Registered: Jul 2002
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Now that TiVo has made HMO free to all subscribers, what are the chances that they'll incorporate a CallerID feature into the TiVo Desktop Software for those of us who choose not to hack our TiVo's?


Vas

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Because all HMO features are "request based" and "menu driven" meaning that you need to use the remote control to use any HMO app, I don't think you'll get the results you're looking for. HMO APIs are very limiting at this point so we can't do things as cool as YAC (http://www.sunflowerhead.com/software/yac) which interacts more at the Linux OS level of TiVo.

I've seen caller-id perl scripts out there that I could make "TiVo friendly" if you're using JavaHMO on a computer but unless you have a macro remote control, it would be quicker to get the phone. When the phone rings, you have to hit the TiVo button-Music-CallerId-Caller.GIF which to me is not pretty.

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Search on some of the hack sites and look for caller-id. I know I saw how to do it on some of my wanderings and thought it was done via a remote sequence. Don't keep your hopes up until you find it and see what it takes to get it going! Good luck

Jack

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I run Ascendis Caller ID http://www.ascendis.com/ software on my XP PC. It has a Tivo server feature that will display the caller ID info using HMO. I run standard Tivo server on one PC and CallerID Tivo server on another PC.
Note: This only displays caller ID info. Detection occurs on the PC.

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sghogan,

Can both the JavaHMO and Caller ID servers run at the same time in one Tivo?

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I don't know about JavaHMO and CallerID but I do know that the standard TiVo server and CallerID can not. It appears that 2 TiVo Beacon's can't run on the same PC. One thing that I wanted to try and never did is to try 2 Tivo Servers on the same XP PC on 2 different disconnected UserID's

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I don't know about JavaHMO and CallerID but I do know that the standard TiVo server and CallerID can not. It appears that 2 TiVo Beacon's can't run on the same PC. One thing that I wanted to try and never did is to try 2 Tivo Servers on the same XP PC on 2 different disconnected UserID's

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I would love it if the Caller ID would pop up but that would take changes on TiVo. It works the same as displaying photos using HMO. 3 items show up on the "Music and Photos" Tivo screen. You get Calls, Callers, and Categories. Calls will display all of your calls. I find it very useful for seeing who called while I have been out.

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I would love it if the Caller ID would pop up but that would take changes on TiVo. It works the same as displaying photos using HMO. 3 items show up on the "Music and Photos" Tivo screen. You get Calls, Callers, and Categories. Calls will display all of your calls. I find it very useful for seeing who called while I have been out.

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