Latest TiVo firmware in Australia and New Zealand disables Streambaby

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Here's confirmation from a Tivo staff member in Australia that last week's 
TiVo firmware update makes Streambaby unusable -

"With the latest release of Software the .tivo files that are moved from 
the TiVo to the PC and back now use transport streams instead of program 
streams. This was necessary for us to support H.264 in NZ for both MRV and 
TiVo Desktop.

This new format does break Streambaby – however this has occurred in the 
past when we have released new SW, and the Open Source community simply 
sniffs the new protocol and updates StreamBaby to make it work again."

Hopefully the Streambaby gurus will be able to help out with a fix.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mdeay...@bigpond.com on 28 Oct 2009 at 3:48

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Hello Streambaby Gurus! If you need any assistance grabbing packets to work out 
the
new protocol just ask. Happy to help.

Original comment by simon.fa...@gmail.com on 28 Oct 2009 at 8:40

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I will have one in possession in NZ next week .. happy to help where I can

Original comment by terminal...@gmail.com on 28 Oct 2009 at 7:56

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This is killing me! I have no code skills and can't help sadly but hopefully it 
can be 
fixed soon.

Original comment by gatesym...@gmail.com on 4 Nov 2009 at 9:29

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I am unsure whether their change for transferring .TiVo files from and to TiVo 
into
transport stream is the problem with Streambaby as I am currently unable to even
stream .mp4 files which should be working. 

I've got an official reply from a TiVo representative I contacted recently:

We're giving it a go to try and find out this information for you from TiVo Inc.
We're right in the middle of preparations for launch, so I would wager a guess 
it
won't be until next week that any remote form of answer will emerge. Will keep 
you
posted and thanks for contacting us! We're really hoping to get Streambaby back 
online.

Original comment by jasminsehic@gmail.com on 6 Nov 2009 at 12:36

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Hope you guys can get it back, we're supporting you. A quick question about the
priority level, shouldn't the defect rating be a high priority if the product 
is now
unusable because of the TiVo change?
Streambaby is the the only reason to buy the HNP.

Original comment by tbridgew...@gmail.com on 6 Nov 2009 at 2:26

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If it means anything AVI files don't stream either.

Original comment by gatesym...@gmail.com on 7 Nov 2009 at 12:55

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I have the same problem i think! I get the error 04fff

Original comment by jwbishop...@gmail.com on 8 Nov 2009 at 3:08

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Hi, I'm just wondering if there's been any work on this one as yet - We'd 
really love
to continue using Streambaby, but it's completely disabled for AUS folk.
Any update from the dev's would be greatly appreciated.

Original comment by gui...@gmail.com on 14 Nov 2009 at 2:27

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Not really any status on this yet-- There has been some attempt to switch to 
mpeg-ts
streams instead of mpeg-ps streams but the reports have been it doesn't seem to 
make
a difference.

The original streaming code was reverse-engineered from the YouTube option on US
Tivo's which doesn't exist on AU TiVo's--  This makes it difficult to see what 
has
changed on the AU TiVo's.  It may be the case that it it is not even possible to
stream to the AU TiVo's since YouTube would have been the only TiVo-supplied
application that actually uses it. 

So the bottom line is we are pretty much at a standstill.

Original comment by kearygri...@gmail.com on 14 Nov 2009 at 3:47

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don't know if this helps but https://mytivoip/nowplaying/index.html
has both "Download MPEG-PS" and "Download MPEG-TS"

Also the setting streambaby.ini option to "ffmpegexe.transcode= -vcodec mpegts"
failed to open stream. 

Original comment by simon.js...@gmail.com on 14 Nov 2009 at 10:43

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If there is any assistance required for this fix please let me know, I'm happy 
to 
help where I can. talbymail@gmail.com,

Original comment by nickosm...@gmail.com on 14 Dec 2009 at 4:43

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i will donate my left one as well for a fix

Original comment by landogw...@gmail.com on 28 Dec 2009 at 2:15

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Thanks landogwork, but after looking into it a bit more, it is going to take a 
right
one to fix the issue ;-)

Realistically I don't think this is going to get fixed anytime soon-- It may 
not even
be possible to fix, as there is no way to confirm whether or not the streaming
capability is still in the aussie TiVos, as there is no TiVo supported 
application
that uses it (the US TiVos support YouTube which uses the streaming capability, 
but
the Aussie TiVos don't have that feature)

It's probably going to take some intervention from TiVo (either via some 
information
or an update) or some intrepid Aussie hacker to figure this out.  I don't even 
know
what the next step I could take would be.

Original comment by kearygri...@gmail.com on 28 Dec 2009 at 5:24

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Ok Aussies and kiwis have now been without streambaby for 6 months and its time 
for 
a revolution, lol!!! 
But seriously guys c'mon lets do something about this, I am willing to loan my 
tivo 
and offer any possible assistance needed to get this working down under again. 
I am 
happy to invest as much time as needed. Can anybody give me a break down of 
what is 
needed to start the ball rolling on this?
Can we get the priority raised to give this issue some higher visibility?

Cheers,

Nic

Original comment by nickosm...@gmail.com on 7 May 2010 at 10:41

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I was hoping that with the release of the TiVO Premiere units in the US which 
have TS
support that this issue could have seen further development, as the technical 
issues
could be the same.

Does streambaby support TS format on TiVO Premiere units?

I am keen to help as much as necessary in testing out any code on my unit as 
long as
it doesn't require major hacking, however I am not a programmer so can't do 
much at
that level.

Hoping for more movement on this issue too.  ;)

Original comment by timotheo...@gmail.com on 7 May 2010 at 1:46

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Well it was fun for the 12 months it lasted but my tivo is getting listed on 
Ebay. The lack of activity here is a pretty good indication nothing is going to 
change.
There are too many devices out there that can fill the role of pvr/media centre 
and dont have disabling updates applied while I sleep. I loved the intuitive 
features and UI of tivo but it cant just rely on that.

Original comment by nickosm...@gmail.com on 25 Jun 2010 at 10:22

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Sorry you feel that way but the streaming is not an advertised feature of the 
unit in Australia and New Zealand.  I am very happy with the two units I own, 
and whilst being able to use streambaby was a bonus, I am not going to sell up 
all because some open source software doesn't work.  As Kerry stated, not 
living in Australia or New Zealand makes it hard to fix this.  If anyone down 
under can be cluey enough to fix this then they can use submit a patch.  But 
until then, you get what you pay for.

Original comment by a...@cramer.id.au on 25 Jun 2010 at 10:38

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This just became an issue in the US...  My premiere just gave the 0xffff 
failure.

Original comment by robert.l...@gmail.com on 12 Oct 2010 at 1:52

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That's great news for us downunder! ;-) Maybe the issue will get some attention 
now...

Original comment by jonathan...@gmail.com on 12 Oct 2010 at 1:58

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Hi, I am a brand new tivo owner in Australia, and just today stumbled across 
streambaby. It sounded great especially as it seemed like a program I could use 
to play video files that have corresponding subtitle (.srt) files, which I 
discovered to my dismay don't work on normal Tivo playback. When I tried to 
find out why steambaby wouldn't work, I was surprised to find that though this 
problem has been around for a year now, I still couldn't find a single proposed 
fix - are there any updates on this issue that I have missed?

I have to say I was kind of disappointed that the tivo wasnt more flexible when 
it comes to playback of media files transferred from pc. As I dont really have 
much use for any of the DVR features it offers, I fear I have made a bad 
purchase and should have gone for a more general media centre device..

Original comment by wrhol...@gmail.com on 20 Oct 2010 at 3:34

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kearygriffin,

Is there an update on this? If this feature is broken for TiVo Premier units 
(from the switch to TS), then on the Premier units would it not be possible to 
re-reverse engineer streambaby from the YouTube application once again? TiVo 
Inc. must have changed the YouTube application when they launched the Premier 
units- or otherwise the platform (theoretically) would not work on these units.

Original comment by WafCr...@gmail.com on 25 Oct 2010 at 10:39

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I've been watching the streambaby rcs and not seeing any updates either.  
Hoping streambaby isn't dead, it's a great app.

Original comment by robert.l...@gmail.com on 25 Oct 2010 at 10:55

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Just bought a pair of TiVo's and tried streambabay, got the 0xffff error. :-(

Please fix guru's!

Original comment by rachaell...@gmail.com on 6 Nov 2010 at 10:58

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Hmmm any progress on this does any one know? :-(

Original comment by raoul...@gmail.com on 15 Dec 2010 at 1:12

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Hi .. I too have been looking for something that Streams to Tivo. I installed 
Stream Baby and received the 0xffff prize.

After reading this thread I will be sending my Tivo on an ebay holiday.

I HATE it when companies use their 'wisdom' to cripple functionality in gear. 
What happened to value. 

cya Tivo.

Original comment by trevor.k...@gmail.com on 7 Mar 2011 at 3:04

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I'm not sure 100% what I changed but I'm working fine.  Every couple hundred 
movies I'll get the 0xffff but if I back out to the movie list and restart, it 
works fine....

For those wondering, I rip, encode and run streambaby from a linux box.  I use 
HandBrake (handbrake.fr) for the ripping/encoding.  The command I use is:

HandBrakeCLI -i "/dev/sr0" -t 1 -f mp4 -O -e x264 -b 5000 -2 -T -a 1 -E faac -s 
4 -F -x ref=2:bframes=2:me=umh --strict-anamorphic -v -o $Target

/dev/sr0 is my dvd drive and $Target is the name of the output file 
(/Movies/MovieFile.m4v).

I then run streambaby with the following command from a shell script:

#!/bin/bash
DIRNAME=`dirname $0`

java -Djava.awt.headless=true -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Xmx1024m -jar 
"$DIRNAME/jbin/streambaby.jar" $@

Occasinally it'll die and need to be restarted so I wrote a perl script that 
will watch for the death and restart it automatically.  If anyone wants help 
with that let me know.

Robert

Original comment by robert.l...@gmail.com on 7 Mar 2011 at 3:47

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*ping* - any update for us down under? Any alternatives?

Original comment by racul...@gmail.com on 9 Jul 2011 at 4:34

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I still love my TiVo....infact I have two of them.  However I have given up on 
this, and gone onto using AppleTV for streaming content.

Original comment by a...@cramer.id.au on 5 Nov 2011 at 6:47

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Stream baby disappeared from my U.S. Tivo Premiere for some reason. I switched 
to PyTivo. You have to tranfer the shows to your box before you can watch them 
so its not as nice as StreamBaby but it might work as a replacement for you as 
well.
http://pytivo.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/PyTivo

Original comment by randywr...@gmail.com on 15 Oct 2012 at 3:12