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Still use a TiVo box? You also have a boatload of downloaded video content? But the TiVo won’t speak the lingo? Ahhh, well give a listen. The folks over at LifeHacker have a possible solution for you.

Your TiVo can play more than just television it’s recorded —it can also play video that you’ve downloaded to your computer from the internets, and it can do it without the pay-for TiVo Desktop Plus upgrade. If you’re a BitTorrent’ing, usenet’ing, podcatching, downloading fool, filling up your hard drive with movies, television episodes, and video clips you want to watch from the couch instead of the computer chair, you can do just that if you’ve got a TiVo sitting under your flat screen in the living room. Using the free Videora TiVo Converter for Windows, here’s how to watch your video downloads from the comfort of your couch without forking over extra cash.

Note: If you don’t have a TiVo but still want to watch your video downloads in the living room, check out our previous tutorials on how to build your own DVR, or hack your classic Xbox into a tricked out media center, or watch video on your Xbox 360.

Ready to start watching downloads on your TiVo? Here’s what you’ll need to get started.

* A TiVo connected to your home network
* A Windows PC on your home network
* A PC video file you want to watch on your TiVo (.AVI, .MPG, etc.)

First, if you haven’t already, download and install the free TiVo Desktop Software onto your PC. This is the app that will let your TiVo see your PC and vice versa. Once TiVo Desktop is up and running, on your TiVo, under Music, Photos, & More, select “Enable Home Network Applications.”

It might be your video match made in heaven. Link here.