Sky+ People - Copying The Recordings........
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Can't get it off the hard disk as far as I know, it's a proprietary format and nobody that I know of has managed to get anything off it.
Best bet is to get a DVD recorder, but, some programmes (mainly films and per per view stuff) are macrovision protected, meaning the recording on vhs or dvd will be crap, if at all viewable.
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Best bet is to get a DVD recorder, but, some programmes (mainly films and per per view stuff) are macrovision protected, meaning the recording on vhs or dvd will be crap, if at all viewable.
Don't you lurve sky !!!
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I thought you could output the recordings using the copy facility?
I haven't actually tried it yet, but there's a 2nd output aspect ratio setting, so I assume you just hook it to your dvd recorder and se it to copy.
I haven't actually tried it yet, but there's a 2nd output aspect ratio setting, so I assume you just hook it to your dvd recorder and se it to copy.
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You should be able to ouput to the pc using the copy to feature providing your pc has a video capturing device and phono inputs. If you are unsure this is a capture box.
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=62010
This is a budget one and will use your pc to encode the video to a format called AVI. From this format it can then be encoded to dvd if you wish.
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=62010
This is a budget one and will use your pc to encode the video to a format called AVI. From this format it can then be encoded to dvd if you wish.
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Originally Posted by Fast Guy
I thought you could output the recordings using the copy facility?
I haven't actually tried it yet, but there's a 2nd output aspect ratio setting, so I assume you just hook it to your dvd recorder and se it to copy.
I haven't actually tried it yet, but there's a 2nd output aspect ratio setting, so I assume you just hook it to your dvd recorder and se it to copy.
It is so that if your main TV is 16:9 and you bedroom TV is square (4:3), you can watch either in the correct format, however, whichever format is selected is outputted on all outputs at the same time, so it's only any good if you only watch one TV at a time.
I recall the above from a review or something, may not be 100% accurate.
To record onto DVD you would be much better off using either the scart or s-video outputs tbh.
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They don't used s'video (do they?, never used to on sky anyway)
The engineer linked our 2nd output up to the dvd recorder, but I haven't actually found anything to keep yet, so I haven't tried copying anything
The engineer linked our 2nd output up to the dvd recorder, but I haven't actually found anything to keep yet, so I haven't tried copying anything
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Greg,
If i get a tv card for the pc with a s-video in, does that mean i can copy the stuuff off the sky+ box via the s-video out then?
If i get a tv card for the pc with a s-video in, does that mean i can copy the stuuff off the sky+ box via the s-video out then?
Oh bugger so it has (just checked)
I think I'll ditch the scart in that case as it's only composite I think
I think I'll ditch the scart in that case as it's only composite I think
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I bought one of these:
http://www.continent.com.au/product_...p/product/1464
Works a treat, i can now view Sky thru my pc, record old VHS tapes and capture other digital things and i can now play the PS2 thru it so Anna's happy too!!
Everyones happy, now all i gotta do is get the crap off the Sky+ box hard drive
I bought one of these:
http://www.continent.com.au/product_...p/product/1464
Works a treat, i can now view Sky thru my pc, record old VHS tapes and capture other digital things and i can now play the PS2 thru it so Anna's happy too!!
Everyones happy, now all i gotta do is get the crap off the Sky+ box hard drive
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Originally Posted by frog
SCART can carry RGB which is better than s-video, so, if your DVD recorder or whatever you have connected to it supports RGB input, stick to SCART. Might be worth checking your DVD and SKY menus
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Originally Posted by Fast Guy
Originally Posted by frog
SCART can carry RGB which is better than s-video, so, if your DVD recorder or whatever you have connected to it supports RGB input, stick to SCART. Might be worth checking your DVD and SKY menus
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