Help?! Can anyone tell me how (if t is possible) to copy recorded video from a DirecTV DVR to a Windows or MAC-based computer?

Thank you!

Dont know about DirectTV but Dish allows it, you have to pay a service fee to hook it up somehow. Thats what we're gonna do during the next holiday and put the NC game on dvd and such.

Id have to find out more from the wife about it, shes the one who found out that info.

go to the directTv website. it shows you how to do it. they will even send someone out to hook it up for you...at a cost of course.

Thank you! I will check it out!

As far as I know you cannot transfer from directv dvr to pc. You can WATCH on a pc by streaming it, but you cannot capture/burn it like you can with a Tivo.

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Originally posted by jangelj:
As far as I know you cannot transfer from directv dvr to pc. You can WATCH on a pc by streaming it, but you cannot capture/burn it like you can with a Tivo.

That's what I am finding... any one have any ideas?

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Originally posted by GatorSky:

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Originally posted by jangelj:
As far as I know you cannot transfer from directv dvr to pc. You can WATCH on a pc by streaming it, but you cannot capture/burn it like you can with a Tivo.

That's what I am finding... any one have any ideas?

Can't you just burn it onto a DVD recorder?

My Dish Network DVR has an "additional storage" option. I bought a 1TB external hard drive and hooked it up. Paid a 1x $25 dollar fee for access and store stuff there. It interfaces with the Dish remote and DVR just like it is part of the system (guess it is). The average movie stored on there uses 2 GB.

Found this on a chat board:

"If your DVR cable box has an S-Video out and your computer's graphics card has VIVO (Video-In/Video-Out) capabilities, you should be able to with just that an some recording software.

The other option would be to get a Video Capture card for your PC. Use the video out from the DVR to the Video In on the Capture card to record from the DVR.

This *should* work, but never having owned (or rented) a DVR, I don't know for sure. Personally, I've always used my PC with a TV Tuner card as my DVR. "

Also found this:

"I recieved the new video capture card today and installed it. It works great for this. It's a V-Stream X-pert DVD maker card. I got it on e-bay brand new for 24.95. It comes with a composite and s-video converter and cyberlink software. Connect your DVR composite RCA output sources to the converter off the card and set your preferences through the software provided. Save the file as mpeg-2 and reload into your DVD burn software. Or burn it directly to your DVD burner. That's it!"