Who needs a remote?

Series 3 TiVos, and TiVoHDs, now have an open tcp port for sending remote control commands. This program puts a user interface on top of that, allowing you to control your TiVo with your iPhone or iPod Touch.

(Unfortunately, this cannot control volume, or turn a television on/off. Maybe with an IP addressable IR/RF blaster, or if the television itself was on the network this would work.)

Now Playing

In version 0.20, TiVoRemote can download the Now Playing data from the TiVo. With this data, you can browse the available programs, and start playing them automatically. (The Media Access Key needs to be entered to download data. The group and sort settings must match the TiVo's settings to correctly play the show.)

TiVo Detection

TiVoRemote version 0.15 has the ability to automatically detect TiVos on your network (this is accomplished by listening for the UDP broadcast packet that TiVos send out about every 60 seconds). On the settings screen there is a new Detected TiVos section. It lists every TiVo that has been detected on the network (it does not currently filter for TiVoHD, or Series 3 TiVos).

Installation

To install, add http://tivoremote.googlecode.com/svn/www/repo.xml to your Installer.app sources. TiVoRemote is in the Toys category.

Jailbroken 2.0 Installation

Add "deb http://tivoremote.googlecode.com/svn/www/ ./" to your /etc/apt/sources.list, and install with Cydia.