TiVo Desktop (free) Alternatives

TiVo Desktop (free) has been discontinued. Similar apps include cTiVo, which is free and open source. Other options are KMTTG and iTiVo. In total there are three apps like TiVo Desktop (free) for Mac, Windows and Linux.

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    cTiVo

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    KMTTG

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    iTiVo

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    iTiVo screenshot 1
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