TiVo Media Device, Manual

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Optional Features
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Transferring Videos to Your Media Device
PC users can use TiVo Desktop Plus to access home movies and other video files stored on your
home computer, provided they are in a compatible format. Mac users can use Roxio Toast 10
Titanium or Popcorn to access home movies and other video files stored on your home
computer, provided they are in a compatible format. Using these features, you get the added
benefit of being able to have your favourite personal videos and video podcasts delivered to
your Now Playing List automatically.
Mac users, see
“Transferring Videos from your Mac to your TiVo
®
Media Device” on page 52 .
Transferring Videos from your PC to your TiVo
®
Media Device (TiVo
Desktop only)
With TiVo Desktop, you can access videos stored in the My TiVo Recordings folder on your PC
and transfer them to your TiVo Media Device for viewing.
1.
Locate the videos on your PC that you’d like to view on your TiVo Media Device. These can
be home movies, videos downloaded from the web, or any other video files, as long as they
are either MPEG-2 or .tivo files. Other file formats require TiVo Desktop Plus (see below).
2.
Copy these videos into the My TiVo Recordings folder inside the My Documents folder on
your PC.
3.
Launch TiVo Desktop. The videos you copied into the My TiVo Recordings folder will
appear in TiVo Desktop’s Now Playing List.
4.
On your TiVo Media Device, go to your Now Playing List.
5.
Select your PC. It is marked with the computer icon: .