How to view photos from your Mac on your TiVo® DVR

How to View Photos from your Mac on your TiVo DVR

Use the TiVo Desktop software to view slideshows of photos from your MAC on your network-connected TiVo DVR.

Publishing your photos with TiVo Desktop

Publishing your photos means making photo files available over your home network to your TiVo DVR. Publishing does not copy photo files to your DVR, so published photos do not use any of your DVR's recording space. To publish a folder of photos:

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From the Apple menu, click "System Preferences."

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Under "Other," click "TiVo Desktop."

Click "Start" to begin publishing content.

Click "Photos," then "Publish My Photos"

  • To publish all of your iPhotos albums and photos, select "Publish my entire iPhoto library."
  • To publish only some of your photo albums, select "Publish only these albums," and then select each playlist you want to publish.
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Note: TiVo Desktop works with photos in the following formats: BMP, TIFF, DIB, GIF, JPG, and PNG.

Viewing your photos on your TiVo DVR

To view photos on the TiVo DVR:

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Go to 'TiVo Central' > 'Music, Photos, Products & More'.

Select your photos on your computer. (Your selection may vary depending on how your computer is named.)

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You will see any folders you have published. Highlight one and press PLAY. In a few seconds, you see a slideshow of photos from the folder. Photos display in the slide show in alphabetical order by file name.

Note: To rotate a photo, highlight it and press SELECT to view it. Then select a rotate option.

Slide show options

Choose how photos display on your TiVo DVR.

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Highlight a photo or folder and press SELECT.

Select 'Play Slide Show' > 'Options.' The "Slide show options" screen lets you change the following options:

  • Slide Delay determines the time to display each photo before going to the next.
  • Shuffle displays the contents of the selected folder in random order. When this option is turned off, the DVR plays the folder's photos alphabetically by file name, as shown in the grid on the screen.
  • Repeat displays the contents of the selected folder repeatedly. When this option is turned off, the DVR displays the folder's photos only once.

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