Tivo on your ppc?

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"DW" <DrWoodardOnDS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Ever wish you could watch Lost on your ppc?
>
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/arti [...] 638D73.DTL
>

Been watching TV shows on a pocketPC for years now, and really TIVO is
offering nothing outside of brand recognition. It is merely recorded shows
that are re-encoded for easier playing on a handheld device.

Lots of ways to do it, but IMHO the easiest for a turnkey solution is here:
http://www.snapstream.com/Products [...] efault.asp

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On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 DW wrote:

>Ever wish you could watch Lost on your ppc?
>
>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/06/08/
>financial/f185638D73.DTL

Been doing this for months now.

(TiVo -> TivoNET card -> PC -> TyTool -> TMPGEnc -> PPC -> Betaplayer)

Takes about 15 minutes to transfer an hour-long show, and about an hour
to encode. I'm playing catch-up with SG1 at the moment which is on five
times a week on Sky One (UK). Store a week's worth on the TiVo, set a
batch encoding job on the PC overnight Friday, transfer them to SD card
over the weekend and watch them in work (during tea breaks, obviously)
during the following week.

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Kev
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"KDE" <knott_me@NOSPAM.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> not to mention, with snapstream, you can "stream" live tv to your PPC from
> around the house (if Wifi is an option) and/or stream live TV and your
> recorded programs from any pc with internet access.
>

Definitely. Despite having a nice interface on the big screen and a remote
keyboard, I probably use the TV PC more as a streaming server than a living
room player. Even then a few shows get copied over to laptops or PPC for
trips, etc.

It really is much more flexible than a stand alone system (unhacked TIVO,
Cable's PVR, etc.)