TiVo Update To Stream MPEG4 Cable

While “early 2015” has come and gone, TiVo is making good on their promise to stream cable content encoded in MPEG-4 as the industry drives towards more efficient utilization of its finite bandwidth. Roamio Pro and Plus DVRs updated with software release 20.5.2, in conjunction with recently updated iOS and Android apps, gain these new capabilities… as early as today, if you get your boxes on the new Priority list (with old heading). And we imagine similar TiVo Stream support for Premiere, Roamio, and Roamio OTA is not far behind. Those who abstain from the Priority List should expect rolling updates to begin in August.

Beyond this addition and post-OnePass, we’ll once again have the ability to display a simple, “flat list” of our recordings to be sorted by date or title. And, speaking of OnePass, we’ll be treated to a new kitchen sink option of “Record Everything” – including duplicates.

20.5.2 also includes various bug fixes (and hopefully some nice surprises to line up with that “late July” Aereo news):

• Fixed an issue where audio would play, but no video was displayed
• Fixed an issue where auto-playing a large group of shows from a remote DVR would give a V125 error
• Fixed an issue where WishLists were displaying an incorrect auto-record status
• Fixed issues related to freezes when using the Amazon app
• Fixed an issue where bulk deleting of streaming video links from a mobile app could cause a reboot
• Fixed an issue where lengthy Closed Captions were disappearing more quickly than they should

Perhaps we’ll even land an ominous updated opening animation featuring TiVo’s new logo and branding?