XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11
From: daniel47@eternal-september.org
On 17/02/2025 3:33 am, Rick wrote:
> On 2/16/2025 11:21 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>> Herbert Kleebauer wrote:
>>> On 16.02.2025 14:39, Daniel70 wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've got a PVR who's HD is getting pretty full (90%+) with programs
>>>> I'll
>>>> want to watch some day ... so I was thinking about coping some of the
>>>> 'Keeper' programs onto DVD which meant buying a spool of DVD's.... but
>>>
>>> A 4 TByte 2.5" USB Disk costs about 100? (10 Cent for 4 GByte)
>>> A 256 GByte USB flash drive costs about 15? (25 Cent for 4 GByte)
>>> A DVD-R costs about 25 Cent (25 Cent for 4
GByte)
>>>
>>> So a DVD-R is by far the worst choice.
>>
>> That's all very nice, but the PVR will probably only be able to copy
>> to DVD, but not to an external USB HDD or USB memory stick, etc..
>>
>> Daniel will correct me, if that's incorrect for his PVR, but that's
>> the way it is/was for my (Sonly) PVR. Copy-protection, digital rights
>> management, copyright, author's rights and all that jazz. Yes, silly,
>> but, at least in my case, fact.
>
> I had a similar issue when I was getting rid of DirecTV. I had a few
> "key" programs recorded that I wanted to salvage, so I used a Hauppauge
> unit to essentially play the DVR recording and while it played, it
> transferred the program via cable to my computer in either .mkv or .mp4
> format (can't remember which). The quality was excellent, but the only
> downside is having to "play" the video on the DVR as it transferred
> which means it takes two hours to transfer a two-hour program.
.... but, Rick, doing it that way, could you pause (assuming you were
actually watching at the time of transfer) the recording whilst any
Commercials were playing??
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Daniel70
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