Steve Adeff wrote: > On Monday 09 January 2006 22:03, N Dugas wrote: > >>Hi all, >> >>I've managed to get my Gentoo box (new Myth box in process of being >>built) to be able to see my DCT-6412. Recently, I recorded a PPV and >>would like to x-fer it to my PC to offload some PVR content (to make >>space for my series recordings). Until now, I've been able to play back >>the content and use test-mpeg2 to record it. With this PPV, I get a 0 >>length file. For fun, I stoped playback of my PPV recording and changed >>channel. The file size started increasing. Is there a way for me to >>tell if my recording is protected and therefore will not play over the >>firewire port? >> >>On the same note, could I record a PPV when I order it with Myth instead >>of on my 6412? >> >>Thanks, >>Norm > > > Have the channel/recording you want to extract playing, Power off, hit select > immediately, go to d11 and see what 5C is set to, only 0 will let you > transfer over firewire to a PC. You might be able to transfer a live PPV > while a recorded one you can't as well... > > You won't be able to take advantage of dual tuner over firewire, as all > firewire does it output what you send to the TV, so your best off with a > single tuner HDTV cablebox and no DVR functionality for Myth use. > Thanks for the info. I'll check that out tonight.
Now I have a new question: I noticed that the test-mpeg2 program can only capture about 2 gig. Does anyone know how I could increase this or is there a repository/list somehwere that I can get a stream grabber without size limits? I just might have to blow the dust off my old 'C' books. Thanks, Norm __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
