Book Description
"Hacking the TiVo" provides a central, readable, and detailed guide to upgrading, maintaining, and enhancing TiVo systems. It clearly explains how to expand and upgrade the capabilities of both Series 1 and Series 2 TiVos from any Linux, Macintosh, or Windows PC. The book also explains how to network any model of TiVo, provides troubleshooting information for common modem and TiVo troubles, and explains where to get TiVo-related supplies and information over the Internet. The book also explains how to activate hidden features and capabilities using secret codes that are available on every TiVo, without even opening the box.
The book comes with a bootable CD that provides a complete Linux distribution containing all of the software you need to expand and work with both Series 1 or Series 2 TiVos from a Linux or Windows system, and also includes TiVo-related software for your Macintosh. The CD includes free software that enables you to integrate your TiVos with news, sports, and stock market information, access Instant Messenger and Caller-ID features, and connect to and program your TiVo over your home network or the Internet.
The procedures described in the book can be performed by anyone who is comfortable with opening and upgrading any computer system, but is not just for beginners. For more advanced users, the CD includes cross-compilers for writing your own TiVo software and discusses the programming and execution environment provided on the TiVo. The book also explains how to access, log in on, and network any model of TiVo, even the latest Series 2 models.
About the author
William von Hagen has been a Unix system administrator since 1982, working on and maintaining computer hardware, operating systems, and system software. In that time, he has worked as a system administrator, systems programmer, software developer, development manager, computing facilities operations manager, writer, documentation manager, and content manager. He has been a Linux fan since 1993, and has used almost every commercial Linux distribution on the x86, PPC, and SPARC platforms. Bill is an established writer, having written three computer books, including "Hacking the TiVo" (Premier Press, 1592001114). He is well-known as an expert on PowerPC Linux systems (such as the TiVo), having written articles and reviews on this subject for Linux Format magazine (UK) and a column on this topic for Maximum Linux magazine. He has written articles for publications including Linux Magazine, Mac Tech Magazine, Mac Home Magazine, Mac Directory, and many others.
