Aaron:<br><br>You are partially right. If I buy a Tivo device and enroll to subscription, then cancel subscription within a month the TIVO is enabled for Manual recording aka the device becomes a digital vcr.<br>There are conflicting reports on this, so I have to check it out.<br>
<br>Persistence = If you want your child to learn your culture and language a bit so she can converse with relatives back home on a visit it will motivate you.<br><br>-Narahari<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 12:52 PM, arxaaron <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arxaaron@gmail.com">arxaaron@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On 2011/06/27, at 11:52 , Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:<br>
<br>
> Here is the situation.<br>
><br>
> I have susbcribed to Indian TV programming. It comes via Silverlight.<br>
><br>
> I used recordmydesktop in combo with xdotool to automate recording<br>
> of programs in the middle of the day and middle of night.<br>
><br>
> It was working ok but the sound was crappy.<br>
><br>
> I have a spare pc that I put WindozeXP on and I am automating that<br>
> with autohotkey (btw linux needs this bad)<br>
><br>
> I have now taken Svideo out of the Windze Machine (along with analog<br>
> audio) and I am inputting that to a regurlar plain old vcr with<br>
> scheduled recording. It works good.<br>
><br>
> I want to replace the VCR with a Tivo or a DVR device. Tivo is<br>
> preferred because Tivo has networking abitlities and allows me to<br>
> get to the programming from other boxes.<br>
><br>
> However, Tivo requires subscription and I am trying to learn how to<br>
> use Tivo without subscription.<br>
><br>
> Once it is on Tivo I want to be able to pull the .tivo file and put<br>
> it on the Myth Backend server. This way Myth front end can retreive<br>
> the video and watch it on the main tv.<br>
><br>
> -Narahari<br>
<br>
<br>
</div></div>Interesting gyrations you are going through to recover your<br>
Fair Use rights from the Destrucrive Restriction Mechanisms<br>
imposed by the extortionist corporate criminals of MafiaSoft!<br>
I'm impressed by your persistence and ingenuity!<br>
<br>
As to the Tivo -- it is my understanding that there are no<br>
hacks or methods that will let you simply use the box<br>
like you would a VCR. There is no time scheduled<br>
recording without a subscription, and no way to do a<br>
simple manual record start / stop either physically or<br>
with infrared remote.<br>
<br>
I'm hoping that Dennis will step in and (re)confirm this, but<br>
I was gifted a TIVO some time back and investigated this<br>
same issue rather extensively to see if I could get some<br>
sane functionality out of the box. No such luck.<br>
<br>
peace<br>
aaron<br>
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