mencoder_tivo.pl

mencoder_tivo.pl is a Perl script which passes options to MEncoder to encode files in a format that can be transferred to a TiVo.

Description

When TiVo released version 7.2 of the TiVo software and version 2.2 of the TiVo desktop software, they added a feature which allows the TiVo to retrieve video from a home network. Unfortunately, the TiVo can't play all formats. mencoder_tivo.pl will read any video file and convert it into a format which the TiVo can play.

mencoder_tivo.pl requires MEncoder to be in the path. MEncoder is part of the MPlayer system, which can be downloaded from http://www.mplayerhq.hu/. Make sure that all of the codecs are installed in order for mencoder_tivo to work properly.

Download

Download mencoder_tivo.pl here, or check it out of this Subversion repository.

Usage

mencoder_tivo.pl filename [filename [filename [...]]] --output=filename arguments

Arguments:

License

This software is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Contact Information

If you have questions, comments, patches, or bug reports, please contact mencoder_tivo@stellman-greene.com.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Martin Frankel at TiVo!

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