New Utility: TiVo Reader

Who want's to read your news on your TiVo? I'll wait while you think for a second...okay, thats enough. So, for those of you who have your hand raised right now, or those that don't read on...

So, for those that have been wondering what happened to my TiVo Reader announcement back in May, its great to announce that version 0.1 of TiVo Reader has been launched. TiVo Reader works in conjunction with the TiVo Desktop Software or JavaHMO by simply sharing the base news folder. TiVo Reader, which can be fully customizable, will download your news at a set interval, create images of that news post, then store it in its feeds folder.

TiVo Reader allows you to automatically download new news, all news, delete old news, start minimized, and even start with windows. Images are stored at 1024x768 pixels, but you have the option to choose your own font, size and colors that best suits you.

Currently there is only support for RSS, however Atom may work (no testing has been done with this). However, if you've got a nice blogroll in OPML format (or use NewsGator - by exporting your feeds to OPML), you can easily import all of your feeds with just a few clicks. Otherwise, your able to individually add feeds yourself. Lastly, this version has only been tested on Windows XP SP1, but please let me know of any problems by submitting bugs through the user interface.

Like always, my utilities are free, but the source code is not. You'll need .NET framework 1.1 to run TiVo Reader, so what's stopping you. Download your copy now!

PS: I'm in no way affiliated with TiVo.

3 Comments

  • tried this tivo newsreader with many diff rss urls.. says 0 post.. even if i dont choose dload new posts only.. whats wrong?

  • cj



    Can you use the Submit Bug report and supply me with the RSS feeds you're using. Remember, this is 0.1, and is really more of a proof of concept. It may or may not proceed in development, but if I can get enough people to use it I definately will.

  • Impressive. Obviously its still very early in development, but I like what you've done with TivoReader.



    My biggest problem at this point is that there are a lot of feeds which it won't process for some reason. I imagine this is something to do with the wide variation in RSS syntax that seems to be used.



    I haven't looked into it in detail yet, but I'm wondering if there's a way that I could control the format that TivoReader renders (paragraph spacing, stuff like that) or if its just limited to setting a font face , size and color.



    Anyway, great work and I hope you keep developing it.

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