diff --git a/tivomirror b/tivomirror
index f71e2e6..bca02db 100755
--- a/tivomirror
+++ b/tivomirror
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ class TivoItem:
 		self.time = int(d, base=0)
 		self.datestr = self.date.strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M")
 		self.url = getTagText(i, "Url")
+		self.url = self.url + "&Format=video/x-tivo-mpeg-ts"
 		self.inprogress = getTagText(i, "InProgress")
 		self.available = getTagText(i, "Available")
 		self.sourcesize = int(getTagText(i, "SourceSize"))