TivoTool for Mac OS X released

By Dave Caolo

I love my TiVo, but its Mac compatibility is pretty poor. There's no official TiVo To Go client for the Mac, and while the TiVo Desktop software allows for the transfer of photos and music, it's not compatible with Tiger. What's left to do when you're left out in the cold like this? Build your own shelter, of course.

John Susek is a part of a team of developers collaborating on TivoTool, an application that lets you extract video – unencrypted – from your networked TiVo to your Mac. Once you've got your video, you can store it in iTunes, send it to iMovie, whatever you wish. TivoTool makes use of a familiar Mac OS X interface, so you don't have to sit in front of a terminal window to grab your shows (though there is a command line version, if that's your preference).

Before you download, however, be warned: You've got to execute some serious hacks on your TiVo to before you can download and stream unencrypted video. If you're comfortable with that, you may really enjoy TivoTool.

[Via PVR Blog]
 

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