Copy a movie from your PVR

No you can't. My HDPVR will be replaced for the second time, and all my Rugby Worldcup recordings will be gone. Wish MC will change software so that you can copy your recordings.
 
You most certainly CAN.
Connect a capture card (something like this : http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_usblive2.html ) to the RCA out on the PVR. Connect the rest to the pc / notebook and record away. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
Just take note that you're not going to be able to record in HD due to the limitations of the cable, but the quality is surprisingly good. Sound also only comes in stereo -obviously.
I have no clue why people are always saying, "No you can't." I do it ALL the time.
 
think just downloading the torrent would be easier.
 
Sl8er said:
You most certainly CAN.
Connect a capture card (something like this : http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_usblive2.html ) to the RCA out on the PVR. Connect the rest to the pc / notebook and record away. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
Just take note that you're not going to be able to record in HD due to the limitations of the cable, but the quality is surprisingly good. Sound also only comes in stereo -obviously.
I have no clue why people are always saying, "No you can't." I do it ALL the time.
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Because the question is very specifically "Can you COPY..."... not can you re-record..

Of course you can re-record the stuff on the PVR if you have a capture card... but then why not just record it with the capture card in the first place.
 
B.O.F.H. said:
Because the question is very specifically "Can you COPY..."... not can you re-record..

Of course you can re-record the stuff on the PVR if you have a capture card... but then why not just record it with the capture card in the first place.
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Ummm...."re-record" sounds an awful lot like "copy" to me. ;)
I think the main thing is getting the contect off of MC onto your pc. Let's ask Johan what he thinks....

*And the fact that it's on a PVR and not just a decoder is also a pretty clear indication that it MIGHT just be recorded content ;)
 
There is NO chance that MC will EVER allow you to take the content off of the PVR hard drive, its simple. Its a rights issue. You have the right to view it, but not to re-distribute it which is what you could potentially do if you could remove the content from the drive.
I suppose if you ripped the thing open and plugged the Hard Drive into a computer, you might be able to remove the files stored on it, but they are probably protected by some kind of DRM...
 
I guess it depends on what kind of PVR you use ;) sadly Multichoice doesn't like it when people use the Dreambox PVRs
 
Sl8er said:
Ummm...."re-record" sounds an awful lot like "copy" to me. ;)
I think the main thing is getting the contect off of MC onto your pc. Let's ask Johan what he thinks....

*And the fact that it's on a PVR and not just a decoder is also a pretty clear indication that it MIGHT just be recorded content ;)
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Not at all. Would you call recording a DSTV show on VCR "Copying"? Using RCA means losing significant quality.
 
Seen this asked before on overseas forums.
Seems the copy protection laws scarred manufacturers from producing ways to copy a movie from TV/DSTV. This ended stuff like the DVD hard drive devices.
In short, they don't want you to copy it. If your PVR breaks, bad luck for you.
Some devices in the UK even deletes the recording after a number of weeks. Not sure if there is any in the SA.
 
Yup wish we could back up some of the cooler movies on PVR
 
Sl8er said:
You most certainly CAN.
Connect a capture card (something like this : http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_usblive2.html ) to the RCA out on the PVR. Connect the rest to the pc / notebook and record away. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
Just take note that you're not going to be able to record in HD due to the limitations of the cable, but the quality is surprisingly good. Sound also only comes in stereo -obviously.
I have no clue why people are always saying, "No you can't." I do it ALL the time.
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Agree. Only problem is the time it takes... no "high speed dubbing"!
 
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