DVR Question

[mike217]

I know there are some of you out there that have figured this out. I have a motorola DVR box and want to transfer from the DVR to my PC. I know I can use my video card to do it, but I have also heard that you can use the firewire port to DL them to the comp. I just don't want to wait for the entire show to play and record it. Let me know if you have any resources. I have a motorola DVR. THanks guys.

[jimthefiend]

If thats a CABLE dvr box I dont think most cable companies have enabled that firewire port.

[BitAudioVideo]

http://broadband.motorola.com/dvr/news_faq.asp



How do I transfer digital recordings to my PC?
The IEEE1394 (firewire) port can be used for transferring digital video to a PC for archiving, but it is limited by the copy protection coding that programming providers embedded in the data with the digital video. The digital video is not accessible for transfer through the built in software yet. Software companies who provide the interactive program guides and DVR Menu systems have not yet supplied the functionality to transfer your digital recordings, but some people on their own have devised a way to access digital recordings on the DCT6208 or DCT6412 and offload them to a PC hard drive or Digital High Def VCR.
When transferring digital video by the method referred to above, copy protection restriction will apply. The recordings will play from the other device only if the programming provider has not encoded the digital content with a "copy never" command. Some programming sources encode them with a "copy once" command which allows you to transfer it once but if you try to transfer it again the content becomes unplayable. Of course, since the method for transferring digital video described above is in the public domain and not authored or controlled by Motorola or the software providers described above, Motorola makes no warranty that it that the method will work. Motorola will also not be liable for any loss or damage resulting from your use of such methods.

Here's how to transfer non-copy protected recordings via IEEE1394/Firewire: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...90#post3818890