# .TiVo file format **URL:** \ **Category:** Dev/API Corner\ **Tags:** other-dev\ **Created:** [August 11, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tivo-file-format/2379 "2009-08-11T22:37:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chrisjtaylor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chrisjtaylor/32/247899_2.png) [@chrisjtaylor](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chrisjtaylor)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tivo-file-format/2379/1 "2009-08-11T22:37:25Z")
I know there’s a TiVo app for streaming from TiVo to Plex. However, I have a whole bunch of .TiVo files of programs I transfered from my TiVo to my Mac for viewing later rather than leaving them on the TiVo. Is there a way to play these files? They’re currently only compatible with Toast (which has the Transfer program included). ---
**Author:** ![Craig\_Hughes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/craig_hughes/32/640_2.png) [@Craig\_Hughes](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Craig_Hughes)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tivo-file-format/2379/2 "2009-08-12T19:35:39Z")
> [@](#): > > I know there’s a TiVo app for streaming from TiVo to Plex. However, I have a whole bunch of .TiVo files of programs I transfered from my TiVo to my Mac for viewing later rather than leaving them on the TiVo. Is there a way to play these files? They’re currently only compatible with Toast (which has the Transfer program included). [http://tivodecode.sourceforge.net/](http://tivodecode.sourceforge.net/) ---
**Author:** ![chrisjtaylor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chrisjtaylor/32/247899_2.png) [@chrisjtaylor](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chrisjtaylor)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tivo-file-format/2379/3 "2009-08-12T19:58:29Z")
That would do it! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![rhermoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@rhermoso](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rhermoso)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tivo-file-format/2379/4 "2009-08-13T03:00:42Z")
> [@](#): > > That would do it! Thanks! I would be curious if there was anyway to play these directly off Plex (that is, without further coding). Can Plex be pointed to the said folder holding all the tivo downloaded files and see it as if it were a Tivo?? ---
**Author:** ![chrisjtaylor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chrisjtaylor/32/247899_2.png) [@chrisjtaylor](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chrisjtaylor)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 3:57am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tivo-file-format/2379/5 "2009-08-13T03:57:44Z")
> [@](#): > > I would be curious if there was anyway to play these directly off Plex (that is, without further coding). Can Plex be pointed to the said folder holding all the tivo downloaded files and see it as if it were a Tivo?? Well that's what I was going for. But encoding them isn't too much of a chore... I guess. :P ---
**Author:** ![sarangiman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@sarangiman](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sarangiman)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 6:35am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tivo-file-format/2379/6 "2011-01-12T06:35:13Z")
so i compiled tivodecode & decoded some .tivo files. now i can load these files in VLC. however, plex media manager still doesn’t recognize these files. you can’t drag & drop them into plex either. however, if you add it **manually** as a source under ‘video plug-ins’, it’ll see the file. strange! why doesn’t plex media manager see it after it’s been decoded, especially since plex can see the file when i add its directory manually as as ource under ‘video plug-ins’? i even tried changing the file type using ‘File Properties Editor’… no luck. -rishi ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tivo-file-format/2379/7 "2019-12-20T20:29:54Z")
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