Not a lot, really, if you're OK using the terminal. Also, one "gotcha"...don't run it until it's in its final resting place on your drive (prefs reference the app's location and moving the app breaks it).

But now I've found a new stumbling block...the resulting downloaded files off my Series 2 TiVo are ".tivo" files, which my reasearch shows to be MPEG-2 video files with MPEG Audio Layer 2 audio...but also with a kind of DRM for which there's no Mac-compatible decoder I can find. Closest thing I found was something for Windoze with a less-than-perfect track record which would require a slooooooowwwwww session in VPC or transferrance to an actual WinTel box.

*GRR*

If I could get past that step I could use ffmpeg to transcode it into any format I might possibly desire, including MPEG4/H.263-4, DV, etc etc etc. From the various target formats it's easy to reformat for video iPod, VCD/SVCD, DVD (poss. via iMovie/iDVD)...the possibilities are endless.

Aside from that, Galleon IS rather kewl, even if a lot of its functions have been usurped by the recent updates for web-based content that TiVo rolled out to our "Music, Photos & More" section.

Lastly, you don't NEED to use Galleon to get stuff off your TiVo, if it's networked.

Do this...in Safari, enable Bonjour/Rendezvous (depending on if you're using Tiger or Panther) bookmarks to appear in your bookmark bar. You should find the entry for your TiVo...it'll take you to a URL like this:

http :// dvr-####.local./index.html

Change it to look like this (without the spaces, of course!):

https :// dvr-####.local./nowplaying/index.html
Click "Continue" if you get an error about the SSL Cert
when prompted for your name and pass it's...
name: tivo
pass: [your Media Access Key...get it from your TiVo under Settings]

Voila...a listing of all recordings on your TiVo. If you have groups turned on, they appear as folders you can "drill down" into. Have keychain store the password and bookmark that puppy. :-)

Of course, any that you download this way are still .tivo files.

If you like even just that one feature, that's plenty of reason to use Galleon, I'd say. :-)

The Desktop feature, showing periodic captures of your computer's desktop on your TiVo, is useless, but geeky fun, I think. Either that or I'm just easily amused.