C h a p t e r 7

H o m e M e d i a O p t i o n

 

 

 

Digital Music & Photos

The digital music and digital photos features of Home Media Option 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 Home Media Option and a subscription to TiVo Plus

•a computer connected to the Recorder via a home network, as described in Chapter 8, “Connecting to a Home Network”

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

TiVo Desktop

TiVo Desktop 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

File Types. The TiVo Desktop application works with music in the MP3 format, and with playlists in the following formats used by common music players: M3U, PLS, ASX, and B4S. TiVo Desktop works with digital photos in these formats: BMP, DIB, GIF, JPG, PNG.

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