Getting Sky+ recordings onto a PC.

[Dorza]

Is there any easy way of doing this. Im guessing you could take the hard drive out and connect it do your computer as a slave drive but this takes time and is more work than its worth.

Any ideas?

[autopilot]

Originally Posted by Dorza

Is there any easy way of doing this. Im guessing you could take the hard drive out and connect it do your computer as a slave drive but this takes time and is more work than its worth.

Any ideas?

At the moment, thats pretty much the only way right now unless i am misstaken. It's not as straight forward either. Do a be of googling, plenty of info around on doing this i believe.

[Marcos]

I heard there is no way to get the data straight from the drive because of the encryption, i also heard you have to record to DVD using a DVD recorder and then get the PC to understand the files.

Another method was suing a camcorder to capture footage through one of the inputs but that seems like more trouble than its worth.

If there is a direct way to get access to the file on Sky+'s HD then i'd like to know

[Stoo]

Yup, you can connect the drive to the pc, and even see a few files, but you won't be able to play them as they're encrypted.

[Marcos]

Right, so theres the problem. So no direct connect/data transfer. DVD is too much hassle for me, camcorder is definitly too much hassle. Anything else?

Is it possible to skip Sky+ and build a shuttle that does the same thing? Like simultaneous recordings

[Stoo]

yeah, currently that's the only way of doing it, using a seperate capture device on the video out from the Sky+ box..

[Marcos]

So really you only need sky+ for the time shifting?

Would it be a pain to build a Shuttle that handled time-shifting/PVR functions?

[Stoo]

well, not really, but it makes it easier, as in you can record the program and capture it back at will, rather than having to stay up or whatever

The machine's not that difficult, just a decent pc with a lot of fast hdd space, the most important bit is the capture card..

[Marcos]

What components would i need to handle PVR functions?

[autopilot]

There is community writen freeware that will decyrpt the recordings. Read about it in PCworld mag. Not sure of the name, but worth searching out if you can.

[Allen]

Originally Posted by Marcos

What components would i need to handle PVR functions?

A normal (basic) PC setup should handle it, but you'll need plenty of hard drive space, a DVD-Writer is a good idea and definately one of these:

http://www.hauppauge.com/Pages/produ...ta_pvr350.html

Or something similar.

:edit: Oh, and don't let anyone tell you you'll need massive processing power, as the PVR card will handle all the encoding and decoding.

[Stoo]

*Not* a hauppage card though, the software is dire, and the hardware can be hit and miss..

[SmileyUK]

if you want to do it cheaply, the compro cards seems to be good for the money

[oyster]

you want MythTV, I reckon.

[directhex]

Originally Posted by Stoo

*Not* a hauppage card though, the software is dire, and the hardware can be hit and miss..

Originally Posted by oyster

you want MythTV, I reckon.

i feel these two go together \o/

[Rythmic]

Was installing a Hauppauge WinTV USB2 on a computer last weekend. Fresh install, patched and serviced packed. Plug in the win TV, and installed the drivers. Reinstall windows, again.....