TivoWebPlus * TivoWeb with a kick!

This is a comprehensive TivoWeb package meant to support all existing TiVos with the latest TivoWeb innovations. This initiative was started by falcontx with his addition of dual tuner DirecTiVo support and has been further updated and enhanced by mrblack51, rbautch, SteveT, davidlallen and several other members of the TiVo hacking community.

Latest release: 1.3.1, October 22, 2006  Download   Changelog

[While the CVS repository is held on SourceForge and releases are occasionally published there, if you wish to try out the newest builds then they can be found here]

The goal of this release is to create a bundle that is both highly reliable and containing a large number of useful packages. The user interface has been greatly improved.

If you have any problems or questions, please read our FAQ before doing anything else!

If you are interested in helping with the further development of TivoWebPlus or have experienced a bug that is NOT already addressed in the FAQ, please visit the TWP 1.2/1.3 development thread at DealDatabase here.

If you are a developer and have something to contribute, please visit our v1.4-beta development thread here where BTUx9 is improving the speed and stability of the package on DTivo units.

Features

• dual tuner DirecTiVo support for scheduling
• IMDb links for movies and TV Tome links for shows
• TyShow streaming links
• enhanced info module
• clear logs links added to logs module
• slotfree icons in listings
• season pass prioritization
• Compatibility: Series 1 and 2, TiVo and DirecTiVo, USA and UK, all software versions.
• Units hacked with BASH_ENV are not supported

Requirements for TyShow streaming links to work:

• TyShow BETA-0.14 (or later) installed on Windows 2000/XP
• vserver running on your TiVo
• Windows Media Player or Media Player Classic associated with ASX/ASF file types

Version history

1.2, August 2, 2005. The goal of this release is to make the tool work out of the box on tivo software versions 6.x and 7.x. It does not contain any new features, but it does contain dozens of patches and one-line fixes lying around in different places on ddb.

1.1pre2, October 23,2004. Released from the previous TivoWebPlus home page at http://tivo.fp2000.org/twp. As of August 9, 2005 this page appears to auto-forward to the current sourceforge page.

1.0 final, March 23, 2004.

TivoWebpPlus is based on TivoWeb 1.9.4 final. The original TivoWeb home page is http://tivo.lightn.org.

Installation

1. Install the .tar.gz file into a new directory on your tivo, eg,
cd /var/hacks
gzip -dc < TivoWebPlus-1.3.1.tar.gz | tar xf -
   This creates directory /var/hacks/tivowebplus.

2. For TCD540 (series 2.5) users:
   • Change the default port, since the native tivo web server uses port 80. Edit tivoweb.cfg and change Port = 80 to Port = 8080.
   • Make sure the tivo firewall permits access on the port, unless you have disabled the tivo firewall. Edit /etc/netfilter-enable and add the line
     $iptables -A block -p tcp --dport 8080 -i eth0 -j ACCEPT

3. Start the server as a test:
   /var/hacks/tivowebplus/tivoweb console
   You should see a few lines of output, ending with
   Accepting connections

4. You should now be able to point your web browser to the tivowebplus server.

5. If desired, add a line to your rc.sysinit to automatically start the server.

To install TyShow streaming links:

1. Edit "tivoweb.cfg" in your TivoWebPlus directory and make sure the following line is set as follows:
   TyShowLinks = 1
2. Restart TiVoWebPlus and go to your "Now Playing" list.
3. Click the "View" links to view the program in Windows Media Player.

If you have TyShow installed on your PC, vserver running on your TiVo, and you still have problems, make sure the file associations for ASX/ASF files are set to Windows Media Player or Media Player Classic.

Modules

TivoWebPlus is set up to support drop-in addition of modules, which add significant capability. A good site to get modules is http://alt.org/wiki/index.php/TiVoWeb%20Modules.

To install a module, follow the installation instructions for the module. Most modules are single itcl files. Copy the file into the modules subdirectory of your tivowebplus installation, exit the server, and restart it. Modules are automatically read from this subdirectory.

In this release, many modules are already included. The following are some which are not, and could be useful:

• hackman. A hack manager that allows the user to start and stop TiVo hacks, such as telnet, tivoftp, etc. Hackman also creates rc.sysinit.author files to automatically start hacks at boot time, and can manage this and other startup files. See the file docs/hackman.html in the installation for details.

  Author: PortlandPaw. Home page: http://www.tivohackman.com.

Last modified: October 22, 2006