How to Create a Real Media Server with Tivo and pyTivo »
Though I've used TiVo for some time, and though I'm really quite fond of it (we actually have two), it's done little more than whet my appetite for the day that I can create an actual media server. Up until recently, the problem has been that the TiVo itself does a great job at what it does - but what it does is make you realize how clumsy all those other interfaces are at providing you with access to your data.
The primary downfall of the TiVo is that storage space is limited. Older boxes had terribly small hard drives. Newer ones have larger hard drives (while the Series 3 has a mongo hard drive), and just about ever since they came out, you've been able to expand the capacity of the device. But movies are just so big. Even though you don't have to record at best quality to get a decent recording, a movie at high quality will take up 3 to 5 gigabytes, and that means your drive is going to fill up fast. Surely there has to be an answer. Luckily, I've finally found it.
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