[Cialug] OT: Tivo

[Tony Bibbs]

Well, it's been an interesting ride and I'm pretty much done.  I've fixed the Hughes HDVR2 with a "Zippered" hard drive.  The Zipper ISO image is something you have to build and two of the packages unfortunately cost money (a whopping $30 total).  It's pretty cool because I've got Wireless Ethernet Bridge (WET) working which in addition to providing networking to the Tivo unit it also now provides networking to my PS2 (which I play once a month). 

I have pretty much everything working I just need to find time to play with it all.  It's not Myth but it's not bad.

http://www.tonybibbs.com/article.php/HackHDVR2

--Tony

----- Original Message ----
From: Tony Bibbs <tony at tonybibbs.com>
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 3:11:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Cialug] OT: Tivo

I've also opted to hack my Tivo box for HMO and TivoWebPlus not to mention a wireless hack that involves using an Linksys WRT54GS (with the help of hyperWRT) as a wireless adapter for my Hughes HDVR2 which will need a usb->ethernet adapter.  In short, I think something like this as a topic would be right up our ally given all the hacking involved.

--Tony

----- Original Message ----
From: Tim Wilson <tim_linux at wilson-home.com>
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 3:04:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Cialug] OT: Tivo

Tivo runs Linux, and some of the upgrade CDs use Linux,
 so it does apply somewhat.  But yeah, we do need an update on MythTV.  It has been a while since we had a presentation.  If we could put them together, I think that would be a good presentation.


On 6/26/07, david l goodrich <dlg at dsrw.org> wrote:
Now that I'm leaving Des Moines, I'm not sure my opinion counts...

But shouldn't a LUG be presenting on something GPL like MythTV instead of
something closed like Tivo?
  --david

On Tue, June 26, 2007 2:39 pm, Tim Wilson wrote:

> Ya know, with all this talk about Tivo, maybe that would be a good topic
> for
> a meeting.  How does that sound to everyone?  I'd be willing to give a
> demo,
> and even bring in my standalone Series 1 for people to look at.

>
> Oh, and in case anyone is wondering, my laptop did die (it appears to be
> the
> video "card").  I think I can boot it long enough to pull the meeting
> notes
> off, so I'm going to try to do that tomorrow night.

>
> On 6/26/07, Claus <cniesen at gmx.net> wrote:
>>
>> On 6/26/2007 10:37 AM, Tony Bibbs wrote:
>> > Ah, right you are. I can't just drop the drives in a new unit and

>> > recover my recordings.  I talked to a guy at weaknees and he is 90%
>> sure
>> > it's hard drive failure anyway.  One way to find out quickly is to
>> > simply put another drive with a newly formated 
OS6.2 and see if it
>> > boots.  I guess the first thing todo is verify one of the drives died
>> > and if so I'll be in the market for a big IDE drive.
>> >
>> > --Tony

>>
>> I upgraded my TiVo to a Seagate DB35 drive.  I choose that drive since
>> they weren't any more expensive than regular desktop Seagate drives and
>> I had to buy one anyway.  These drives are designed with DVR in mind and

>> I hoped that they will keep the system quieter.  So far no complains
>> about reliability nor noise.  The only problem is that TiVo records to
>> many shows now and I don't have enough time to watch them. :)

>>
>> Right now I'm on a Seagate trip since I had WD and IBM drives fail on me
>> but no Seagate drive for many years.  My opinion might change tomorrow,
>> who knows how lucky I'll stay.

>>
>>    Claus
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