Issue 25: Multiple TiVos
Reported by 4footed@gmail.com, Nov 7, 2008

This is probably an "Enhancement".

I have two TiVos (both Series 2).  I can get the Now Playing list from one 
and then add programs to the Download Queue.  THEN, I can switch to my 
other TiVo and add programs to the Download Queue.

When I click Download Now on the Download Queue area, the entries that are 
from the TiVo whose contents are NOT in the Now Playing list disappear and 
it downloads the ones from the "current" TiVo.

If the info for the Download Queue included the info needed to switch 
TiVos, when needed; that would be cool!

Nov 7, 2008
Project Member #1 yoav.yer...@gmail.com
Hmm.. my original response was going to be "sorry, the code as written supports only
1 tivo"... but I guess it shouldn't be too hard to simply store which tivo was used
to fetch the show info...  so ermm.. probably will add it in an upcoming version

  HOWEVER:
  even if that code is added,  subscriptions will not connect to multiple tivos.
  and it will still download only one show at a time (not one per tivo).

  Those 'features' are unlikely to be added since they would require extensive
changes to the code.  I really should start pointing people at more powerful tools..
I only did this to get some shows to my phone.. sigh  :)

  Marking as Enhancement. 
Status: Accepted
Owner: yoav.yerushalmi
Labels: -Type-Defect Type-Enhancement
Nov 7, 2008
#2 4footed@gmail.com
From looking at the log output, it did seem like there would be an issue since it 
appeared to be sort of "session" based.  Like maybe it was tied to the use of the 
fifo pipe or something.  It is one of the things I lke about tivobutler, but 
tivobutler does an http download (I think) and then procceses the resultung files 
with tivoencoder and mencoder.

Thanks for thiking about it, it was just an idea...
Mar 9, 2009
#3 dgoel...@gmail.com
This can be done rather easily... and it would also address the issue of iTiVo becoming unresponsive for like 20 
seconds or more sometimes when fetching the "Now Playing List". There are several ways of accomplishing this... 
Oct 8, 2010
#4 petiep...@gmail.com
I experienced the same issue trying to queue shows from my HD and Series2 TiVos.  If you need someone to test a beta version before release, let me know.

Would it work to have multiple queue views, one for each available tivo?  If done that way, would it allow simultaneous downloads as well?  That would be fantastic if it did...  8-)