iChat - Convert/Play TiVo shows on new 1080p Apple TV 3 lucy198754 - Tue May 01, 2012 9:28 pm Post subject: Convert/Play TiVo shows on new 1080p Apple TV 3
The new Apple TV 3 was released on March 7 with the new iPad 3. Although, the new 108p Apple TV physically looks the same as the old version, the new Apple TV 2012 is more powerful, it can sync or stream movies, music and videos from a computer running iTunes as the old Apple TV and supports 1080p HD. If you have lots of movies, you can transfer the movies to the Apple TV and then play on the big screen with your families. If you have no time enjoying some live TV shows, you can watch the TV recordings on your spare time. In this page, we will talk about how to play and enjoy TiVo recordings on new Apple TV 3.
It is a pity that, the new Apple TV 3 and the iTunes 10.6 only support 1080p in H.264 format limited to MOV, M4V and MP4. So, if you wanna transfer TiVo shows to Apple TV 3 for enjoyment, you have to transcode the TiVo to Apple TV 3 playable format with a top TiVo converter first from google searching.
Here, we an excellent TiVo to Apple TV 3 Converter as an example. It is the best Converter tool for Apple TV 3 users to transcode TiVo to Apple TV 3 friendly format effortlessly at super fast speed with a best output video file beyond your expectation. Please follow the bellow Guides and Steps.
Guide 1: Transfer TiVo TV shows to your PC or Mac
To transfer TiVo shows to PC, you need to download and install the TiVo Desktop Software for Win or TiVo Desktop Software for Mac first.
Connect the TiVo box with your home network, and run software TiVo Desktop. TiVo Desktop provides you with a list of available shows for transferring to your PC. Click on "Pick Recordings to Transfer" icon. Tick the box next to the title of the show you want to transfer and click on "Start Transfer".
Guide 2: Convert TiVo recodings to Apple TV 3 with best video quality
Before start the conversion, first you need to enter the Enter Media Access Key.
Install and launch the best TiVo to Apple TV 3 Converter. Click the “Option” icon and in the interface, click “TiVo” icon, here you need to enter Media Access Key, and click “OK” to confirm.
Step 1: Click the button “File” to add TiVo files to it. If it is necessary, you can double click the each file to have a preview.
Step 2: Click on the dropdown menu of “Format” and then move your pointer to “HD video > “H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)” the compatible format for Apple TV 3. Then you can set the output folder by clicking “Browse” icon as you need.
Step 3: Click the “Settings” icon and you will go into a new interface named “Profile Settings”. If your source video is in 1080p, you can set the Video Size as 1920*1080, Audio codec as ac3, Audio Channels as 5.1Channel to put and watch TiVo movies on Apple TV 3 with full HD 1080p resolution with AC3 5.1 sound.
Step 4: Click the “Convert” button; it will convert TiVo to MP4 for Apple TV 3 immediately. You can find the process in the “Conversion” interface.
