https://support.tablotv.com/hc/en-us/articles/201445376-In-what-format-does-Tablo-save-the-video-audio-stream-to-the-hard-drive-
wr4i:
I was hoping there was a software program that could access the recordings directly from the HD without having internet available so on a trip,etc could watch. I would think these recordings are in MP4 or some other video file that a program like VLC could read them, but not happening .
You haven’t looked at the 3rd party apps for exporting your recordings!!?!! Your PC “connects” to your tablo over your network aka WiFi and exports the recordings and saves them as an mp4!! for viewing via a player like VLC. (You can even use VLC to export recordings! but that’s a whole other thing.)
Awhile back I started down the road of writing my own Tablo Client that had all of the features I wanted. There were two standard things I wanted to be able to do that I couldn’t do in most of the clients I had access to at the time, one that I still can’t get anywhere else.
I wanted a client that allowed me to monitor what was being recorded on my Tablo ‘soon’, and I wanted the ability to blacklist shows that I didn’t care to monitor. The purpose of the blacklist was to allow me to see new t…
First release: http://endlessnow.com/ten/SurLaTablo/ An alternative to the program released by @jskenney This program does not attempt to be an ‘api’ library for python programmers. Essentially a cleaned up version of some software I’ve been using for awhile at the house. Written purely so that I could say I have written a Python program. There will be updates and enhancements. This release has not been tested under Windows. Tested under Linux only using Python 2.7.3 under openSuse. But…
EDIT (September 2023):
TabloRipper is not compatible with new 4th-gen Tablo devices, and has been deprecated.
As a result, I’ll no longer provide the download link here, but those of you with older Tablo devices can of course continue using it with the version you already have.
I have enjoyed my time participating in this community and appreciate all the kind words over the years. Thank you.
If you want to connect your drive to the USB port on your PC, use handbrake - but it’s not recommended.
Occasionally there’s a great misunfortunate when a tablo dies… yet users can still access their drive and just know there are shows on there they’d like to salvage. --then there are those who think they know what they’re doing venture in to trouble shooting and loose the internal DB while the drive is still intact with no way way to salvage their recordings.
Now I’m sure there are users and/or developers here who could do a better job understanding (researching) and explaining this and perhap…
wr4i:
but not happening .
It happens for a whole lot of users everyday - over their network WiFi or wired, it doesn’t really matter (just may take a bit longer)
As for your distance (? ethernet spec allow 100m runs, about 300’)
These work great - it’s a very stable and fast way to hard wire your Tablo to your router if the router and Tablo are not in the same room. More reliable that WiFi.
Some light reading for those unfamiliar with what these adapters do: