Archive for November, 2006
Playing AAC files thru TiVo
Got a Mac with an iTunes library full of unprotected AAC files, and want to play them through your networked TiVo DVR using the TiVo Desktop software?
You can’t. TiVo only plays MP3’s. Unless…
You install the LAME MP3 encoder command-line executable. Then, TiVo Desktop will automatically convert your unprotected AAC files to MP3’s on-the-fly. It works. I just did it
1) Download the Mac OS X installer binaries for LAME from Mac Update.
2) Install it (just keep clicking, it’s all automatic)
3) Open System Preferences, open TiVo Desktop, click to Stop the server, click again to Start it.
Voila. Your TiVo now plays your unprotected AAC files (note, it still won’t play your DRM-protected iTunes Music Store downloads).
Don’t thank me. Thank the folks in the TiVo community forums.
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