[ExtractStream] Woohoo: streams back INTO the TiVo

[Warren Toomey]

In article by Rob:
> Is there anything that will allow the TiVo to play back a standard MPEG 
> (accessible via NFS) on the TV, without disrupting normal TiVo Operations 
> (ie recording!) ?

Not an MPEG file. The closest thing is my Playitsam, which can play a
TyStream over a TCP connection from a remote server:

http://minnie.tuhs.org/Programs/Playitsam/index.html

This works from the TiVo bash command-line.

> My ideal here would be an additional on-screen menu item that takes me into 
> a file-browser type menu so I can watch all the stuff stored on my 
> fileserver... but something I can run from a telnet session would be ok at 
> a pinch.

Yes, I'd be hapy to lose/replace Showcases because I live in Australia
and don't phone home to get my guide data.

Warren