Re: [sleuthkit-users] Processing a Tivo

[DePriest, J. R. <jrd...@gm...>]

On 5/19/06, Detective David Vitkus <> wrote:
> I'm looking for info / advice on processing a TIVO.  It's a child abuse
> case and there's an allegation that the suspect showed the victim a
> pornographic movie prior to / during the assault(s).
>
> Have a good weekend all,
> Have a good weekend all,
>
> --
>
> David Vitkus
> Detective
> Northampton Police Department
> 29 Center St.
> Northampton, MA 01060
> 413-587-1133 (voice)
> 413-587-1137 (fax)
>
> Note: Recently our e-mail servers have been equipped with very aggressive=
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If you expect a response from me and don't get one, please call.

I did a few Google searches and found some things that might help you out.

This one details mounting a TiVo hard disk drive direct-connected to a
PC and has some stuff about decrypting as well.  It mentions some
tools and scripts that you can track down.
http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3D23192&page=3D4

This just lists some facts about TiVo (such as "it runs Linux")
http://cbbrowne.com/info/othervars.html

This is a SourceForge site called TiVo Enhancement.  It has a 'pdisk'
tool patched to work with TiVo partition tables.
http://tivohack.sourceforge.net/

You could also try searching TiVo's own forum archives, I saw some
interesting things there.
http://www.tivocommunity.com/

-Jason