cTiVo Announcement

We're pleased to announce the beta availability of cTiVo, a powerful reincarnation of the iTiVo concept. There's a short article about it here on Mac Observer.

You can download the code at cTiVo Download.

Although there is a issue tracker on the code site, we wanted to use this thread for more informal discussion about any concerns, suggestions, etc.

Hope you like it...

To quote from the Readme:

cTiVo is a free Mac application to copy shows from your TiVo Premiere, HD, Series3 or Series2 devices. Simple to set up and use, it will download shows to your Mac, and convert them to many popular formats / devices. It is inspired by the great work done on iTiVo, but written in Cocoa/Objective C for better performance / compatibility.

cTiVo is an initial beta; give it a try and tell us what you think. In particular, let us know if you see any problems. We want cTiVo to be a great product for you: simple to use, but powerful in its configurability.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Features similar to iTiVo include:

• Formats include H.264, MPEG2, MPEG1, AVI, decrypt-only, audio-only.
• Target devices include iPhone, iPad, iPod, AppleTV, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PSP, YouTube.
• 'Subscriptions' to your regular shows: downloading them whenever new episodes are available.
• Support for different encoders, including HandBrake, mencoder, ffmpeg.
• Download queue for batch processing.
• Optionally show non-downloadable copy-protected shows.
• Automatically remove commercials from downloaded shows.
• Download queue restored when restarting app.
• Display filter in program list.
• Automatic discovery of TiVos using Bonjour.
• Folders optionally created for each series.
• Automatic updates of the software.
• Automatically perform an 'iTunes sync' to your device when the download is completed. With appropriate configuration, in the morning, you will find all your favorite shows from your TiVo loaded onto your iPhone or iPad.
• Manual connect by IP address.
• Detailed info on each show.
• Growl or Apple notifications.
• Scheduling of when the queue will be processed.
• Built-in Elgato Turbo.264 support.
• Generate metadata appropriate for use by tools such as pyTivoX.
• Create subtitle files (.srt) from the closed caption info including removal of commercials.
• Imports iTiVo preferences, including subscriptions and Media Access Key.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Features in addition to iTiVo include:

• Support for multiple TiVos (with same or different Media Access Keys), all displayed/active simultaneously.
• Change download directories for each download.
• Customizable columns; show exactly what you want to see.
• Change conversion formats for each download or subscription.
• Turn on/off iTunes / simultaneous download encoding for each download or subscription.
• Simultaneous downloading from multiple TiVos.
• Show only the encoding formats you actually use.
• Options to prevent sleep or quitting until processing complete.
• More parallel processing, including downloading next show while encoding current one.
• Sorting download and subscription queues.
• Completely customizable encoder options for multiple formats.
• In scheduled use, avoids new operations when end-time reached.
• Drag/drop and contextual menus for ease of use; submit, reschedule, delete all by dragging the shows.
• User-definable ports for TiVos; allows advanced users to access TiVo shows remotely (requires network reconfiguration).
• Spotlight tracking of shows already downloaded by cTiVo
• Fully compatible with OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) and Lion (10.7).

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To install:

Download the cTiVo application, and drag it to your Applications Folder

cTiVo is free to use, and the source is available for anyone to browse and contribute to.