[Cialug] OT: Tivo

Thu Jun 28 13:04:30 CDT 2007

Nice.  I'll have to remember that if I decided to zipper my Tivo.  I've
thought about it, even have a drive for it, but since the HDVR2 will be
outdated when they roll out MPEG-4, I haven't had the urge to do it.

One question though, you reference "the original hack", but the link goes to
your site.  What was the original hack?

On 6/28/07, Tony Bibbs <tony at tonybibbs.com> wrote:
>
> 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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