I apologize in advance for asking a question that's undoubtedly been asked before. But two days of experimenting and reading about pyTiVo and SteamBaby, etc., have left me cross-eyed......
The gist: I want to be able to watch videos stored on my home network without having to download them to the TiVo box.
I currently have a Roamio Pro, a Premiere XL, and a couple older boxes just used for storage. I also have a server (Windows Server 2013) on my network with lots of available storage space. I really want to move some of the Tivo recordings to the server, then be able to access and watch them on the Tivos without having to transfer them back to the box.
I've had Tivo Desktop since before they started charging for it, so it's the unpaid version. Using that as the server, I can readily access the videos on my PC, but I have to transfer them to the Tivo before I can watch them. (All my efforts just on the desktop PC so far....waiting to find a workable streaming setup before putting it on the Windows Server.) This seems kind of pointless, since part of the objective is to clear space on the TiVo boxes.
Am I doing something wrong with TiVo Desktop, or does it always require content to be transferred back to the boxes for viewing? If it does, is there another (relatively easy) solution that allows watching network-stored video without download/transfer?
Any help greatly appreciated. :)
The gist: I want to be able to watch videos stored on my home network without having to download them to the TiVo box.
I currently have a Roamio Pro, a Premiere XL, and a couple older boxes just used for storage. I also have a server (Windows Server 2013) on my network with lots of available storage space. I really want to move some of the Tivo recordings to the server, then be able to access and watch them on the Tivos without having to transfer them back to the box.
I've had Tivo Desktop since before they started charging for it, so it's the unpaid version. Using that as the server, I can readily access the videos on my PC, but I have to transfer them to the Tivo before I can watch them. (All my efforts just on the desktop PC so far....waiting to find a workable streaming setup before putting it on the Windows Server.) This seems kind of pointless, since part of the objective is to clear space on the TiVo boxes.
Am I doing something wrong with TiVo Desktop, or does it always require content to be transferred back to the boxes for viewing? If it does, is there another (relatively easy) solution that allows watching network-stored video without download/transfer?
Any help greatly appreciated. :)
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