TiVo Stream - 1 Tivo Stream Overview; Overview; Tivo Stream Feature Summary

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TiVo Stream Operator’s Guide v1.0 • TiVo
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TiVo Stream Overview
This Operator’s Guide for the TiVo Stream® describes the TiVo Stream hardware and software
specifications and requirements, installing TiVo Stream and setting it up on your mobile devices, the
TiVo App user interface for streaming and downloading, TiVo Stream’s functional architecture, as
well as TiVo Stream troubleshooting information.
The audience for this Operator’s Guide is the Operator’s learning and development and support
management teams, as well as TiVo’s Network Operations Center and Product Support Team.
Overview
TiVo Stream is a network (Ethernet) attached transcoding accessory that converts MPEG-2 streams to
MPEG-4 streams, then streams the converted video to Apple iOS® mobile devices. TiVo Stream
allows you to:
 Stream DVR recordings (including in-progress recordings) that you may watch on Apple
iOS mobile devices: iPad, iPhone®, or iPod Touch® within the home.
 Transfer DVR recordings to take out of the home on your mobile devices.
Figure 1–1 shows the TiVo Stream:
Figure 1–1: TiVo Stream
TiVo Stream feature summary
The main features of TiVo Stream are as follows:
 Stream to multiple mobile devices simultaneously. TiVo Stream can only stream
recordings of linear copy-once and copy-freely television content (including in-progress
recordings) to up to four mobile devices simultaneously.