I GOT A DISH 501 DVD.I WANT TO KNOW THE EASY WAY TO GET THEM OFF TO MY COMPUTER..ANY HELP.HOW TO GUDIES,OR ANY THING WILL HELP ME..:confused:

I GOT A DISH 501 DVD.I WANT TO KNOW THE EASY WAY TO GET THEM OFF TO MY COMPUTER..ANY HELP.HOW TO GUDIES,OR ANY THING WILL HELP ME..:confused:


there is actualy a bunch of net hackers that made a program that allows you to remove the hard drive, and slip it into an external case, and with a program , run it into your computer at a very swift rate

i dont remember the program name

but i know of people who have used it, and it did function

the same group also can , with software, drop a big hard drive into that dish net receiver, in pace of the little one they come with

i have direct dvrs, and i have both of the units fitted with 200 gig drives

if you look for sales, a 200 gig is quite cheap

im going to upgrade it,,i have one with a 120.. but it dont work so i think i might put it in or i got a brand new 250 and a 180 both still in box,,got to find out how hard iit will be

I couldn't make much sense of this, but you might have more luck http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=5022 :crazy:

All those hacking and phracking and phreaking boards make my head spin, with their acronyms and CAMs and TSOPS and JTAGs and who knows what-all. It's all too much for me. These guys talk like nuclear physicists designing a particle accelerator.

How about a simpler approach -- buy a DVD recorder? Hook it up to the output of your DVR. Press PLAY on your DVR and RECORD on your DVD recorder. Problem solved.

All those hacking and phracking and phreaking boards make my head spin, with their acronyms and CAMs and TSOPS and JTAGs and who knows what-all. It's all too much for me. These guys talk like nuclear physicists designing a particle accelerator.

How about a simpler approach -- buy a DVD recorder? Hook it up to the output of your DVR. Press PLAY on your DVR and RECORD on your DVD recorder. Problem solved.

thats how i get things off my direct dvr

i use a t splitter for the s video,and the tos link cable for the audio

quite simple

people just love that jargon on some --help--web sites

You should do a Google search using the make & model number & some appropriate key words/phrases like 'transfer to pc' or something. I found a couple of sites devoted to Tivo hacking this way! What I do with my Tivo box is transfer from the Tivo box to my PC using a wireless home network. I let the transfers run overnight. Unless you play from your Dish box & record on a DVD recorder, you may also need to have a program that converts from the file type on your hard drive to a more common file type. IE, Tivo files are stored as .tivo files which are proprietary file types that are a subset of MPG files. VideoRedo allows you to convert from .tivo files (NOT recognized by any/most editing/authoring programs) to .mpg files which are recognized by many editing/authoring programs. (I don't know if or how well simply changing the file extension works, since I already had Videoredo & so have always used it to convert them.)

I occasionally do play from the Tivo box & record on a DVD recorder, but it's a PITA, if you ask me, having to set timers to stop the recording & start another one, etc. (At least that's how I have to do it with my Tivo box, if I want to have a menu option for each show.)

Videohelp.com is one good place to start. Doom9 (I think that's correct) & afterdawn.com are great, too.