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Transferring Recordings from PVR to External HDD
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<blockquote data-quote="Vipersan" data-source="post: 779506" data-attributes="member: 325666"><p>Hi Wolsty ...</p><p>As far as I know ...No dedicated pvr box made that doesn't have a proprietory format to the hard drive ...and they never allow porting out of digital content..</p><p>So no way to back up content other than to output in analogue through the scart ..and record content to another medium ..such as a disc recorder ..or via a video capture card to a pc ..</p><p>It _is_ possible however to bit clone the hard drive in its entirity to an image which can then be stored on a pc ...but of course ..is inaccessible in this format ...but can be written back to the same size and type of drive at a later date ..</p><p>ie ..can be backed up this way ..but not accessed and content played.</p><p>I use this method to produce clean backup ..blank hard drive images of PVRs ..so as to make repairs to customer units ..after the hard drive fails.</p><p>Some stbs have facility to replace a failed hard drive ..and reformat ...such as the old dual input sky white fronted pvrs..</p><p>Most do not ..such as the JVC range of terrestrial PVRs from the analogue days..</p><p>A preformatted 'prepared' drive for these pvrs would cost around £100 (trade) ...whereas a blank drive with a cloned sustituted image written to it ..would cost around £30 ...plus your time and know how ..</p><p>How do manufactures sleep at night ??</p><p>answer ..</p><p>Bloody well ...they have all your hard earned ..after all ..</p><p>cest la vie</p><p>VS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vipersan, post: 779506, member: 325666"] Hi Wolsty ... As far as I know ...No dedicated pvr box made that doesn't have a proprietory format to the hard drive ...and they never allow porting out of digital content.. So no way to back up content other than to output in analogue through the scart ..and record content to another medium ..such as a disc recorder ..or via a video capture card to a pc .. It _is_ possible however to bit clone the hard drive in its entirity to an image which can then be stored on a pc ...but of course ..is inaccessible in this format ...but can be written back to the same size and type of drive at a later date .. ie ..can be backed up this way ..but not accessed and content played. I use this method to produce clean backup ..blank hard drive images of PVRs ..so as to make repairs to customer units ..after the hard drive fails. Some stbs have facility to replace a failed hard drive ..and reformat ...such as the old dual input sky white fronted pvrs.. Most do not ..such as the JVC range of terrestrial PVRs from the analogue days.. A preformatted 'prepared' drive for these pvrs would cost around £100 (trade) ...whereas a blank drive with a cloned sustituted image written to it ..would cost around £30 ...plus your time and know how .. How do manufactures sleep at night ?? answer .. Bloody well ...they have all your hard earned ..after all .. cest la vie VS [/QUOTE]
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