DVR to DVD question

[SupermanXx]

Hey guys just a quick question

I've got DVR thru Dish Network, and I've got a desktop PC with dvd burner

what do I need to transfer DVR to DVD?

thanks

 

[SupermanXx]

anyone?

 

[theebs]

You need to record the show/movie/event...

Then you need a capture device. Look around for capture cards, best buy, circuit city, frys etc. They all sell the same ones.

There are a number of them. Pinnacle, happague, avs....lots of options but they all do the same thing.

Then you need to plug in the dvr to the capture card, audio L-R and video either composite or s-video. There are no hd capture devices. there are hacked dvr's that allow you to transfer the file via usb....

After you plug it in, you use the cards software, whatever it comes with or if you have another Non Linear Editting program. You capture the recording to your hard drive. If you are just going to go to dvd, the fastest way is to capture with the mpeg codec and somewhere between 6000-8000 kbs.

Then you throw a blank in the tray and use whatever software you have to burn discs...bring in the recording in mpeg format, make a menu, set the links and burn it. It still takes some time because it needs to be rendered and compiled.

Its as easy as that.

here is a page of capture devices from frys.com
http://shop2.outpost.com/search;jsessionid=J7qv7tD+e-epDvRXPd3vOg**.node2?cat=-46702&pType=pDisplay

 

[Duane]

I ran into the same issue several years ago and ended up buying a stand alone Pioneer DVD recorder. I record from the DVR to the DVD recorder.

If I want to do something special with the footage or edit it I take the DVD to the computer to edit and burn that on the computer DVD.

 

[Danny White]

I ran into the same issue several years ago and ended up buying a stand alone Pioneer DVD recorder. I record from the DVR to the DVD recorder.

If I want to do something special with the footage or edit it I take the DVD to the computer to edit and burn that on the computer DVD.

Same here... I bought a fairly cheap DVD recorder a couple of years ago and use that for all my archiving off of my DVR.

 

[SupermanXx]

cool! thanks a lot for your help, guys

 

[Hotdog Neck]

I have the Dish Network 722 ViP DVR. It has the ability to record to external hdd's via usb. I wonder if those external hdd's can be plugged into a PC and burned to dvd from there... I will find out shortly and post a reply or edit this.

Edit: The answer appears to be No! Capture cards only. That blows for HD content... really not worth the effort for me, HD is just about all I DVR anymore.