I downloaded TiVo Desktop because I wanted to be able to publish my videos from my desktop computer to my Tivo and watch them in my living room. After playing around with it a little bit, I was not able to get that feature to work. Also, I could transfer video from my TiVo to my PC, but it wouldn’t play at all.

I checked all my settings. I added my Media Access Key, and had the videos in the C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\My TiVo Recordings folder. They were AVI and MPG format, so they were supposed to work. Why wasn’t it working?

I guess I didn’t see the fine print when I downloaded TiVo Desktop. I had to purchase and download TiVo Desktop Plus to enable these features. The software doesn’t tell you this when you try to use it. TiVo Desktop Plus costs $24.95 and I didn’t want to spend the money. I thought I could configure something else for free. After a month of thinking, I finally caved and bought it. As soon as I added the software key under Help > Upgrade to TiVo Desktop Plus, the features worked. I’m glad I decided to spend the money. It turned out to be well worth it.