Manually uploading the guide data

From TivoZA

The following guide was put together by Cyko:

My modem line at home is unstable to say the least so I wanted to find a way where I can manually download the Guide Data (from work !) to my USB stick, copy it to my home PC and FTP it to the TiVo and get it to import and index it. Keep in mind the below method requires your TiVo has a network card.

Well after a lot of learning this is what I have come up with, it works, but could be cleaner :) feel free to clean up the manualimport.sh script, I hate paths!

  • First create a slices directory on the TiVo under /var/hack/guide
  • From your PC, FTP these slices.gz to your new slices directory on the TiVo.
  • Download the Manualimport.tar script and FTP it in to your TiVo's "/var/hack/bin" directory.
  • From your TiVo's telnet prompt, type: 
 cd /var/hack/bin
 tar -xf Manualimport.tar
  • You now need to edit the 'trickey.conf' file, type: 
 joe /var/hack/etc/trickey.conf
  • Add the following lines to the bottom of the file: 
 #This will run the ManualImport script to load the latest guide data, then index and timestamp
 ManualImport         CLEAR,NUM2,NUM7,CLEAR                  3                    /hack/bin/manualimport.sh &
  • Once you are finished making the above changes you need to save the file, this is done as follows: 
 Press: Ctrl K		(This enables the command menu mode)
 Press: X		(This will save the file)
  • The above changes will not take effect until your TiVo has rebooted, you can choose to reboot at a later stage if your TiVo is busy recording something or you are busy watching. To reboot your TiVo, type: 
 reboot

From now on, all you have to do is manually FTP the slices.gz to your TiVo slices directory and from your TiVo remote press "Clear, 2, 7, Clear", your TiVo will do the rest :)

If you have any questions or comments about this guide or are having problems using this method, feel free to post in the relevant (http://tivoza.nanfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=442) forum topic.

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