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RobTop

RobTop

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Is it possible to hook my DVR up to my computer to burn disks of what I have recorded? There is a Spider-man marathon on today through tomorrow evening, some 80 episodes, which would eat up way too much space on the DVR to keep them, but this is one of my favorites to watch with my son and would like to keep them for us. (Transformers is the other favorite :)

So is this possible? Is there another way to get these from DVR to disk?
 
the format of the dvr will not allow this for many reasons. pirate ect..

but if you pm me i might be able to get you the copies you are looking for with out issues
 
Cramcasts DVR will not allow it. If you get a digital TV tuner card for your PC you can hook a coax cable directly to your PC and use the included software to save all of the shows you want.
 
This is from direct tv, no manufacture is on it, but it is called "Direct TV plus" It has a couple usb ports which makes me think it is possible.
 
My cramcast box does as well. They do nothing. Most of my boxes input/outputs do nothing and it is their best box. :lol: As was mentioned most providers do not allow you to perform that function as it makes it to easy to pirate movies, shows, music videos, etc.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14049981#post14049981 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SlowCobra
My cramcast box does as well. They do nothing. Most of my boxes input/outputs do nothing and it is their best box. :lol: As was mentioned most providers do not allow you to perform that function as it makes it to easy to pirate movies, shows, music videos, etc.
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i bought a dvd recorder with a 80 gig hard drive a few years ago and the drive went out well i tore it apart and hummm it was a maxtor hd so i went and bought a new drive thinking this would be easy right??? nope they coded the drive somehow so you have to send it in. even tried lenox to image the old drive onto the new one but still would not read or write onto the new drive. even did a hot swap and nothing they code them well :-)
 
Not necessarily helpful here but I was just wondering if you could simply capture the video using a mpeg card? Quite some time back I was looking at an ATI all in wonder for just that purpose. Run a s-video from the DVR into the capture card and spool the video off the DVR playback onto the PC while catching the next broadcast episode from the TV. Just a low tech theory.

Squid - 2 years back I was looking to upgrade my TIVO hard drive (its 8 years old now) and there were more than a few websites that offered to format the drives. Should be able to download software to format the drive off of a drdos cd or other low level boot utility but I really have no knowledge it that area and basically am just rambling based on what little I found out at the time :)
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14050224#post14050224 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wolf pup
Not necessarily helpful here but I was just wondering if you could simply capture the video using a mpeg card? Quite some time back I was looking at an ATI all in wonder for just that purpose. Run a s-video from the DVR into the capture card and spool the video off the DVR playback onto the PC while catching the next broadcast episode from the TV. Just a low tech theory.

Squid - 2 years back I was looking to upgrade my TIVO hard drive (its 8 years old now) and there were more than a few websites that offered to format the drives. Should be able to download software to format the drive off of a drdos cd or other low level boot utility but I really have no knowledge it that area and basically am just rambling based on what little I found out at the time :)
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the video capture card would be the best choice but dont go cheap when buying one :-)

well it is sitting in the basement as i was to lazy to ship it out but i did do a ton of searching for the format of the drive. i should look into it again as i loved the thing as i could record a show edit out all the commercials then burn them onto a dvd :-)
 
The way wolf pup explained it is pretty much right. You would have to have a PC with a TV Tuner Card connected via S-Video and a RCA audio (red & white RCA cable) to your DVR. When you play the show from your DVR, your TV Tuner will capture the video/audio. Depending on the capture software you use, this can range from easy to difficult.

I have a PC connected with multiple TV Tuner Cards thus having the ability to play and/or record multiple shows at a time. Basically with this setup I have created my own DVR thus I no longer need one from the cable company, just the regular box, or the HD box.
 
I have 3 total cards, all PCI.

2 x WinTV PVR 150 MCE
http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_pvr150mc.html

1 x Fusion HDTV Lite
http://www.fusionhdtv.co.kr/eng/Products/RTLite.aspx

These are older cards now in which they have better ones (PCI-x), but I am able to either record 3 shows at a time, or a combination of recording and watching live TV. The HD card is for receiving OTA HD signals. For my capture software, I use Snapstream Beyond TV which is the "server" machine. To watch on other PC on my home network, I use Beyond TV Link which connects to the "server".
 
box is empty squid.

From the sounds of this it might be easier to just buy all the spidy episodes on dvd.

What about the card that is in the dvr. I am guessing this is the memory card, could I just get a new one of those and keep that card as a dvd so to speak?
 
So I just called Dircet TV and found that the card is a service coding card and doesn't hold the info I want and the usb ports are powered, so they will power a device that runs off a usb port, but will not move any info, wow I am so glad they included that. I have seen small fans and book lights that need a usb port to run, now I must get one to hook up to my dvr. So glad that was included.

So since I am in no way a computer guy, would it be easier to buy a DVD-R unit and burn them that way? Otherwise I can go old school and use my vcr, but for ovbious reasons I would like to avoid a tape.
 
Here's what I do.

My DVR has a "Record to Tape" function. (I assume yours would have something similar)

I hook up my Canon DV Camcorder to the output ports on the DVR box (the red and withe audio jacks and yellow video jack)

I then hook up my laptop via firewire to the camcorder.

I usually have to change a DV Thru setting in the camcorder to on.

From there I can capture to the laptop with Windows MovieMaker or Premiere Elements. Then burn em to a DVD.

(Im recalling all this from memory. Some of the names of the functions may be a little different)
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14051017#post14051017 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RobTop
So since I am in no way a computer guy, would it be easier to buy a DVD-R unit and burn them that way? Otherwise I can go old school and use my vcr, but for ovbious reasons I would like to avoid a tape.
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That would be the easiest thing to do. I have dish and do that with UFC PPV's and movie's I want to keep.

Dish recently started a program where if you buy a PPV movie once you start playback after it records to the DVR you have 6 months to view the movie. Once you start viewing the movie you have 24 hours to watch the movie before it expires. I burn more stuff to my DVR just to spite this :)
 
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