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I am glad people have mentioned SchedulesDirect. But, you know, free doesn't mean "costs money", so I'm surprised so many people CONTINUE to post yet more threads on schedulesdirect.

          Found at http://forums.schedulesdirect.org/viewtopic.php?f= 7&t=43&start=10:

zap2xml
http://zap2xml.110mb.com/

YahooXMLTv
http://forums.gbpvr.com/showthread.php?t=27546

MSN_XMLTV_scraper
http://planetreplay.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=143 14

          I am using MSN_XMLTV_scraper, running under Wine personally. To run under Wine, you need msxml6.msi, install that with "msiexec /i msxml6.msi". For GZIP compression to work (which you do want, so MSN doesn't get cheesed and start changing the format...), I had to install wininet.dll into /root/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/ and run regedit, adding in HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Int ernet Settings/EnableHttp1_1=0x00000001 . This is equivalent to checking "Enable HTTP1.1" in the Internet Options with Internet Explorer I guess. More or less, run the app once to set it up, then put in a cron job that runs "wine MSN_XMLTV_scraper_v54.exe /d" and feeds the XMLTV data into mythtv (I have a shell script that does all that.)

          The first run is very slow, but it caches the detailed program info so after the first run it's pretty fast.

AVS

Planet Replay

ReplayTV with the p2p Poopli has, for years, let you browse, request, and download TV shows from other ReplayTV owners on the internet. It rules. WHy is Tivo always several years behind?

Why not come up with some software that will let me yank files from my Tivo, dump them into Final Cut / iMovie, and burn my own DVDs after I've edited out the commercials?

They already have, it's called ReplayTV and DVArchive.

Oh, I'm sorry, You said *Tivo*. You have my commiserations.

Is the service still available for people who, for instance, buy old boxes on ebay?

Well, you can buy new boxes if you like. But yes, people do buy the older boxes (RTV5040 models) because they feature the auto commercial skip and show sharing without any hacking required...

No ReplayTV info is complete without mentioning DVArchive, Poopli (like Napster for RTVs), and PlanetReplay.

A TiVo plugin for iTunes would be nice, though!

There's a Tivo HMO plugin for Media Center. You can even access your SmartLists and radio stations through any connected Tivo. Now, if they could only do one for ReplayTV I'd be a lot happier!

I think there is a category error here. ReplayTV or Tivo are not direct competitors to MCE - different setup, different price points. People buy something like a ReplayTV precisely because they want to deal with as little PC-like cruft as possible. Which, of course, MCE offers in droves. MCE still requires too much sit-up effort rather than a more comfortable TV-like sit-back groove. It's possible it may always be burdened by this because of its full-scale Windows nature.

Surely the closest competitor to MCE is the equivalent PC PVR software such as SageTV or BeyondTV (or even the crappy pack-in software from ATI or Hauppauge). I know MS wants to imagine this is otherwise by not easily unbundling the MCE software from the hardware base, but it's a fact.

More stuff about (mostly) PC PVR software.

Myth does so much more than Tivo

All the reasons you list (dvd, dvd ripping, music, web browser, rss, weather, pictures) are part of a ReplayTV + DVArchive configuration. Tivo has really lowered people's expectations of what a commercial PVR can actually *do*.

It's better than TiVo for a number of reasons

All the reasons you list (web interface, networked playback and recording, configuration, VHS input, download playback) are part of a ReplayTV + DVArchive configuration. Tivo has really lowered people's expectations of what a commercial PVR can actually *do*.

Maybe this means http://www.planetreplay.com/ can allow people to share shows from their ReplayTV's again.

flexibility for managing their content, and having a 'library' capability that doesn't fall short at the size of the TiVO box.

I'll second the DVArchive comment! My HTPC has its own capture cards, but also runs DVArchive with ReplayTVs connected on the network. Java-based, no silly DRM, enables remote control of the ReplayTVs. Effectively converts them into loosely coupled capture devices with their own on-board *huge* buffers and streaming.

In fact, the DVArchive author has remarked on the similarities.

flexibility for managing their content, and having a 'library' capability that doesn't fall short at the size of the TiVO box.

I'll second the DVArchive comment! My HTPC has its own capture cards, but also runs DVArchive with ReplayTVs connected on the network. Java-based, no silly DRM, enables remote control of the ReplayTVs. Effectively converts them into loosely coupled capture devices with their own on-board *huge* buffers and streaming.

In fact, the DVArchive author has remarked on the similarities.

Tivo is just as interoperable as it ever was.

Doesn't Tivo HMO come with DRM?

My HTPC has its own capture cards, but also runs DVArchive with ReplayTVs connected on the network. Java-based, no silly DRM, enables remote control of the ReplayTVs. Effectively converts them into loosely coupled capture devices with their own on-board *huge* buffers and streaming.

Why can't I buy TiVo software to run on my own hardware? My HTPC?

My HTPC has its own capture cards, but also runs DVArchive with ReplayTVs connected on the network. Java-based, no silly DRM, enables remote control of the ReplayTVs. Effectively converts them into loosely coupled capture devices with their own on-board *huge* buffers and streaming.

Home Media Option, or as I like to call it, an over priced package of all the cool hacks we stole from the community

Try DVArchive with ReplayTV - you'll like it. All the networking goodies, Java-based, no silly DRM.

I built my own PVR last year, but even with MyHTPC it failed the spouse test badly. So when I saw those $150 ReplayTVs for sale in Radio Shack I pounced on them. I bought two. At $150 they deliver amazingly good MPEG-2 capture so for the same price as a PVR-250 I get free guide and streaming.

Contrary to the experiences described in this article, my ReplayTVs work flawlessly. Plugged in to the home network, DHCP served them up IPs, they downloaded their info and updated their software. They use uPnP to auto-discover other ReplayTVs on the network and integrate them very well in their on-screen UI.

In fact the UI is a big win - it passes the spouse test easily. Browsing material on the base machine, from another ReplayTV, or from the PC file server is takes a single button push. The ReplayTVs handle program contention intelligently, offering to offload a conflicted recording slot to a "spare" ReplayTV on the network.

The clever Java program DVArchive uses uPnP to imitate a ReplayTV and enables you to upload, stream, or move recorded content from the auto-discovered ReplayTVs. In effect, each ReplayTV acts like a big, external MPEG-2 capture card with lots of ports and functionality.

All ReplayTVs on the network can, of course, stream from any DVArchive-equipped file server to any ReplayTV.

You can even schedule DVArchive to automatically grab recorded material from the ReplayTVs on a batch basis, providing an easy way to create large archives. I have set up some watched folders where new material gets automatically batch encoded to MPEG-4 (xvid) for archiving.

There's a big user community associated with DVArchive.

All in all I am very satisfied with my ReplayTV setup. It is totally integrated into my home media setup (1 TB RAID-5 file server) and works effortlessly. The ReplayTVs automatically skip adverts (works pretty well) and there's an active between ReplayTV units. Useful if you want to pick up a season half-way through.

I avoided Tivo, partly because of cost, but mainly because of its incipient DRM. I was afraid I would have to expend significant effort to create a spouse-friendly PVR system but thankfully my networked ReplayTVs have obviated this requirement for a while.

I built my own PVR last year, but even with MyHTPC it failed the spouse test badly. So when I saw those $150 ReplayTVs for sale in Radio Shack I pounced on them. I bought two. At $150 they deliver amazingly good MPEG-2 capture so for the same price as a PVR-250 I get free guide and streaming.

Contrary to the experiences described in this article, my ReplayTVs work flawlessly. Plugged in to the home network, DHCP served them up IPs, they downloaded their info and updated their software. They use uPnP to auto-discover other ReplayTVs on the network and integrate them very well in their on-screen UI.

In fact the UI is a big win - it passes the spouse test easily. Browsing material on the base machine, from another ReplayTV, or from the PC file server is takes a single button push. The ReplayTVs handle program contention intelligently, offering to offload a conflicted recording slot to a "spare" ReplayTV on the network.

The clever Java program DVArchive uses uPnP to imitate a ReplayTV and enables you to upload, stream, or move recorded content from the auto-discovered ReplayTVs. In effect, each ReplayTV acts like a big, external MPEG-2 capture card with lots of ports and functionality.

All ReplayTVs on the network can, of course, stream from any DVArchive-equipped file server to any ReplayTV.

You can even schedule DVArchive to automatically grab recorded material from the ReplayTVs on a batch basis, providing an easy way to create large archives. I have set up some watched folders where new material gets automatically batch encoded to MPEG-4 (xvid) for archiving.

There's a big user community associated with DVArchive.

All in all I am very satisfied with my ReplayTV setup. It is totally integrated into my home media setup (1 TB RAID-5 file server) and works effortlessly. The ReplayTVs automatically skip adverts (works pretty well) and there's an active between ReplayTV units. Useful if you want to pick up a season half-way through.

I avoided Tivo, partly because of cost, but mainly because of its incipient DRM. I was afraid I would have to expend significant effort to create a spouse-friendly PVR system but thankfully my networked ReplayTVs have obviated this requirement for a while.

I'm sure many RTV owners will agree with me that having the ability to send shows over the internet is pretty pointless (it can take hours to days to send one). That feature is probably rarely used my most.

Don't be so sure. Have you ever seen the communiities started to share shows? Try:

http://www.planetreplay.com
or do a quick search of Yahoo! Groups
http://groups.yahoo.com/search?query=replaytv
Particularly
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/replaytvsharing/

I've sent and recieved my fair share of shows over my Cable internet and have no complaints. I just set it and forget it. I record enough shows to keep myself occupied while I download other shows. Now I don't have to kick myself for missing the season finale of my favorite show(s).

Now Commercial Advance is a nice feature, but it only works on about 1/2 of the shows I watch, and on that half it doesn't work flawlessly. It wouldn't kill me to lose this features, but it is one of the reasons why I bought a Replay instead of Tivo.

I, too, purchased the ReplayTV for the CA. Mine has worked from the start. It works flawlessly on 80% of my recordings. Another 5% works with glitches (skips too far) and the times it doesn't work the 30second skip works like a charm.

And for those who don't know, you can do a X minute skip by typing the number of minutes on the keypad and pressing skip. 3 + Skip works well to skip over a lot of commercials. ;)

On 4xxx machines I believe the button on the remote is JUMP. This is another feature I have grown to love.

explicity illegal? Funny, my facts do not point to that.

My facts (as the owner of Planet Replay) show that the majority of users share shows to catch shows they missed, as in already have access to. Take Joe Millionaire. A cheesy show launched last week. In two days it was in the top 10 most requested shows. People had simply forgotten to record it and wanted to see the first episode. If you need more examples you can read more of my facts below.

http://www.planetreplay.com/sharing_121202.php

explicity illegal? Funny, my facts do not point to that.

My facts (as the owner of Planet Replay) show that the majority of users share shows to catch shows they missed, as in already have access to. Take Joe Millionaire. A cheesy show launched last week. In two days it was in the top 10 most requested shows. People had simply forgotten to record it and wanted to see the first episode. If you need more examples you can read more of my facts below.

http://www.planetreplay.com/sharing_121202.php

buy a Replay unut, and then check this out

http://www.planetreplay.com/
It is pretty close to Napster (and one of the reasons I bought a PVR)

As a ReplayTV 4000 owner and operator of Planet Replay a content 'borrowing' site, Im appalled by all of this. But one has to wonder - SB made sharing only possible through the use of unique internet IDs and their servers to translate and initiate the P2P. If the P2P didn't require their server, there would not be any way for them to track what we do as easily as they can now.

I'm glad SB is not just rolling over though. Just like Diamond Rio and the MP3 player suit, the Digital PVR suit needs to hit courts and law set, good or bad. People keep referring back to the Sony timeshifting case, but the problem list that was analog, this is digital. It needs to go to court and get settled, but having SB collect evidence for the plantiffs is just ridiculus.

Here are a couple of sites that I use to keep up with the hacking scene for a Replay 4040. These sites are about using your Computer to download the content from the Replay. I wonder if SonicBlue can track what you are taking off?
AvsForums (Great site in general)
PlanetReplay
It really makes a 4000 series worth the money. Using the Ethernet port, you can make a computer emulate a Replay Server.

marks

I was interviewed for this article last week and I was sorely disappointed to read how sensationalistic is was towards sharing shows with the ReplayTV 4000 likening us to Napster. Napster traded what was known copyrighted material, bought by home users and illegally copied and sent to others. RTV on the other hand is basically a digital VCR, or timeshifting device. It is currently legal to timeshift, send to friends, and receive shows this way. No different than user a standard VCR and even slower depending on file size. The biggest complainers should be advertisers who pay big money to be on Friends. But really,I don't agree with that either. They take a chance that I will see there ad anyways. There is nothing preventing me with regular TV to just leave the room or turn off the TV when ads come on.

Check out my site Planet Replay for more information on Replay show sharing.

Lest us not forget the site that lets all of us ReplayTV 4000 users find new 'friends' to share shows with. With over 100 members and 1200 shows, its not a bad place to start to find that lost episode of The Tick.

Planet Replay

There's a decent place Ive been using to find and share shows with other users. Its not a bad site, over 90 users and 900 shows.... great if you missed that last episode of Alias or Buffy.

Planet Replay

Planet Replay is a ReplayTV 4000 show sharing site. Currently its small, but has over 500 shows listed already. Not bad for its first few weeks.