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TiVo Desktop allows you to access your music and photos located on a PC over the network using a TiVo. Only a TiVo Series2 is required to make use of this functionality. The latest version of Mac2TiVo is unknown on Mac Informer. It is a perfect match for the General category. The app is developed by Roxio and its user rating is 1.7 out of 5.

This article mainly introduces free software for converting Tivo to MPEG. If you are looking for software for free, here is right for you.
TiVo is a popular home setup box for recording television programs and movies for later playback. It has the capability to transfer the recordings to your personal computer by using the TiVo Desktop Software application. An issue with the files is that they are not always compatible with other multi-media programs or editing softwares like Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle Studio, etc.
Q1:I have recently exporting a TV show from my TiVo to my PC using my TiVo home network, but the file is in .TiVo format. Does anyone know the best way to convert this to a avi file or mpeg for editing?
Q2:I need software that will change tivo files to mpeg files for viewing on my computer. I have tried Tivo Decoder, VisualHub, iTivo, and ffMpegX all with not so good results. So is there any program or a method for conversion?
Have you got the similar questionwhen you want to use to view and edit TiVo files? As a result, it is required to convert the TiVo files to a common format that widely supported by media players and editors. e.g. MPEG format. The guide shares with you how to convert TiVo file to MPEG step-by-step.
Part 1: Transfer TV shows from TiVo to PC
To transfer TV shows on any PC, you need to download TiVo Desktop software. When your TiVo is connected to your home network, TiVo Desktop provides you with a list of available shows for transferring to your PC.
You can play TiVo video files using Windows Media Player.
Hints: TiVoToGo Transfers system requirements: TiVo Series2 DVR, TiVo software version 7.1 or later, TiVo Series2 box must be connected to your home network using a wired or wireless USB network adapter.
Part 2: Guide to Converting TiVo to MPEG
At first, for converting .tivo to .mpg, you may have search a lot and find that there are many software with cost, which can help you. If you want free software, Pavtube Free Video DVD Converter Ultimate is right for you. Becides supporting Tivo to MPEG conversion, it is integrated software combined with converting both DVD and videos. And it will support converting them to MKV, AVI, WMV, MOV, MPG, etc.

(P.S If you are a Mac user, you can try Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac)
Go to download Free Video DVD Converter Ultimate and install it. Then follow me to learn how it works.
Step 1. Import source files. Software

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Click 'Add Video' icon to load video, or you can drag and drop it to the software directly. 'Load files' icon will allow you to load DVD disc, ISO/IFO and DVD folder.
Note: If you want to import Tivo video, you should import the Media Access Key first.
Step 2. Select output format.
Many video formats in the Format dropdown list, you can choose the one you need. Here, you can choose 'MPEG-2 Video (*.mpg)' from 'Common Video' Option.
Step 3. Video Editing (optional). Download
Powerful edit function including Trim, Crop, Add subtitles, etc will give you great experience for conversion. For example, you can use Trim to cut off the prevue of DVD that you don’t want to retain in output videos.
Step 4. Start conversion.
Click 'Convert' button to start TiVo to MPEG conversionconversion. Click 'Open' button you can find the generated files.
And with the help of CUDA Acceleration and full use of cores, you will have a fast speed.
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With the upgraded Video DVD Converter Ultimate, you can not only encode TiVo to MPEG, but also convert tivo to MKV, WMV,MP4 etc files while keeping perfect quality for enjoying your favorite TV shows recorded by TiVo box on Pocket PC, iPod, iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows RT/8, PSP etc device any time and any where or freely edit

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Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle Studio, etc.
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  • 1.6.19
    • Critical Fix: Settings dialog would crash on save if there was no list of TiVos. (i.e. if MAK was not set or wrong)
    • Change: Updated to newest version of installer program as I was getting reports of the installer failing on Catalin
  • 1.6.15
    • Critical Fix: Error connecting dialog would display instead of settings dialog if MAK was incorrect
    • Critical Fix: Downloads would fail if output path contained a period
  • 1.6.12
    • Critical Fix: Error connecting dialog would display when trying to download file
  • 1.6.11
    • Fix: Error connecting dialog would display on first launch even when pyTivo was running fine
    • Enhancement: New option to check for beta versions of pyTivo
    • Enhancement: New feature to check free space on download drive and prompt user if insufficient for download
  • 1.6.9
    • Fix: Day listed next to recordings was off by one day
    • Enhancement: Ability to rearrange TiVo tabs and disable TiVos you don't want to see
  • 1.6.7
    • Critical Fix: Error in code caused pyTivo to crash when renaming the file after TS errors were detected
  • 1.6.6
    • Fix: Some shows use duplicate episode IDs which prevents them from displaying properly in the Desktop app
    • Fix: Retry connection from error dialog was not working
    • Change: Upgraded to newest build of ffmpeg
    • Enhancement: Retry count added to file name
    • Enhancement: Additional logging added to disclose the location of TS transfer errors
    • Expiremental: Desktop can now be accessed via a browser including remotely from another PC or mobile device
  • 1.6.4
    • Critical Fix: Some files might fail transferring back to TiVo due to bug
    • Fix: Sortable file name feature wasn't working
    • Expiremental: Desktop can now be accessed via a browser for OSes not supported by Desktop app
  • 1.6.2
    • Fix: Pressing Yes in update dialog did not properly launch web browser
    • Fix: Installer now checks that pyTivo is closed before installing over an older version
    • Change: Options dialog rearranged for simplicity andoptions to override 3rd party exes has been removed
    • Enhancement: pyTivo Desktop now has Edit menu so Cut, Copy, Paste and Select All work in settings
    • Enhancement: New options to monitor TS downloads and retry if a errors are detected
    • Enhancement: New option in installer to launch pyTivo at user logon
  • 1.6.1
    • Critical fix: Bug in 1.6.0 prevented PS button from functioning when in 'allow me to select' mode.
    • Critical fix: tivolibre was broken by code signing and would not run
    • Fix: Sortable naming always used regardless of setting
    • Fix: Save Shares button menu would display down off screen
    • Fix: pyTivo could stall if user stopped transfer from TiVo
    • Fix: Uncaught exception in pyTivo server would cause unexpected behavior
    • Enhancement: Overhauled UI to display information in a more convenient way
    • Enhancement: Added refresh button that will reload the TiVo My Shows list
    • Enhancement: Warn user if pyTivo is actively transferring and they try to stop or exit pyTivo
    • Enhancement: New option allows user to select TS/PS format for every individual file
    • Enhancement: pyTivo now uses tivolibre to fix TS transfers so they no longer stall or fail when transferring back to TiVo
    • Enhancement: pyTivo now uses tivolibre for all decrypting
  • 1.5.15
    • Critical Fix: pyTivoTray may not exit due to stalled version check thread
    • Fix: pyTivo Desktop app will now find pyTivo server even if you've changed the port
    • Fix: Bug could cause some TiVo show lists not to populate
    • Fix: Update zeroconf to newer version which might help with some network issues
    • Enhancement: User interface changed so that show list now scrolls independently of the rest of the UI
    • Enhancement: You can now disable Suggestions so they are not displayed and download all button ignores them
    • Enhancement: Download all button now works even when groups are enabled
    • Enhancement: Added info to the bottom of the list containing count of shows, recordings and suggestions
  • 1.5.12
    • Enhancement: Sortable name option inserts record date after show title in YYYY-MM-DD format so files are easily sortable
    • Enhancement: pyTivoDesktop application will now exit when window is close
    • Enhancement: Higher resolution tray icon so it shouldn't look pixelated on high DPI displays
    • Enhancement: Installer and all apps are now signed using my Apple ID certificate so they shouldn't be blocked by GateKeeper
  • 1.5.11
    • First release for Mac OSX