Hi All, Can I use my Mac (g4 mini) to access the recordings in our Cable DVR Box in a 'safe' to the box manner and in a 'successful' manner? It is a 'Motorola DCH 3416 HD Dual Tuner DVR' with all the usual video and audio connectors one might expect, but I noticed there are 2 USB ports and a Firewire port right there on the connection panel on the back of the box. I 'assume' accessing the Hard Drive inside the Box via one of these jacks would be fairly likely, but I wonder what pitfalls and perils I ought to be aware of before attempting anything. I also wonder if the files it uses might be proprietary and/or unaccessable or usable on my Mac. My nebulous goal is the possibility of getting the recordings out and onto opticals in some fashion. Mostly it is just plain technological curiousity rearing it's head. It gives me a lot of 'geek' cred in the household knowing lots of 'useless' stuff like how to get videos out of the 'magic' cable box! :-)
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