Mac users:

Download the dmg. It contains a crude app bundle to make life easier for Mac users.

Double-click the dmg file to mount.

Drag TivoSlimserverClient to your hard drive.

Unmount dmg.

Standalone users (command line):

Download the app + hme jars version.

From the command line, change to the TivoSlimserverClient folder:

cd /path/to/TivoSlimserverClient

Type the following command, and hit Enter:

./start.sh

You should see some output similar to this:

HME SDK 1.4 (TiVo, Inc.)
LOG: added factory
MDNS: http://127.0.0.1:49297/tivoslimserverclient/

Run to your Tivo to try it out!

Galleon users:

To use TivoSlimserverClient with Galleon, download the jar version. Copy the jar into Galleon’s “hme” folder and add the following line to launcher.txt:

com.edmondcho.tivoslimserverclient.TivoSlimserverClient

Restart the Galleon service.

Source: Galleon FAQ

Change Log

0.1a

Initial release

0.2a

made selection bar wider for Choose Player

made generic “Artwork Not Available” graphic

added Maximum Bitrate preference

added song length to main info screen

made server status queries more efficient

fixed exception that occurred when slimserver cli command was prepending player address at launch.

0.2.1a

compatibilty with Slim Server 6.5

0.2.2a

fixed “players count ?” crash

fixed duration display to support hours and leading zeroes

Tivo Remote Shortcuts help screen now scrollable

added duration to Song Info screen

using generic art on Song Info and Album Info screens

Support:

This software is no longer supported.

Requirements:

SlimServer

Version 6.5 or higher

SlimServer is the engine behind Slim Devices’ Squeezebox network music player. The server software is released under the Open Source GPL license. I have been using it for a while to listen to my home music collection while working in the office.

Follow the instructions in the BeginnersGuide to get SlimServer running.

Currently, TivoSlimserverClient will only work with SlimServer running on the same host as Tivo HME.

Tivo HME

Tivo HME is an “open platform for applications that are displayed and controlled by broadband-connected TiVo Series2 DVRs.” The SDK is released under the Common Public License (CPL).

According to Tivo, to use HME, your Tivo must be:

• A Series2 Tivo DVR (not supported on DirecTV or Series 1 DVR)
• Connected to your home network.
• Running Tivo service update 7.1-X or higher.

Also, your PC must:

• have Java 1.4.2 (or later) installed.
• if you use Windows XP SP2, the Windows Firewall may prevent your DVR from talking to your PC. You must allow an exception for HME.

Source for Tivo HME requirements: tivohme.sourceforge.net

Tivo HME applications running behind a firewall will generally have trouble unless you open up a few ports to network traffic:

• Open port 5353 to UDP traffic. This allows Tivo to discover HME applications via multicast DNS (Rendezvous/Bonjour).
• Open port 7288 to TCP traffic. This lets Tivo access the applications.

TivoHME Quick Start

Acknowledgments:

I would like to thank the following:

• Dave at bitrazor.com, aka F8ster on the tivocommunity.com forums, whose tutorials on getting started with Tivo HME SDK, Bananas SDK and Eclipse IDE were instrumental in getting me started on this project.
• Fred at the Slim Devices forums for his feedback on the command line interface to SlimServer.

Disclaimer:

This software is provided as-is, and is free of charge. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. I am not responsible for any problems that may occur as a result of attempting to install the required Java Runtime Environment or SlimServer software. Support requests will be handled as time permits, please be patient. I will not provide support for installation of JRE or SlimServer. Please refer to the provided informational links for guidance.