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Download shows from your TiVo and convert them.

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cTiVo overview

cTiVo is a free Mac application to download shows from your TiVo (Roamio, Premiere, HD, S3 or S2 devices) and convert them to many popular formats and devices. Its goal is to be extremely simple to set up and use, but very flexible. cTiVo provides complete hands-off operation: once you choose or subscribe to your shows, everything else is automated. For example, after you've set it up, every morning, you will find all your favorite shows from your TiVos loaded onto your iPhone or iPad.

What’s new in version 3.6.2

Updated on Oct 05 2023

  • Fixes a couple of rare crashes.
  • Should also pass through audio options better with Handbrake HW formats.
  • Now reloads RPC data when Cmd-Click>Reload All Info
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Information

License

Free

Size

137.9 MB

Downloads

18446

App requirements

  • Intel 64
  • Apple Silicon
  • macOS 10.15 or later
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paul-411
paul-411
Aug 8 2023
3.6
0.0
Aug 8 2023
0.0
Version: 3.6
Amazing. This actually works.
rehgallagmit
rehgallagmit
Jun 29 2021
3.4.3
0.0
Jun 29 2021
0.0
Version: 3.4.3
Just installed cTiVo, while the picture quality on the best resolution is incredable the reliability is not. I am lucky to get 5 out of 8 that actually transfer. Keep getting error / retry dialog. I have been keeping track of the episodes that error out and I have tried dialing down the resolution with no effect. Does my roamio pro just record wacked out episodes or what is happening< Thanks in advance for your help!!
SegN3rd
SegN3rd
Apr 20 2017
2.5.1
5.0
Apr 20 2017
5.0
Version: 2.5.1
cTivo is really convenient and seamless, and it works well for anyone who has a TiVo. The one recommendation I have is that, at least in my experience, the default encoder (ffMpeg) tends to lose audio sync and produce crummy output. It's really easy (and free) to download HandBrakeCLI and configure cTivo to use that instead, and in my opinion, it works MUCH better. Also, I think it should've been called "ViTo." :)
JerryFisher1625
JerryFisher1625
Jun 26 2016
2.4.4
5.0
Jun 26 2016
5.0
Version: 2.4.4
Owning a TiVo is the difference between a dumb DVR & a machine that can learn about your viewing habits and make intelligent suggestions for shows to watch or record. Of course, if you're like me and would like to keep some of the shows or movies on TiVo, the choice used to be either keep it forever on TiVo and miss other programming or buy an external hard drive to add storage. Then I found out about cTiVo. cTiVo is the best option of all for me. I can use this freeware to download my shows to my Mac. Most will be happy enough just having a copy of their shows, commercials and all, in iTunes, but you can go one step better and mark the commercials so they can be skipped. In my case, I just let cTiVo run overnight every couple of days to download, decrypt and encode all my shows I want to keep to my Mac. I then edit out all the commercials on the weekends via iMovie and move the finished files to my Plex library. It is a system that works for me and I couldn't do it without cTiVo. I'd love to shake the developer's hand and thank them profusely for helping me archive all my favorite shows.
mlschuster
mlschuster
Jan 17 2016
2.4.4
0.0
Jan 17 2016
0.0
Version: 2.4.4
Hello, 1/17/2016 Just downloaded CTivo. I have a Tivo Romeo Premium i thinks its called. Its the biggest Romeo My mac is a Mid 2011 iMac with a I5 2.5ghz and 32gb ram. Plenty of performance here. I have my Tivo setup for MoCa because I have a Tivo Mini in a different room. Currently My Tivo streams and downloads videos perfectly to my iPhone 6s and my iPad Air 2. Ive uninstalled and downloaded the app from different locations to avoid a damaged or corrupt ap. My download folder is also on my same drive which is a 960 gb SSD. SO MY PROBLEM IS I AM NOT ABLE TO DOWNLOAD ANY FILE. IVE TRIED DIFFERENT FORMATS . THE APP FINDS MY TIVO immediately AND THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH CONNECTION. CAN ANYONE HELP ME? IM CLICKING EMAIL ME WHEN SOMEONE REPLIES. thank you
mlschuster
mlschuster
Jan 17 2016
2.4.4
0.0
Jan 17 2016
0.0
Version: 2.4.4
Hello, 1/17/2016 Just downloaded CTivo. I have a Tivo Romeo Premium i thinks its called. Its the biggest Romeo My mac is a Mid 2011 iMac with a I5 2.5ghz and 32gb ram. Plenty of performance here. I have my Tivo setup for MoCa because I have a Tivo Mini in a different room. Currently My Tivo streams and downloads videos perfectly to my iPhone 6s and my iPad Air 2. Ive uninstalled and downloaded the app from different locations to avoid a damaged or corrupt ap. My download folder is also on my same drive which is a 960 gb SSD. SO MY PROBLEM IS I AM NOT ABLE TO DOWNLOAD ANY FILE. IVE TRIED DIFFERENT FORMATS . THE APP FINDS MY TIVO immediately AND THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH CONNECTION. CAN ANYONE HELP ME? IM CLICKING EMAIL ME WHEN SOMEONE REPLIES. thank you
cgclark1331
cgclark1331
Nov 16 2015
2.4.4
0.0
Nov 16 2015
0.0
Version: 2.4.4
I note that ctivo is in the startup items library of my iMac, El Capitan. Is there a way to safely remove it from startup as my Mac is slow to boot?
mattdorfman
mattdorfman
Aug 3 2015
2.4.0b11
0.0
Aug 3 2015
0.0
Version: 2.4.0b11
cTivo was working fine now all I get is background music to the shows. I looked under languages and it says none. Any ideas?
Quantumpanda
Quantumpanda
Jun 8 2015
2.4.0b8
0.0
Jun 8 2015
0.0
Version: 2.4.0b8
Download link is broken. Version 2.4.0b8 has been superseded by 2.4.0b11. Current link: https://github.com/dscottbuch/cTiVo/releases/download/2.4.0-beta11/cTiVo.zip Version 2.4.0b8 is now archived at: https://github.com/dscottbuch/cTiVo/archive/v2.4.0-Beta8.zip Current release and release notes are always available at: https://github.com/dscottbuch/cTiVo/releases (I'm not affiliated with the project, just a very satisfied user.)
ktemerian
ktemerian
Dec 26 2014
2.4.0b4
0.0
Dec 26 2014
0.0
Version: 2.4.0b4
Hopefully someone can help! My older version of ctivo simply stopped working yesterday - it recognized it was online but was blank for listing the shows/movies on the Tivo Roamio. I tried resetting the router, turning the Tivo off, computer restart, redownloading ctivo - but nothing works! I just tried downloading this newest version 2.4.0b4 and it is still blank! Nothing is listed but the program does seem to know if I turn my wifi on and off (will become red instead of black). Any ideas?
Mudflapper
Mudflapper
Dec 23 2014
2.4.0b4
5.0
Dec 23 2014
5.0
Version: 2.4.0b4
I know I'm a little late to the party but after ten long years I finally got sick of giving Comcast one cent more than I had to—to rent their crappy, outdated DVR—so I picked up a Tivo Roamio a few months ago and haven't looked back. I first discovered pyTivo to transfer files back and forth from Mac to Tivo and although it was a little daunting to set up, I am now so happy with it it's stupid. But now that I found cTivo, I'm ecstatic! It works beautifully. I haven't used the commercial function yet, but I've transferred a few titles to my Mac to edit them manually and it couldn't have been easier. Then I use pyTivo to transfer them back and all is right with my digital world. I don't hand out too many 5 star ratings but this is brilliant. Thank you Hugh Mackworth!
JerryFisher1625
JerryFisher1625
Nov 18 2014
2.3.1
5.0
Nov 18 2014
5.0
Version: 2.3.1
I used to use KMTTG over a year ago when it was almost the only game in town. The software that comes with Toast Titanium for working with Tivo was pathetically awful. It just plain wouldn't work. I eventually came upon KMTTG and it took a while to figure it out and get the settings just right to work. Even then, it was a slow, laborious process. I had dabbled with iTivo but while the interface was much easier, functionally it was dead in the water for me. I was pleasantly surprised when I found out about cTivo and gave it a try. I knew that it was based on the iTivo project so I didn't have high expectations. I can't begin to think of how many software titles out there that have been renamed but weren't functionally updated. cTivo worked with a minimum of fuss on my old 2008 dual quad core Mac Pro and works even faster on my current laptop, a 2012 i7 Intel Macbook Pro. The only thing that slows cTivo down is that I'm grabbing my shows from my Tivo wirelessly. If I used a wire instead, I suspect the download of the show (the longest part of the process) would speed up considerably. It is stupid easy compared to what used to be available to Tivo owners who use Mac. There are a load of features hiding under the hood of cTivo that make it sing for anyone if they take the time to browse the wiki and play with it a little bit. It can convert the Tivo files into a wide range of different formats. You can have it mark commercials or even clip them out altogether if you're feeling more confident (I just have it mark them and I review them before clipping them out in Final Cut Pro X). The recordings I'm able to save from Tivo via cTivo are as good as the originals from what I see on my 1080p TV, so no complaints here. I'm always telling fellow Mac users with Tivos about cTivo and I'm amazed that there are so few that seem to be aware of it. In summary, cTivo takes the guesswork out of getting your favorite shows and movies off the Tivo and making them Mac-friendly for editing and/or archiving. It's free. I can't recommend it enough.
MikeB5979
MikeB5979
May 10 2014
2.3.1
0.0
May 10 2014
0.0
Version: 2.3.1
I am new to MacUpdate today. I have a MacBook Air and the new OS. I just found cTivo and am very happy I did. My problem is that when I try to use cTivo on a movie I recorded on my Tivo, which is 3 hrs. long (due to advertisements), cTivo only converts about a quarter of the file. What it converts is awesome but obviously I need the whole file converted. Anybody have a solution out there? Thanks in advance.
Vegas-Man!
Vegas-Man!
Apr 15 2014
2.3.1
4.5
Apr 15 2014
4.5
Version: 2.3.1
Super Awesome!
Mertonian
Mertonian
Feb 4 2012
1.7.6
4.0
Feb 4 2012
4.0
Version: 1.7.6
Wonderful, just wonderful. And the only game in town for converting TiVo shows for use on other devices
abellisfl
abellisfl
Jul 15 2021
3.4.3
4.0
Jul 15 2021
4.0
Version: 3.4.3
SegN3rd
SegN3rd
Apr 20 2017
5.0
Apr 20 2017
5.0
Version: null
JerryFisher1625
JerryFisher1625
Jun 26 2016
5.0
Jun 26 2016
5.0
Version: null
Mudflapper
Mudflapper
Dec 23 2014
5.0
Dec 23 2014
5.0
Version: null
Sixbillships
Sixbillships
Apr 15 2014
4.5
Apr 15 2014
4.5
Version: null
Vegas-Man!
Vegas-Man!
Apr 15 2014
4.5
Apr 15 2014
4.5
Version: null
Mertonian
Mertonian
Feb 4 2012
4.0
Feb 4 2012
4.0
Version: null
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