cTiVo Alternatives

cTiVo is described as 'Free Mac application to download shows from your TiVo (Roamio, Premiere, HD, S3 or S2 devices) and convert them to many popular formats and devices. Its goal is to be extremely simple to set up and use, but very flexible' and is an app. There are three alternatives to cTiVo for Mac, Windows and Linux. The best cTiVo alternative is TiVo Desktop (free), which is free. Other great apps like cTiVo are KMTTG and iTiVo.

cTiVo

Free • Open Source

cTiVo is a free Mac application to download shows from your TiVo (Roamio, Premiere, HD, S3 or S2 devices) and convert them...

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cTiVo alternatives page was last updated Aug 23, 2016

TiVo Desktop (free)
TiVo Desktop software works with your network-connected TiVo box, your Mac and your PC.
6 TiVo Desktop (free) alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
TiVo Desktop (free) Features
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Discontinued
As of June 5, 2013, the free version of TiVo Desktop is discontinued. If you already have an existing copy of the free version of TiVo Desktop, it will still function normally - nothing has changed. New TiVo Desktop customers can purchase TiVo Desktop Plus to take advantage of the full set of Desktop features.
TiVo Desktop (free) VS cTiVo
Is TiVo Desktop (free) a good alternative to cTiVo?
- TiVo Desktop (free) is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to cTiVo.
- TiVo Desktop (free) is the most popular free alternative to cTiVo.
- TiVo Desktop (free) is Free and ProprietarycTiVo is Free and Open Source

KMTTG
kmttg is a Java based program to facilitate TivoToGo (TTG) transfers that can download, create pyTivo metadata, decrypt, run comskip & comcut (commercial detection and removal), create closed captions files and re-encode multiple shows.
3 KMTTG alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
KMTTG Features
DVR
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KMTTG VS cTiVo
Is KMTTG a good alternative to cTiVo?
- KMTTG is the most popular Linux alternative to cTiVo.
- KMTTG is the most popular Open Source alternative to cTiVo.
- KMTTG is Free and Open SourcecTiVo is also Free and Open Source

iTiVo
iTiVo WAS a Mac front-end to your Series 2, Series 3, and TiVoHD device.

It will download shows to your Mac, and convert them to many popular formats / devices. Features include:

Formats include h.264, mpeg-2, mpeg-1, decrypt-only. Target devices include iPhone, iPod, AppleTV.
5 iTiVo alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
iTiVo Features
DVR
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Discontinued
No longer maintained. On the website cTiVo, which is maintained and works on newer OS releases, is suggested to replace iTiVo

iTiVo VS cTiVo
Is iTiVo a good alternative to cTiVo?