Topic 'DVR to PC' in forum 'Audio/Video Chat' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/DVR-to-PC-23290442 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:50:50 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:50:50 EDT Re: DVR to PC http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-DVR-to-PC-23405566
Problem is, all the drivers I found mentioned Windows XP.... and said nothing about 64bit.

Are there any firewire drivers that will work in Windows 7 64bit?
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I'd go w/getting a PCMCIA Firewire card and giving it a try (if your laptop has such a slot).

As for what's encrypted, I doubt the shows you mention are.
Doubt Heroes is either, but I haven't tried it in a long time.

I've only ever tried dubbing from firewire once because a friend wanted me to tape a show they'd be missing that night...
It streams (MPEG2) video, you capture it. If there's any encryption, you'll see the video, but when you go to play the file back, it's scrambled.

If you do go firewire, make sure to test it before waiting the entire hour or so for a show. Dub in about 5 minutes, stop/pause playback, and stop recording, then check the file to make sure you can get a good dub.

If firewire's not an option, getting a clean analog dub is actually not a terrible choice since the signal from DVR is generally pretty clean... It'd certainly be better than dubbing VHS into a computer :D

Either way, firewire cable + PCMCIA card is probably about the same price as an analog capture device.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-DVR-to-PC-23326864 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:42:21 EDT Re: DVR to PC http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-DVR-to-PC-23325473 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-DVR-to-PC-23325473 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:19:02 EDT Re: DVR to PC http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-DVR-to-PC-23325396 Audio/Video Chat
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It has been suggested you might find more help in this forum: »Audio/Video Chat

Please let me know if you would like the topic moved to that forum.
Oops, sorry about that.

Yes, please move the topic there, sorry for taking such a long time to reply and for posting in the wrong section.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-DVR-to-PC-23323512 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:46:33 EDT Re: DVR to PC http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-DVR-to-PC-23308667 said by Cyber AkumaI :

And how does the firework method work? Does it just stream video, meaning I will need to capture it, or does it actually send the files themselves?It just streams the video, so you have to capture it. This only works for unprotected content, such as local channels.

TiVo is the only DVR that actually allows you to download the recorded files. You can't do that with any cable co DVR.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-DVR-to-PC-23308667 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:12:39 EDT Re: DVR to PC http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-DVR-to-PC-23308470 Audio/Video Chat

Please let me know if you would like the topic moved to that forum.
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But are there MACOS versions of these programs? Or Windows 7 64bit since I plan to dualboot my Mac with Windows 7?

And how does the firework method work? Does it just stream video, meaning I will need to capture it, or does it actually send the files themselves?

Thanks]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-DVR-to-PC-23291144 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:18:11 EDT Re: DVR to PC http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-DVR-to-PC-23290920 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-DVR-to-PC-23290920 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:14:11 EDT Re: DVR to PC http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-DVR-to-PC-23290741 said by gar187er:

to read the hard drive on the computer, your have to bust open the dvr, not to mention, its encrypted, so youd need to find the software to read the files....its not simply an mpeg.... Yes I know, obivously i'd need special software to read it, if such software even exists. Which is why I asked.

Pretty much all of my recordings (the ones I care to save anyway) are from G4 and The Food Network, not sure if those are encrypted, aren't only HD movie streams and big shows like Simpsons/24/Heroes/etc encrypted?

said by gar187er:

especially if you dont have firewire.....firewire cards arent that expensive though..
Main problem is that not only are all the PCI/AGP/ISA ports on my desktop used, its a Pentium 3 system that can't even play youtube properly, firewire likely won't wotk on it since IIRC its just streaming the video data.

Not sure about my laptop, its CPU im sure is up to the task but I don't know if they make laptop firewire adapters and how much they would cost, and if an addon card would even work properly.

Not to mention the firewire drivers/apps I found were designed for Windows XP 32 and I have Windows 7 64 on it.

I seriously want to avoid doing an analog transfer over composite/s-video by any means possible, there are a lot of programs I wish to get off of it, mainly a show that no longer exists so I want to get it off the DVR before anything someday happens that wipes my harddrive, there are dozens of episodes of it on the DVR.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-DVR-to-PC-23290741 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:04:15 EDT Re: DVR to PC http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-DVR-to-PC-23290601 to read the hard drive on the computer, your have to bust open the dvr, not to mention, its encrypted, so youd need to find the software to read the files....its not simply an mpeg....

easiest way is to analog it out, and record it that way....

especially if you dont have firewire.....firewire cards arent that expensive though..]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-DVR-to-PC-23290601 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:22:54 EDT DVR to PC http://www.dslreports.com/forum/DVR-to-PC-23290442
Problem is, none of my systems have firewire, is there any way I can do this through USB or any other type of connection? Or read the harddrive on a PC? I want to get some recorded episodes that I want to keep off of that thing without basically doing an analog copy over composite, yes composite, my equipment is old, it doesn't even support s-video.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/DVR-to-PC-23290442 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:59:48 EDT