)
"The TiVoToGo feature is not currently available on Series3. This feature will not be available [emphasis mine] on the DIRECTV DVR with TiVo or the original TiVo boxes (TiVo Series1)."
All I want to do is download shows. I've got two hackable TiVos (and even a supported USB/network adapter) but I've never been able to get it to work, and with two jobs, a newborn, and no "spare" PCs anymore, it's difficult for me to try--my last attempt was over a year ago. Are there any reputable services/people that can hack my TiVo for me? I'm not trying to get around TiVo's fees, I just want to have it make shows available for download, and maybe a web-based frontend for recording/deleting shows and the ability to make its daily call over the network would be nice, too. Any suggestions?
$100 vs free (Score:5, Informative)
Roxio Discount (Score:5, Informative)
But for those that are into that. If you go to Roxio's site to an invalid URL (Like this one [roxio.com]), you can get a 10% off coupon for their online store.
It's still TiVo - I won't go there (Score:3, Interesting)
I think I'll wait and see what Jobs & Co. have cooked up in the new "iTV" device. Anybody heard anything from the Macworld keynote yet?
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Nonsense. They meant that they went back in time to sell Tivos to people in the past.
"Back Peddling"
Re:In other news...another badly ported, late app. (Score:4, Funny)
The main virtue of the Mac platform is that it pisses guys like you off.
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