import tivo

TiVo Examples

Higher level wrapper [mattjgalloway's python-tivo]. Attempts to be more pythonic and less verbose. TiVo module for humans.

tivo_cfg = {
    "host": "192.168.1.135",
    "port": 31339,
}
# Low Level
c=tivo.connection.TiVoConnection(**tivo_cfg)
# High Level
t=tivo.TiVo(**tivo_cfg)

Watch LiveTV

# Low Level
c.sendIRCode("LIVETV")

[{'raw': 'CH_STATUS 0287 LOCAL',
  'type': 'CH_STATUS',
  'channel': '0287',
  'reason': 'LOCAL',
  'subChannel': None},
 {'raw': 'CH_STATUS 0233 LOCAL',
  'type': 'CH_STATUS',
  'channel': '0233',
  'reason': 'LOCAL',
  'subChannel': None},
 {'raw': 'CH_STATUS 0233 RECORDING',
  'type': 'CH_STATUS',
  'channel': '0233',
  'reason': 'RECORDING',
  'subChannel': None}]

# High Level.
t.livetv()

[{'raw': 'CH_STATUS 0233 LOCAL',
  'type': 'CH_STATUS',
  'channel': '0233',
  'reason': 'LOCAL',
  'subChannel': None},
 {'raw': 'CH_STATUS 0232 LOCAL',
  'type': 'CH_STATUS',
  'channel': '0232',
  'reason': 'LOCAL',
  'subChannel': None}]

Send Multiple Commands.

Cheat codes for your TiVo.

High Level

# Low Level
for cmd in ["LIVETV", "TIVO", "RIGHT", "RIGHT", "RIGHT", "SELECT"]:
    c.sendIRCode(cmd)

# High Level
t.combo(["livetv", "tivo", "right", "right", "right", "select"]);

Send a String

# Low Level
for char in "HELLO":
    c.sendKeyboard(char)

# High Level
t.send_str(" WORLD")

[{'raw': 'CH_STATUS 0233 LOCAL',
  'type': 'CH_STATUS',
  'channel': '0233',
  'reason': 'LOCAL',
  'subChannel': None}]

Set the current channel

Manually types out the channel and presses enter. SETCH does not work on all TiVo boxes.

# Low Level
c.sendCommands(["IRCODE LIVETV", "IRCODE NUM2", "IRCODE NUM4", "IRCODE NUM0", "IRCODE ENTER"])

[{'raw': 'CH_STATUS 0233 LOCAL',
  'type': 'CH_STATUS',
  'channel': '0233',
  'reason': 'LOCAL',
  'subChannel': None},
 {'raw': 'CH_STATUS 0240 LOCAL',
  'type': 'CH_STATUS',
  'channel': '0240',
  'reason': 'LOCAL',
  'subChannel': None}]

# High Level
t.chan=231

# High Level
t.chan=233

t.back()