Thanks. Many of my recordings are more than a year old, so I'm wondering if
they'd transfer.
--Dave Sikula
On Sunday, August 9, 2020, 8:23:22 PM PDT, M-D November
<[email protected]> wrote:
90% of what was on the old DVR’s HDD was available on the new box via Cloud
DVR; we only lost a few older (12+mo) PBS musical theater specials. The new box
also inherited all of our scheduled recording/series recording settings.
On Sunday, August 9, 2020 at 2:34:10 PM UTC-4 Dave Sikula wrote:
I’m a little confused. Do you mean things that had been on the old DVR’s hard
drive or just new material?
—Dave Sikula
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 3, 2020, at 8:55 PM, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote:
The X1 DVR is backstopped by Comcast’s cloud DVR. I swapped out my DVR about a
year ago (the newer models don’t have the very-tempting-to-a-toddler power
button on the front of the box), and save for some very old recordings,
everything was available on the new box via cloud DVR after the upgrade.
On Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 9:07:55 AM UTC-4 MelissaP wrote:
First, I should say that I'm almost 100% technically illiterate, so I probably
shouldn't even be posting. I'm probably posting information you've already
thought of.
I also have a Comcast DVR. Anything I record on it is playable -- and
downloadable -- on my other devices, e.g., laptop, iPad, iPhone, etc. There
should be a way to capture the video on those devices, I would think.
Also -- as everyone knows -- I'm a member of a certain fandom. I used to read
(not so much any more since so much of local TV is now available to anyone
online) that if a fan had recorded a show, someone would eventually get to her
house and get it off the DVR. So, I know it's possible. I just don't know how
it's done since I've never captured anything unique. (My sister once got
something for me off her local PBS station, but that was years ago when people
had DVD recorders.)
Sorry if I wasted anyone's time by posting.
Oh, but I do have another TV-related story: On Wednesday morning, before
Comcast went out for the rest of the day, I noticed that the mute button on the
remote wasn't working. On Thursday, another button wasn't operating properly.
So, I decided to take a look at the batteries, which I had replaced not too
long ago. The batteries were covered in liquid -- one or both of them had
leaked. I cleaned out the "water" as best I could and put in new batteries,
but more buttons stopped working. Bottom line: Comcast is sending out a new
remote.
On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 5:35 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV
<[email protected]> wrote:
I have a technical issue that I'm hoping someone can help me with.
Long story short: we weren't receiving some stations on our Comcast/Xfinity
system, so the guy came out to fix it (as much as he could; apparently, there's
some issue with the box on the pole across the street). When he re-hooked up my
DVR, though, it wasn't working, and there are a number of things (such as my
TCM intro) that I don't want to lose. (I'm getting an "E1:26" error message,
which apparently means the box is about to fail, even though it was fine until
he unhooked it).
Is there any way to download the video on the DVR to an external hard drive--or
even another DVR--or am I just screwed? I've consulted my computer guy and a
friend who runs the video department at Stanford, but I'd rather do it myself
if possible.
Thanks in advance.
--Dave Sikula
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