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    ANNOUNCE: OzTiVo startup animation fixed.

    ANNOUNCE: OzTiVo startup animation fixed.

    Hi,

    After years of being frustrated with the opening video on our TiVo's, I have finally been able to come up with a fix that results in a perfect opening sequence.

    These instructions are for use only on Philips based OzTiVo images.

    This is not for use on UK Thomson based OzTiVo image's as they are not affected by the broken start-up video problem (as far as I'm aware). But can be run on UK Thomson TiVo's using the OzTiVo Philips image.

    For Sony based OzTiVo images see the note at the end of these instructions.

    1. Enter the following address into a browser, where the x's are your TiVo's IP: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/mfs/Resource/VideoClip

    2. Click on the line that starts with 'LongOpen.mpv'

    3. Take a note of the Number next to 'File', I think in most cases this will be 1507 (If it's not please email me with the number you see and the revision of OzTiVo software you are running DO NOT GO ANY FURTHER).

    4. You can now close your browser and open a Telnet session.

    5. Enter the following commands into Telnet. It's safe to cut and paste the commands if you like. (If you had a different number to 1507 in step 5 (And I said it was ok to use, replace 1507 with your number in the following).

    NOTE: The download will take a while as the new file is 18Mb, also The inflating step will take a minute or so and the display won't change (it hasn't frozen).

    Code:
    [TiVo [p0] /]# cd /var/hack
    [TiVo [p0] /var/hack]# wget http://www.oztivo.net/oztivofiles/images/PetesTrash.zip
    --17:56:59--  http://www.oztivo.net/oztivofiles/images/PetesTrash.zip
               => `PetesTrash.zip'
    Resolving www.oztivo.net... done.
    Connecting to www.oztivo.net[65.49.60.197]:80... connected.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
    Length: 18,692,745 [application/zip]
    
     0% [                                                         ] 18,692,745     0.00G/s    ETA 00:00
    
    Last-modified header invalid -- time-stamp ignored.
    18:09:29 (0.00 GB/s) - `PetesTrash.zip' saved [18692745/18692745]
    
    [TiVo [p1] /var/hack]# unzip PetesTrash.zip
    Archive:  PetesTrash.zip
      inflating: LongOpen.mpv
      inflating: mfs_import
      inflating: mfs_uberexport
    [TiVo [p1] /var/hack]#
    [TiVo [p0] /var/hack]# chmod +x mfs*
    [TiVo [p1] /var/hack]#
    [TiVo [p1] /var/hack]# ./mfs_uberexport 1507 > LongOpen.mpv.orig
    [TiVo [p1] /var/hack]#
    [TiVo [p1] /var/hack]# ./mfs_import 1507 < LongOpen.mpv
    starting mfs_import with args:
    /mfs_import 1507
    [TiVo [p1] /var/hack]#
    [TiVo [p0] /var/hack]# reboot
    The mfs_uberexport command backs up the current movie, and the mfs_import command installs the new one.

    After your happy with the new movie, Telnet back into your TiVo and delete some of the files as they are quite large and if /var ever becomes full up it may cause issues with your TiVo.

    Code:
    [TiVo [p1] ~]# cd /var/hack
    [TiVo [p1] /var/hack]#
    [TiVo [p1] /var/hack]#
    [TiVo [p0] /var/hack]# rm PetesTrash.zip
    [TiVo [p1] /var/hack]#
    [TiVo [p1] /var/hack]# rm LongOpen*
    [TiVo [p1] /var/hack]#
    [TiVo [p1] /var/hack]# exit
    This deletes the downloaded zip and both the new and backup movie files.

    NOTE: For Sony Based OzTiVo images:
    These instructions would also probably work on Sony based OzTiVo images, but I have not tested it. One known side effect is the end of the opening video finishes with the Philips background, not the Sony one. This is not a problem for the TiVo and as soon as the menu comes up, the correct Sony background would be shown. Some people may not like the visual jump from one background to another.

    Hope you enjoy the fixed animation.

    Peter.
    Last edited by petestrash; 20-07-2008 at 12:44 AM. Reason: removed the need to use FTP
    Please search this forum and our Website for your TiVo questions before starting a new thread. Thanks!

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