justintime/pytivo repository overview

⁠Summary

This is a Dockerfile for the lucansnz version of pyTivo

⁠Installation

There isn't really any installation, but you need to have Docker installed. Consult the official Docker documentation ⁠ for full details, but see below for Ubuntu 14.04.

⁠Install docker on Ubuntu 14.04

To install Docker on a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04 Server:

sudo su -
[ -e /usr/lib/apt/methods/https ] || {   apt-get update;  \
  apt-get install apt-transport-https; }
apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 36A1D7869245C8950F966E92D8576A8BA88D21E9
echo deb https://get.docker.com/ubuntu docker main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install lxc-docker

⁠Running the pytivo container

The first run will pull the container image down to your local machine.

If you have a copy of pyTivo.conf you'd like to use, place it in the directory at /path/to/config as below before starting. If you don't have one, no worries! A default one will be created for you.

For maximum flexibility on file transfers, run the containter in host mode:

docker run -d --restart=always --net="host" --name="pytivo" -v /net/je-nas/c/media:/media \
  -v /home/justintime/pytivo:/config -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro justintime/pytivo

If you don't need to push files (see below), you can use bridge mode:

docker run -p 9032:9032 -p 2190:2190/udp -d --restart=always -h pytivo --name="pytivo" -v /net/je-nas/c/media:/media \
  -v /home/justintime/pytivo:/config -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro justintime/pytivo

⁠Configuration

If you already had a pyTivo.conf file, you're done! If not, follow these steps:

• http://server-running-docker:9032/⁠ and click "settings"
• Select "Global Server Settings"
• No need to set paths for ffmpeg, tivodecode and tdcat, they will be found automatically
• Optionally, set the beacon to the IP address of your Tivo, followed by " listen". i.e.: "192.168.1.5 listen"
• Set your tivo_username and tivo_password if you want to push files to your TiVo
• Set your tivo_mak if you want tivodecode to automatically decrypt the .tivo file to .mpg
• Set the togo_path to /media or whatever is appropriate for your system
• Click "Save Changes"
• Select "MyMovies"
• Set the path to /media or whatever is appropriate for your system
• Click "Save Changes"
• Click "Restart pyTivo"
• After about 10 seconds, return to the pyTivo home page and you should see your Tivo in the list.

For additional help on the settings, see: http://pytivo.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Configure_pyTivo⁠

Not sure how to find your Tivo Mak? See http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what+is+my+tivo+mak⁠

You have three options for transferring files:

• Using the pyTivo web interface, you can pull files from the Tivo.
  The transfer will start immediately and there is an option to automatically decrypt the file. Note: If you have the option to "transfer as mpeg-ts" and it fails, try disabling it.
• Using the Tivo "Now Playing" interface, you can pull files from pyTivo.
  The transfer will start immediately and they will automatically converted to a format the Tivo can handle.
• Using the pyTivo web interface you can push files to the Tivo.
  This request goes through the Tivo.com servers so there is a random delay before the transfer starts. Once it starts, pyTivo will automatically convert the file to a format the Tivo can handle.

There are other pros and cons of each, for more info see http://lmgtfy.com/?q=pytivo+push+vs+pull⁠