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C h a p t e r 7 C o n n e c t i n g t o a H o m e N e t w o r k

Digital Music & Photos

The Digital Music Player and Digital Photo Viewer let you use your Recorder to play MP3 music files and playlists, and view photos that are stored on a computer. Now you can enjoy your digital music collection on the best sound system in the house, or watch slideshows of digital photos in the comfort of your living room.

To use the Digital Music Player or Digital Photo Viewer, you need:

•A Recorder with a subscription to the TiVo service.

•A computer connected to the Recorder via a home network (see page 116).

•The TiVo Desktop application that makes music and photos on the computer available to a Recorder.

TiVo Desktop

The TiVo Desktop application is a small, easy-to-use program for your computer that you can download from www.tivo.com/desktop. TiVo Desktop is available for the following operating systems:

•Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP

•Macintosh OS X v10.2 or later

Music File Types. TiVo Desktop plays music in the MP3 format, and supports playlists in the following formats used by common music players: M3U, PLS, ASX, and B4S. On a Mac, TiVo Desktop works with music organized by iTunes 3.0 or later.

Photo File Types. TiVo Desktop for Windows works with digital photos in these formats: BMP, DIB, GIF, JPG, PNG. TiVo Desktop for Mac works with digital photos organized by iPhoto 2.0 in these formats: JPG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, and PNG.

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