TivoDecode Manager 2.0 Adds Tivo to iPod In One Click
January 5th, 2007 by Podophile
Since I first wrote about it a month ago, TivoDecode Manager has come a long way. The simple OS X application lets Mac users transfer Tivo programs to their computers - a Tivo feature called TivoToGo which has been available to Windows users for over a year. The latest version makes several user interface and stability improvements, but most importantly, it now automatically encodes the transferred programs to iPod compatible mp4 format.
I’ve been happily using prior versions of this software, which required me to run the downloaded videos through another video encoder if I wanted a file I could watch on my iPod. Not only was that pain to have to do, but the resulting videos would often appear “squashed” on my iPod’s screen.
The built-in encoding of version 2 has eliminated this problem. The videos look and sound great. The only problem I’m having is that there’s a small horizontal line of “static” at the top of my iPod screen when watching my TivoDecoded videos. Not a huge deal, but distracting after watching for five minutes or so. I’m happy to report that the line doesn’t appear when watching the videos on my computer or when playing them on a TV from the iPod.
Looks like TivoDecode Manager is ready for prime time.
Download TivoDecode Manager for Mac OS X.
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