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December 8, 2006

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TiVoDecode now GUIfied

Posted Dec. 8, ’06, 8:13 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | Video

TiVoDecode ManagerRemember the other day when we mentioned TiVo Decode, the command-line app that lets you convert your .tivo video files into MPEG-2s? In that post, I opined:

TiVo Decode is only a command-line program at the moment, but I’d be surprised if there wasn’t a GUI front-end available in the next month or so.
Turns out I was exactly right, as long as for “month” you read “three days.”

TiVoDecode Manager is here in GUIferous glory. It’ll find your TiVo(s) on your LAN, let you download any recording, sorted by any of a variety of criteria, and convert it to MPEG-2 format. As mentioned in the previous post, QuickTime doesn’t seem to handle the files particularly well, but VLC and MPlayer come to the rescue.

Thanks, Mac community, for a speedy and elegant solution. You guys rock.

[via Engadget]


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