Just bought my gf a series 3/HD one for her birthday, I'm looking for stuff to do to it - already put a 1TB drive in it but im looking for ways to interface to it from the network and generally use it remotely

I've read in a few places that you are supposed to be able to telnet to them on port 31339 but mine doesn't let me do this
I'm assuming its something that Australians get jipped on?
using the guide from gizmodo http://gizmodo.com/386295/tivo-remote-control-over-ip-via-telnet but I don't get the menu for "Network Remote Control" under settings

when I nmap the box for port 31339 it says its filtered and I obviously can't connect or else I wouldn't be posting this

anyone else who has one I'd recommend using pyTivo to stream video from your PC, it totally craps on the tivo branded software they ship with it

I recommend MythTV :D

I recommend Windows 7 MC......puts MythTV and Tivo to shame.

does your mythtv automagically record programs you might like?

I DIDNT THINK SO!@

I've only had this thing plugged in for 5 days and it's recorded 30-40 programs it thinks we might like
its awesome-o

plus its a huge step up from my modified xbox which rca cables and 420p res

i just got a TV tuner for my PC, screw Tivo

MediaPortal and Win XP here. No complaints. If my box recorded "30-40 programs it thought I might like" I'd f***ing get a sledge hammer onto that bastard and kill it dead.

the programs you force it to record take priority over the ones it automagically records, they get deleted if it needs space

what tuner did you get infi?

I got my wife a tivo about a year ago she loves it
I haven't tried haxing it or anything tho cos I have practically zero interest in free to air tv. I got her a wd tb esata drive to expand it and the wireless thingo so it can download blockbuster rentals and that's about it.

my main media centre is an asrock ion 330 running linux+xbmc which I reckon roooooooooocks

AFAIK TiVo in Australia is crippled and is different to the American model.

Foxtel IQ = The Ducks Nuts.

ASUS 3000H

foxtel lol

we've got a foxtel iq as well
it's not all that

Yeah its overrated

recording fta?
lose

recording fta?
lose

Paying for commercials?
lose

Win7 MCE
WIN!

free american tv, no commercials. win

slingmedia.com.au

does your mythtv automagically record programs you might like?

It records programs with stars in them I like. It records programs with key words in them.
That's enough for me

slingmedia.com.au

They're available in Australia now? Awesome. Pity I have no use for one.

you'd be surprised whats on FTA that you dont even know about, theres heaps of series and docos I'd watch but just aren't home when they're supposed to be on

foxtel iq sux, can't stream your c:\torrents\ folder to it and can't download recorded shows from it

plus foxtel just sucks the big one these days, CHUBs right - you are paying to watch ads

With an IQ you dont need to watch commercials
People here are TV Luddites.

the point was that you are paying for what goes to the foxtel box, which includes advertising
and you do have to watch it unless you want to record it, play it back and fast forward through the ads

i dont get tivo, its just a hard drive right? like someone said, but a mc pc. thats what ive done.

you don't get tivo, and the mums and dads out there don't get mc pc's
it's a difficult world to understand, I know

lol. fair call.

ps3 gen2 price drop + playtv will be the same price as a tivo.

and the ps3 plays bluray. (sif ps3 for games)

i lols at anyone who complains about ads on foxtel

i lols at anyone who gets foxtel.

ps3 gen2 price drop + playtv will be the same price as a tivo.

and the ps3 plays bluray. (sif ps3 for games)

The new slim PS3 in Japan is only $250. I suggest you all get Jap PS3s imported because I heard PS3s in Australia are like $800, LOL, what a joke. Sure its BR region 1 but R1 includes the US, so you have access to every low low price BR disc on amazon.com, not the s***ty Australian selection. Also games are region free on PS3 and the units are dual voltage.

creed, you are wrong again. i guess why change when you are so good at it.

AustralianIT link (okay, so it is news.com.au)

The slimmed down PS3 will launch locally on September 3 at $499 which includes a larger 120GB hard drive replacing the old 80GB drive.

foxtel is uber s***.

foxtel is awesome:

i really dont watch it that much, but i often say thank f*** i have it when i see the s*** thats on fta

slimline ps3 and playtv looks awesome.. i think i will be getting something along those lines for sure!

My Foxtel Remote is an extension of my Penis.

foxtel iq sux, can't stream your c:\torrents\ folder to it and can't download recorded shows from it

plus foxtel just sucks the big one these days, CHUBs right - you are paying to watch ads

What of those can you do/avoid with your Tivo?

Can you stream media to it, can you watch your downloaded shows on it? Can you skip ads using your Tivo?

free american tv, no commercials. win

sounds good, pls do go on!

ps3 gen2 price drop + playtv will be the same price as a tivo.

I plan on doing this as well. My current htpc is an effort. I want plug n play now.

sounds good, pls do go on!

well you see, there's this thing called the internets...

Can you stream media to it, can you watch your downloaded shows on it? Can you skip ads using your Tivo?

http://unix.org.au/~brett/tivotorrents.jpg

full 1080 and what not, i've got a ps3 but its a PITA to use as a media center
this setup I have using the tivo + pytivo uses ffmpeg so anything that runs on the computer runs flawlessly on the tivo via the network

I don't watch FTA tv day to day, just when I get some time (usually really late at night) so having the tivo record stuff automatically for me works pretty well

I do skip all the ads when I remember I'm not watching it live

oh ara, I think creed means the ps3 slim is going to be $250AUD equivalent in Japanese yen

i don't care what he means, getting a region1 bluray and using it in Australia is going to be a giant PITA

the games themselves aren't region coded, just movies
I've only ever watched one bluray movie on my ps3, just as a novelty i went and hired one to see if it was better

it was, but its still a novelty for anyone who owns a copy of utorrent

The Optus satellite was successfully launched this morning.

Prepare for the FOXTELOCAUST !

full 1080 and what not, i've got a ps3 but its a PITA to use as a media center this setup I have using the tivo + pytivo uses ffmpeg so anything that runs on the computer runs flawlessly on the tivo via the network

I do skip all the ads when I remember I'm not watching it live

Oh cool, I thought Tivo Australia had crippled those features.

Only problem (I've got) with 1080p stuff is now I'm hooked on it and can't go back. 2 weeks ago my trusty old TV went pop so I bought a new 1080p LCD and can't stand watching anything that's not at least 720p.. I need to find myself a new ISP, those Linux ISOs just quad-rupled in size.

Thats the reason i dont have Foxtel HD. I'd get so used to the HD stuff that i wouldnt want to watch anything else.
Thats going to change very soon though.

full 1080 and what not

1080i only
they struggle with 1080p, it plays in slightly slow motion

Foxtel is like the black child of cable TV compared to the great services america/asia get.

Get the dishes up :)

PopCornHour > Tivo?

you don't get tivo, and the mums and dads out there don't get mc pc's

I setup my Mum and Dad with a MCE PC. They absolutely love it. I admit they couldn't have set it up for themselves but once its setup it not much different from using any of the PVRs available, except for all the extra features they get.

I got automated ad stripping running for them so anything they record off TV has no ads, they love it. Can't beat a MCE PC these days, no other device out there can compete on features or configuration options and once they're setup they are pretty much set and forget. Most of the time my parents forget that there is even a PC behind it.

Does anyone use an AV sender at all? I was hoping to send videos from my computer to the tv.. ?

one feature i really love about the tivo is when you're fast forwarding, you press play as soon as you see what you want to watch - but of course its gone a little bit past
so the tivo automagically rewinds a bit to the point where it thinks you wanted to see from

its pretty spot on too

i use an av sender just to send my foxtel to the bedroom

works fine:

quality would be pretty bad with pc output id imagine

I wonder if mce supports hardware rendering on the nvidia ion, might give it a burl again one day. it's hard to imagine a microsoft product not being all microsoft-like though.
atm I'm using an asrock ion with linux+xbmc, it's nice and small, shiny, neat and quiet and is as you say set and forget. I made it as appliance-like as possible using a minimal ubuntu install and grabbed a logitech harmony remote for it, wife drives it as easily as tivo/foxtel/dvr, probably easier thanks to the aaaaaaaaaaawesomely skinned interface and the way it automagically grabs all the media/coverart from the interwebs anytime I add new linux isos

spook do av senders re-transmit the IR too?
ie can you change channels on fox from your bedroom?

Jim - are you talking about CUDA/DXVD? If so then the answer is it depends on the codec you are using.

When using CoreAVC codec (US$14.95 once off) then I get perfect 1080p playback without any problems and very low CPU usage but it's only a 32-bit codec which doesn't work in 64-bit MCE. I ended up using ffdshow w/multithreading and although it's a software render it still works pretty well.

ie can you change channels on fox from your bedroom?

yep the sure can, u gotta stick those ir thingys on the front of the box though, I got the foxtel one that works over RF (normal aerial cable), gotta get the house cabled for it though, eg you run you aerial signal direct to the foxtel box, it puts the foxtel on a RF channel, then you run that back to all your other points, with power passthrough on the splitter you then plug in the little reciever bit to point the remote at.

yeah i was just envisioning some kind of magical transmitting device that saves all the hassle
that, or an elaborate mirror setup

yer channel change works fine

My HTPC is running a DFI GF9400 with a Intel 7400 CPU. Its fast and quiet. My case is pretty big but thats cause I've got 5.5Tb of HDD in it (for linux Iso's of course).

Hardware acceleration for Nvidia is codec based, I run CoreAVC so get CUDA support there when playing back MKV and use TMT 3.0 for BR playback which has CUDA support aswell. Rest of the playback is luck to break 10% CPU usage. I could run it with a much lower CPU and result would be similar. I have another AMD setup that can playback HD content using a LE-1160 CPU (single code low power).

Windows 7 has offered some major improvements in MC, its well worth a look. I added Media Browser to it so all my TV and Movies automatically grab covers, fan art and metadata from the net. Its a very sexy interface on the 50" plasma. My kids ranging fron 3-8 use it with ease. MC now supports more tuners without reg hacks aswell. I've got 4 digital tuners running in mine no problems at all. The only thing I wish I could get running in it is Shepherd, they produce an awesome EPG.

cool I'll give it a bash on another hdd

AV senders are good but for $20 month you can get a 2nd foxtel box with a remote.

my parents just bought tivo to get that function to work dont you need to spend $200 on the software to unlock it???

TiT -> check out "pytivo"