TiVo to iPhone 4S converter for mac lion

 

October 8, 2011 9:51 am / Posted by Jack Fisher to iPhone Tips
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Best Solution to Import Tivo Videos to iPhone 4s for Freely Playback

Sometimes we would miss our favorite TV shows due to work or other reasons. With this case, now we can freely use Tivo digital video recorder to record TV shows in advance for playing back the shows whenever and wherever we are available, like to transfer the Tivo videos to the mobile devices and we can watch the videos portably.

However, the output videos from Tivo are mainly in the format of .tivo, which is not supported by most of the devices, like iPhone 4s. How exactly to import .tivo to .mp4 for freely playback on iPhone 4s?

To achieve this, you have to do two things. One is to manage transferring Tivo files to Mac successfully. The other is to convert TiVo videos to iPhone 4s on Mac. To do the transfer, you can make use of the free ware TiVoDecode Manager instead of the Tivo Desktop for Mac that is provided by Tivo. As to the conversion, iOrgSoft TiVo to iPhone 4S converter for mac lion can help you a lot in converting videos to iPhone 4s/5/5s/5c etc.

Then please follow the detailed guides below to learn how to successfully transfer Tivo files to Mac and then convert Tivo videos to iPhone 4s.

Part 1: Import .tivo videos to Mac

Part 2: Transfer TiVo to iPhone 4s

Part 1: Import .tivo videos to Mac

1. Firstly, run the TiVoDecode Manager, enter your TiVo's IP address in the “TiVo IP Address” box;
2. Secondly, click the Prefs button in the lower-right corner.
3. Thirdly, fill in the Media Access Key, and a list of shows on your TiVo will appear in the Now Playing list.
4. Fourthly, select the show and click “Add Show To Queue” for the selected show to appear in the Download Queue list.
5. Fifthly, click Download Location to select where you want to save it.

Part 2: Transfer TiVo to iPhone 4s

Import Tivo recording files

After you’ve downloaded and installed the program. You can launched it and here in this step, you may bacth import TiVo, TiVo HD, TS TiVo files by hitting the "Add files" icon for batch conversion. These loaded files will be shown in Name list.

Pick the exact format for iPhone 4s to output

To find the best output format, you may first hit the “Convert to” bar at the bottom. Then you may see a column full of different formats. Please choose “Apple Device”->“iPhone 4s(*.mp4)”.

Begin to convert Tivo to iPhone 4s

By the end, you may hit the big round button, that is, the “Convert” button, to begin the conversion. When it is finished, a pop-up window will show you whether you want to go to the processed files folder. Hit “OK” and go to the saving folder.

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In fact, you can also use this converter as a Video to Sony Tablet S editor for mac as you can also do the editing work with it, including trimming, cropping, merging, adjusting the saturation, contrast, resolution, etc for you videos as for making your personalized videos.

When you hit the “Trim”, “Split”, or “Edit” button top on the program interface, you’ll figure out how to do trimming, splitting, and editing immediately.