pyTivoX Alternatives
pyTivoX is described as 'lets you play movies from your mac to your tivo. It is a free replacement for the upload feature of Tivo Desktop Plus. (Look at iTiVo for the download features)'. There are three alternatives to pyTivoX for Mac, Windows and Linux. The best alternative is pyTivo, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like pyTivoX are TiVo Desktop (free) (Free) and iTiVo (Free, Open Source).
- pyTivo is both an HMO and GoBack server. Similar to TiVo Desktop, pyTivo loads many standard video compression codecs and outputs mpeg2 (or in some cases, h.264) video to the TiVo. However, pyTivo is able to load many more file types than TiVo Desktop.
- TiVo Desktop software works with your network-connected TiVo box, your Mac and your PC. Publish your personal music library to your TiVo box for playback through your TV and home entertainment system.
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.
- 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.
Discontinued
No longer maintained. On the website cTiVo, which is maintained and works on newer OS releases, is suggested to replace iTiVo