This is definitely a hot topic, and we get questions about how to make these transfers all the time. We also get tons of spammers clogging up our forums with their posts on how to do it – and where to purchase their software (and, yes, we delete those threads as fast as we can).
But, in the end, TiVo.com has the best tutorials on how to make these transfers, so we recommend that you just see their pages for the best information. Links are at the bottom.
Some notes about what’s required for this to work:
- You do need to purchase software to make these conversions work. For the PC, you need TiVo Desktop Plus ($25) and for the Mac, you need Roxio Toast 9 Titanium ($75).
- You need to have your TiVo and your computer on the same internal network. If you need hardware for that, see our TiVo networking parts area for anything you might need.
Then, you just follow the steps in TiVo’s tutorials:
One reply on “Transfer TiVo Videos to iPod and iPhone”
I would like to know if the directv tivo boxes have the same file transfer(upload & download) capabilitys as the stand alone tivo box? And if so can I still keep using my tivo desktop program and all the files I have formatted to my gen 2 stand alone tivo.
thank you