Recent changes to bugs

Bus error: 10

David Favor — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 22:32:42 -0000

mbp-david> sw_vers
ProductName: Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.11.6
BuildVersion: 15G1004

mbp-david> tivodecode --version
tivodecode 0.2pre4
Copyright (c) 2006-2007, Jeremy Drake
See COPYING file in distribution for details

Encryption by QUALCOMM ;)

mbp-david> avinfo foo.mpg
length: 00:31:01.23, start: 65729.462778, bitrate: 13491 kb/s
stream: #0:0[0x65]: Video: mpeg2video (Main) ([2][0][0][0] / 0x0002), yuv420p(tv), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], Closed Captions, 24000 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 90k tbn, 59.94 tbc
stream: #0:1[0x66]: Audio: ac3 ([129][0][0][0] / 0x0081), 0 channels, fltp

tivodecode -v -m ** foo.mpg > foo.tivo
Encryption by QUALCOMM ;)

Bus error: 10

Failures during TiVoDecode

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 23:10:40 -0000

Hi,

I've been using tivodecode for a while and it works great. But I recently cganged from Comcast to Verizon FIOS and I have occasionally been getting errors while decoding some .tivo files.

I have done some research and have determined the problem occurs when Verizon broadcasts its periodic EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM. I'm guessing that the format is being changed from HD to SD or from 16:9 to 4:3. But when the EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM ends, the MPG video is corrupted and will not continue. On one sample I have, the EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM comes on at 1:48:09 into the movie and runs until 1:49:00, but the movie duration only shows 22:51:50. When the EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM message completes, I get a black screen and the counter ticks up starting at 22:00:51 and continues until the end.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a way to fix it?

I looked for a newer version of tivodecode but the most recent I see is from 2007-08-28. I also downloaded the source hoping I could fix the problem myself but I guess I don't have the background in MPEG file formats to find the problem and fix it.

I can supply a .tivo file that has the EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM video embedded.

Any suggestions?

ts_handle_tivo_private_data failed: No error

Orangeboy — Sat, 01 May 2010 12:31:10 -0000

Hi,
I'm sporadically having some problems with tivodecode in conjunction with kmttg.

Here is the result of the command "tivodecode --version":
tivodecode 0.3pre4
Copyright (c) 2006-2007, Jeremy Drake
See COPYING file in distribution for details

Here is an example of the error:
2010_04_30_02:25:44 ERROR: tivodecode failed (exit code: 10 ) - check command: "C:\Program Files\kmttg\tivodecode\tivodecode.exe" --mak MAK --out "F:\FromTivo\Malcolm in the Middle\401-Zoo.mpg" "F:\FromTivo\Malcolm in the Middle\401-Zoo.TiVo"
2010_04_30_02:25:44 ERROR: TiVo Private Data : Unmatched Stream ID: No error
2010_04_30_02:25:44 ERROR: ts_handle_tivo_private_data failed: No error
2010_04_30_02:25:44 ERROR: processing frame: No error
2010_04_30_02:25:44 ERROR: Encryption by QUALCOMM ;)

timer count slowly after tivodecode

Fred Trinkoff — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:05:01 -0000

Hi, I wanted to say thanks for your great work. I have been looking forward to this ability for a long time.

There's only one small oddity that I wanted to report. After running a file through tivodecode and playing it in VLC, the time counter goes at about 1/3rd time. An hour long recording is listed as being somewhat over 19 minutes. It plays fine, its just that the counter moves quite slow.

Most of my tivodecode usage comes through the NowPlaying widget or this Automator script I picked up, but since they just call tivodecode I don't know if that's relevant. Its a minor bug, but I'm hoping it may be a relatively minor fix too.

Thanks,

Fred

tivodecode writes output by default to stdout

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:53:47 -0000

When I execute the following from a cmd prompt in Win XP SP2:

"D:\My Videos\BSG\tivodecode.exe" -m ********** 1.tivo

Obviously my MAK is masked, but I get a stream of data scrolling by in the window, for a minute or so. Then the scrolling halts, and my csrss.exe process essentially pegs my CPU and renders my machine pretty much unusable. I have not been able to kill the process by any of the usual means, and have to reboot the computer. I don't get any output file at all.

I've tried a handful of times with variations, all with the same results.

Am I munging the syntax, or does this not work on Battlestar Galactica episodes :)

Thanks

tivodecode munges video resolution

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:23:56 -0000

I have some videos windows media player reports have a resolution of 640x480 as .tivo files. Once they go through tivodecode, they compressed and WMP reports the resolution as 480x480.

Wget corrupts .tivo files

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 07:41:41 -0000

===
wintermute:/home/solovam>tmp/tivodecode-0.1.2/objects.dir/tivodecode -m xxxxxxx -o ~/s.mpg -v '/home/solovam/Desktop/The Simpsons.TiVo'
Encryption by QUALCOMM ;)

285022: stream_no: c0, block_no: 1
285794: stream_no: e0, block_no: 3
Invalid MAK -- aborting
===

If I tell to not verify MAK the output file is broken

Windows execution

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 04:26:40 -0000

The pre-compiled binary for win32 fails to run on my system, using either "cmd" or "command." Both give the following error (using --help or no program arguments):
"The system cannot execute the specified program."

My system is a Win XP Pro box with all the latest updates.

I have tried tivodecode versions 0.1.2 and 0.1.3

did not decode ac3 audio

John Harkin — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 23:46:46 -0000

Using tivodecode 0.1.2 on Mac OS 10.4. I have a Humax DVD TiVo. Apparently the audio is in ac3 format and is not getting decoded by tivodecode. The video looks fine. These are files created by having the Humax record from my Hi-8 camera.

something broke after import to sourceforge

Jeremy Drake — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:04:36 -0000

The program is improperly decoding after some change since the import to sourceforge.