Document last updated

Nov 10, 2003

FOR THE NEWBIE,

Included below, is a nice quick-and-dirty written by Snoopy on how to GET STARTED FAST using TyTool. It is designed for those that are new to TyTool but have done other types of things with their Tivo. I have included links to other how-to’s and some links to other usefull information for newbies and seasoned users alike in my TyTool Everything post.

IF YOU HAVE USED TYTOOL BEFORE

Please skip this document all-together and just install it, or move to Jdiner’s release to find out what has changed in his exciting, new version of the TyTool Program.

First a Brief History of Extraction Methods

There are basically two programs for extracting video. They are TyStudio and TyTool. TyStudio was originally written by a guy named Olaf (olaf_sc) and is open-source, which means other programmers can try their hand at developing it further. It does get worked on periodically by other people, so one could say that ‘technically’ it is still under development. However it has, long since it’s inception, been abandoned by the original author. TyTool is disputedly the better option. It’s developer is Joshua Diner (jdiner). TyTool is current, and is routinely being developed and improved. Josh has a strong presence in the dealdatabase forums but he is a developer and working hard on this software so please don’t bombard him with newbie questions. There are many people including myself (snoopy), in the dealdatabase forums who are willing and able to help you. Have fun!

INSTRUCTIONS (THE QUICK-AND-DIRTY OF IT ALL)

Prerequisite: noscramble.o

The noscramble.o module needs to be loaded if it hasn’t been already. However, if it has not been loaded already, I recommend you just do it all at once with a new image of your hard drive. The noscramble.o module needs to be loaded prior to saving a show on your Tivo. It’s the only way. It means that any shows you have on it now (if the noscramble.o module doesn’t already exist) are all bad and will NEVER be able to be saved to DVD anyway. Therefore pulling your hard drive to put a new image on it is feasible because those shows simply won’t be able to be saved anyway. The noscramble.o module, and many other hacks, are already included with my ‘all-in-one’ ISO image. The link to that ISO image, along with easy instructions, can be found in my signature file within any of my posts on www.dealdatabase.com .

CUT TO THE CHASE

LET’S INSTALL THIS THING (2 PARTS)

1) TIVO SIDE

· Put files tserver_mfs7 (or whatever version it is now) and Nowshowing.tcl onto the Tivo and set permissions with chmod 777.

2) WINDOWS SIDE

· From the bash prompt run the most current version of tserver_mfs included in this zip file. The command is will look somethig like "./tserver_mfs7" (without the quotation marks of’course)

· Double Click on the the apropriate version of TYTool---.exe file from within Windows.

· You can now download to your PC and either watch the shows or burn DVD's till your heart is content.

· Jdiner’s new version now lets you add the tserver_mfs7 to the bootup sequence (rc.sysinit) so that you do not even have to enter ./tserver_mfs7 each time. If you use this option, outlined in the release notes, you will only need to start the TyTool program in Windows, and you’re off to the races!

Notes

* Be carefull to start the current version tserver from within the correct directory structure on the Tivo. If not, tserver_mfs will fail when it looks for the NowShowing.tcl file.

* Once you are done, and if you want to close the Telnet window running tserver, you can do this easily with ctrl-c. This method will exit the tserver appropriately and not cause the usual errors cause by just clicking on the x upper right hand corner of the telnet window.

--Snoopy