Click the Publish Media button on the TiVo Desktop software, shown on the left
in Figure 8-3, and then click either the Music, Photos, or Video tab.
On the Music tab, for example, click the Add Music button. This presents a file
browser dialog box in which you can select a folder and music files to publish. Once
published, files are ready to be played on your TiVo.
Figure 8-2
Transferring
TiVo-recorded
programs to your
computer
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Step 4: Play PC-Published Files on Your TiVo
At your TiVo, press the TiVo button, select Music, Photos, Products, & More (see
Figure 8-4), wait a few seconds, and then scroll to select the computer with published
media, as shown in the example in Figure 8-5.
Figure 8-3
Selecting music to
publish to and play
through your TiVo
Figure 8-4
The familiar TiVo
Central menu is the
portal to access viewing
options and settings.
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Software Firewall Settings for TiVo Desktop
There are circumstances where the TiVo Desktop software and your TiVo simply will
not communicate??”especially if you have a software firewall (such as ZoneAlarm,
Black Ice, Norton Internet Security, or McAfee Personal Firewall). Normally these
products allow communications between software you intentionally install and other
hosts on your network, if not, check and reconfigure the firewall settings to allow the
following ports access between your computers and TiVo so that the TiVo Desktop
server can communicate with your TiVo on your local network:
TCP port 37
TCP port 2190
TCP port 4430
TCP port 7287
TCP port 7288
TCP port 8000
TCP ports 8080??“8089
UDP port 123
UDP port 443
UDP port 2190
If you want to set up specific computer-to-TiVo access connections/routes, configure
static IP addresses on your computer(s) and TiVo.
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