Can you copy recorded programs from sky box to usb

More: Sky box USB sockets. So, this is not an option. Here are the options:. You have to do this in real-time — i. The three RCA photo sockets, pictured below are: yellow composite video , white left audio and red right audio.

You connect these three sockets to equivalent sockets on the capture card, then use the supplied software to capture the video played in real-time from your Sky box. These are available from Maplin. Then transfer that file to a memory stick. Pro Cards will last a lot longer due to the SD Memory Controller and can undergo lengthy recoding sessions making them more reliable.

It records as. Is there a way of copying the hard disc of my DVD recorder to an external hard drive and sending him that?? Post is extortionate and this might save a few quid?! I then burn DVDs of shows to send to a friend who lives abroad.

Is there a way to burn the lot onto an external hard drive at one time and send him that instead of the DVDs? Panasonic dmr recorders have that function. Any advice would be appreciated. Following advice on the site I bought a Dazzle video capture box. It worked but the resolution was poor, doubtless due to the digital to analogue conversion in the Sky box and the conversion back again in the Dazzle box. Is this something I could do myself, without the need for a Sky Engineer?

By just transferring the Viewing Card from one to the other? Many thanks for your advice. Answered View answer in the context of this discussion. All the recording we were looking forward to watching. View this Answer within the discussion. Diskless mode means the harddrive has totally failed or is corrupted and requires a full system reset, either way your recordings are most likely lost.

You should be able to use your old sky box but depending on what model it is, it might no longer be supported by Sky with regards to software updates but all things being well it should still work. The recordings can not be transfered to it though. All you should need to do is to pair the box to the card which you can do a number of ways:.

Make sure your Sky viewing card is correctly inserted into the box. Thanks again Annie and caesarome.

Is there any mechanism to access the recordings on the faulty 2TB Box? And possibly copy them to an external Hard Disk? If, on the off-chance, the above is possible, one would then probably be in the scenario of how to actually view the copied items?? I am due to have a new sky box - I want to know how I can retrieve some of my recorded and saved programmes - maybe onto an independent hard drive?

Some documentaries probably won't be re-produced. Thank you. Clear this up for us , can i record sky planner programs to my hd recorder and keep them for my self or if not allow so can i put them on dvd with same recorder , will it work please advice. All recordings on a sky box are encrypted by SKYs proptietry software and can only be viewed via a sky box. The only way to transfer them is in real time.

I want to free up some space on my Sky HD box for new recordings. Is VCR a video cassette recorder? Los4words the Copy function allows you to copy content in real time to a recordable device such as a VCR or a DVD recorder or to a PC equipped with suitable video capture hardware. HDMI protocols mean you can only copy in standard definition. About Sky Community Offers.

My daughter has a heap of stuff on there - documentaries and educational stuff, otherwise I wouldn't care too much - which she'd be distraught to lose. I'm going over to Sky Q so I have 2 weeks Not at all sure about this as I use Windows. However try this as it seems to be what your looking for. It's part of the same company I mentioned. Thanks Laurie. Hi again. Have a look at this. Presumably that means it records. Hope this helps a bit more but Tuner part works well for me on Windows.

Sorry missed a bit. You can definitely record from the Sky box provided that you use the aerial RF output at the back. It then connects via a USB socket. It's not so easy from Sky Q as they no longer provide that output, but it can be done. Thanks again Laurie. Doubleday Novice Member. Smirky75 Novice Member. Hi - no settings needed on sky box Ok so you didnt set the resolution to i or anything like that on the elgato software?

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