NEED HELP..HOW TO GET SHOWS OFF MY DISH DVR 501

[JOEY1727]

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..

[loren]

Originally Posted by JOEY1727

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..

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

[JOEY1727]

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

[jie3]

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

[cooltvshows]

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.

[loren]

Originally Posted by cooltvshows

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

[RedWhine56]

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.