Once upon a time Glen Farney shaped the electrons to say... > that's being a problem. Watching a show transferred to the PC > doesn't happen because of some codec problem. I can play DVD's on > the computer with the included Sonic player. I've downloaded and > installed two or three codec decoders, to no avail. Anyone got an > option to get this thing working ? I tried playing it from the > folder directly, and opening the file with Real Player and > Quicktime.
Real Player and Quicktime probably won't help at all decoding MPEG-2. You have the latest TiVo Desktop installed, 2.5.1? It does sound like whichever codec Windows is selecting to decode the .tivo files is incorrect. .tivo files are MPEG-2 encoded, wrapped in an encrypted envelope. A DLL with TiVo Desktop handles the decryption, but it relies on a codec to decode the video. (Unless you buy the TiVo Desktop Plus upgrade - then you get a codec for playback too.) Unfortunately, on Windows this is a big of a mess and it is difficult to force it to use a different codec. The best place I can think of to get help is the TiVo To Go forum on TiVoCommunity.com. > Also, I was using a 2Wire dsl modem router, and it connects to the > service ok, but the other network features seem sluggish or non > working on the 801.b router, but worked well on the 801.g. Right up The 11b connection is much slower than 11g, and 11b generally had less range to boot. So it may just be a weak connection causing the issues, especially if it worked well with the 11g router. -MZ -- megazone-at-megazone.org http://www.MegaZone.org/ Gweep, Geek, Human, me. http://www.TiVoLovers.com/ http://www.Eyrie-Productions.com/ -><- Hail Eris "A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men" 508-852-2171
