TiVo Desktop (free) is described as 'TiVo Desktop software works with your network-connected TiVo box, your Mac and your PC' and is an app. There are three alternatives to TiVo Desktop (free) for Mac, Windows and Linux. The best TiVo Desktop (free) alternative is cTiVo, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like TiVo Desktop (free) are KMTTG and iTiVo.
cTiVo is a 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.
cTiVo is the most popular Mac alternative to TiVo Desktop (free).
cTiVo is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to TiVo Desktop (free).
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 is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to TiVo Desktop (free).
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.
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