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 alternative is TiVo Desktop (free), which is free. Other great apps like cTiVo are KMTTG and iTiVo.
TiVo Desktop (free)
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Proprietary
6 alternatives to TiVo Desktop (free)- Mac
- Windows
TiVo Desktop software works with your network-connected TiVo box, your Mac and your PC.
TiVo Desktop (free) Features
DiscontinuedAs 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.
KMTTG
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
3 alternatives to KMTTG- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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.
KMTTG Features
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.
iTiVo Features
DiscontinuedNo longer maintained. On the website
cTiVo, which is maintained and works on newer OS releases, is suggested to replace iTiVo