use mfs_streams to find what video stream files are on your tivo

use vplay to "play" with that fsid to a file or device

use vplayer to play files remotely

mfs_ls lists directories. Use -R for recursive listing.

mfs_dumpobj dumps a TiVo object

mfs_export exports files (of any type) from the mfs to a unix file

mfs_info dumps some basic info on your fs and a fsid

mfs_dump dumps some sectors (useful for debugging)

The Makefile builds both i386 and tivo binaries. To build just the
i386 binaries run "make host". Similarly for "make tivo". A simple
"make" will build everything.

Running the tivo binaries is easy, just copy them to your tivo and
make sure MFS_DEVICE is set correctly before starting them. You should
find that MFS_DEVICE is set by the tivo startup scripts, usually to
/dev/hda10. 

Running the binaries on a Linux PC is a bit different. The main thing
you need to get right is the MFS_DEVLIST environment variable. Setting
that allows you to run mfs commands against either a locally
accesssible TiVo drive or a remote TiVo accessed across a TCP link. 

To run on a local drive (or files containing images of a drive) you
set MFS_DEVLIST to a space separated list of files/devices containing
the MFS filesystem. For example:
   export MFS_DEVLIST="/backup/hda10 /backup/hda11_aa /backup/hda11_ab"
(Don't forget the export!) Then run the mfs_* commands as usual.

To run on a remote TiVo you need to start a tivo vserver binary on the
TiVo. Then on your Linux PC set MFS_DEVLIST to :hostname where
hostname is the IP or hostname of your TiVo. Then run the mfs commands
as usual.

You can also point MFS_DEVLIST at a raw TiVo disk, and the mfs code
will look in the TiVo partition table to find the MFS partitions.