Virgin TIVO

I too would like to know!!

I have a Virgin Media TIVO box and a ReadyNas Pro. I'm based in the UK

Virgin Media (UK) have recently released an update to the TIVO firmware with many additional features. One of the additional features is that the Ethernet port on the back of the TIVO box has been enabled which allows connection to a home network.

I have connected my TIVO box to my home network using ethernet. An ip address has been passed to the TIVO box from my router and I can connect to the TIVO box from a web browser using the ip address i.e. https://10.0.1.23. It then requests a user name and password which I enter as 'tivo' and the Media Access Key from the TIVO box. My list of recorded programs from the TIVO box is displayed in the browser but other than that I can't do anything with them. I've read that it's possible to archive the files from the TIVO box onto the ReadyNas but I don't think this option is available in the UK just yet.

On the ReadyNas I've enabled ReadyDLNA and also enabled TIVO support. I've restarted the ReadyNas but unfortunately my TIVO box is not recognised by the ReadyNas.

Thats about as far as I've got.

I would like to use the TIVO box as a DLNA player accessing my movies from my ReadyNas.

Just wondered if anyone else has got any further on this.

Singularity wrote:
I would like to use the TIVO box as a DLNA player accessing my movies from my ReadyNas. Just wondered if anyone else has got any further on this.

Can't help, but that would be an excellent feature. The xbox hogs the second hdmi input to my amp, but is not great for every format available.

Would love plex on the tivo, but the above seems like a great first step.

I have a US model Tivo Premiere XL, so this may not be of any help here. I don't know whether the Virgin TiVo's support the readnas. But there are several steps that must be taken for it to work:
-I believe it is necessary for "video sharing" to be enabled on the Tivo. In the US, this is done via the Tivo web site, which in turn enables the function on the home Tivo when the home Tivo connects to the central Tivo servers overnight
-There is also a setting on the Tivo itself to enable network access, which is located somewhere in "settings"
-the Bonjour service must be enabled in the Readynas (under services / discovery services). Also, some home routers do not support Bonjour by default; on my Linksys WRT610n, for example, a setting must be changed in the router's configuration to enable Bonjour support (In the WRT610N configuration screens, select security, and then check (i.e., enable) the setting labeled "filter multicast".) You are using an Apple branded router, so I doubt this is an issue, but for other users it may be.
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