I thought that you needed Tivo's Desktop software in order to transfer shows from your tivo series II to your windows PC, but apparently not.
My brother has a mac (yeah, I know...) and he showed me that by simply typing in HTTPS://yourtivosip/nowplaying/index.html (The S at the end of the HTTP is important), you can then log into your networked Tivo using "tivo" as the username and your tivo's media access key as the password. You will then be presented with a webpage with download links to all the recorded shows in your tivo. It worked on my Windows XP PC just fine.
Yes, the files will have a .Tivo extension, but apparently there is a mac app out there that will strip the tivo wrapper from what is otherwise an MPG-2 video file, so I wouldn't be surprised if there's a version for PC's.
However, if you have a PC, you can download the Tivo desktop software and it will install a codec that windows media sees. Meaning, that by double clicking on it, it will play in Windows Media Player just fine.
As a bonus, since the .Tivo codec is registered with windows, most programs that handle video will now be able to handle the .tivo format as well. For example, you could use Spb Mobile DVD and specify one of the .Tivo files as the input source and it will easily convert it into an AVI or WMV for your Pocket PC or Smartphone so you can watch your shows while on the go.
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