On Tuesday 10 January 2006 12:15, N Dugas wrote: > 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
I've been able to capture more than 2gig with test-mpeg2 (9.7G on the one cap I still have that I can check the file size of). make sure its not a filesystem limitation. There might be other reasons other people might know of, but it can do >2G. -- Steve _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
