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November 11, 2004

Is there a pvr that records in a known format

Is there a PVR that uses mpeg or another recognisable recording format such that the video can be transfered to a pc for backup?
-- Neil Harper

November 11, 2004 in DVR, Hacks

Answers

ReplayTV records in a proprietary flavor of MPEG2 (IIRC) and there are a couple of robust programs that allow you to pull programs off the box onto a PC or move them between units.

Posted by: Tom Clancy at Nov 15, 2004 5:22:16 PM

As stated, ReplayTV records in MPEG2 and there is 3rd party software for PCs - DVArchive or QVision- to transfer to PCs. It isn't an officially supported feature, and sometimes it breaks when RTV updates software and the coders have to update the 3rd party software. Basically they're exploiting a weakness in the RTV streaming system.

TiVo also records in MPEG2 and TiVoToGo will be out before the end of the year. TTG also supports moving content to a PC, and it will be an officially supported feature. It will arrive as a free service upgrade to Series2 units.

Posted by: MegaZone at Nov 16, 2004 4:07:48 PM

yes,
The Topfield PVR's come with software to transfer videos to your PC for DVD burning...

You can buy them at www.adfreetv.com.au (the cheapest place I've seen) with 2 tuners.

Posted by: Paul Hanstrom at Jul 18, 2005 7:47:48 AM

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