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I did search before I posted this - I promise. I just did not find info on this site/forum regarding my question. So I apologize for the repetition in this post iuf it upsets anyone.

I have a completely stock Philips Series 2 tivo, 80 hour unit. I love it. I helped a friend upgrade his tivo hard drive (thanks to the help of StanSimmons and RobertS) this weekend and now I sort of have the TiVo upgrade bug....

In a perfect world, I'd like to set my tivo up such that it was accessible on my network as a drive - where I could retrieve files and play them on my pc, back them up, perhaps even burn them to dvd. Maybe even vice versa too...

Can anyone tell me a good place to look for a faq or even a how-to on this type of conversion? Currently the TiVo does access the network via a wireless adapter, but that is only for program data. Also, what kind of files would be seen by the PC in this type of conversion? mpegs?

Thanks,
Erik

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Registered: Jul 2002
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It doesn't work like that. Even if it did work like that, this subject falls under the 'no video extraction' rule on this site.

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Ok. Didnt realize that.

Thanks,
Erik

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Registered: Feb 2004
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Okay, outside of video extraction, could I use a Tivo to store files to share amungst several PCs (things like internet favourites and local mailboxes?)

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Registered: Jul 2002
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You can easily do that with a PC. All you need is a case, motherboard and hard drive. And copy of Linux running Samba. Then you can do 'roaming profiles' and your Windows settings and email, etc, will follow you around the network.

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