chinapaulo
Joined: 30 Jul 2008
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 Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:30 pm Post subject: Thank you! |
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Holy crap, pyTivo is awesome!
A while back, I actually paid for the upgrade to TiVo Desktop, only to find that files in widescreen format only played in a 4:3 window in the center of the screen. This was, to say the least, a disappointment.
It took me 10 minutes to set up pyTivo to point at my literally thousands of tv shows and movies stored on my NAS in various formats (avi/xvid, mp4, m4v, mkv/h.264, wmv, etc.) and WOW -- pyTivo plays 'em like a charm. Because of the limitations of the HD TiVo itself, the transcoded stream doesn't look good enough on my 65" 1080p living room TV, but for the 32" 720p bedroom TV, it's great!
When I truly want to watch 1080p content in the loving room, that's what I have my HTPC for, but this allows me to watch content stored on my NAS on a whim without having to turn on another device, switch inputs on the TV, etc.
Low-res and High-res (~540p) HDTV rips transcode faster than real time. And 720p content is just about realtime.
Damn, this thing is cool -- and I just want to say thanks. |
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