How to record via IEEE 1394 (Firewire) to Windows XP - Page 106

They're pretty good at email support.
I have been working with them thru email.
I have it recording and playing back.
Right now I need to disable services that hog disk/cpu, but it works.

Try emailing them with your problem.

P.S. They are at v3.02 (unreleased beta) right now.

1.1 right to 3.02 is crazy, where have all the interim releases been? The product has such potential on paper, but almost impossible to get to reliably function with the 1.1 version. I sure would like to get a copy of the beta.

Ove the last few days on every new Windows restart, I have been able to record as much as 5 seconds worth of 1080i stuff off a 8300HD DVR from what's stored.

I have Time Warner Passport 2.5.066 and Windows XP Pro Sp2

After the CAPDVHS captures the stream, it comes up with a Windows error popup with code that I cannot google for more info.

VLC stops after saving the stream on file without any error message.

Any of you with similar results?

Fellas, I need some help. I have a Comcast 3412 I in Connecticut.

I picked up a firewire cable and ran it into the back of my Windows XP system. I followed the guide and installed the drivers via command line. When I rebooted and plugged in the firewire cable It installed the AV/C Device and the AV/C Panel I think, something like that. It tried to install other stuff too but had no idea what that was, so I cancelled that out and removed the device so it wouldn't keep bugging me. I was left with two entries in my Windows XP hardware manager under IMAGING DEVICES:
Motorola AV/C Panel Device (DCT-3412), and Motorola Tuner AV/C Device (DCT-3412).

Problem is when I open up CAPVHS I have two capture devices listed. Motorola Tuner Device (unknown Video #1), and Motorola AV/C Panel Device.

IF I click RECORD on the Panel Device...I get an ERROR from the app saying it could not connect SampleGrabber.

IF I click RECORD on the Tuner Device it starts recording an mpeg......but it doesn't put any info at all in the DATA INFO area. When I stop it and go to play the file, there's nothing there.....some clicking perhaps.

I've tried a couple different digital channels.

Anyone have any ideas on whats going on? Any info would be appreciated...and yeah this is my first day trying this out so if its something obvious, I apologize in advance.

If you want to beta test it, just email them and ask what the latest beta version is. If you're serious about spending the time & effort to test it, I'm sure they'll let you test it.

So far so good. All my drives working well into the 1st hour.



Above capture of my 1080p 37w3 panel using 8300HD DVR as primary and 3250HD as secondary through a D-VHS firewire recorder.



Above with 3250HD through D-VHS and Component as primary and 8300HD through DVI as primary



D-VHS recorder connected to 3250HD and recording via firewire. Will know PQ after marathon....



3250HD on left and 8300HD DVR on right



Drives working hard with 8300HD


There you have it. The recorders working hard and hot in my office. People partying in living room watching another HDTV with 3250HD. Most kids still up and interested.....

Later....

Paul

Amazing!

Star Wars (4) can be recorded with 3250HD and D-VHS with D-theater chip.
Almost no artifacts in the playback of the first 5 minutes.
Have to record Empire now.

The PQ of the first 4 HD 1080i editions have been so so so GOOD!
The one that was weakest has been the Menace (1)

I'm having some trouble and need a little help. The firewire connection from a DCT6416 to PC (which once worked just fine, I may say) is no longer recognized by the PC. CapDVHS sees not Motorola device, Tuner AV is no longer an option in the Device Manager, and I'm stumped on how to reinstall it (and the drivers) after trying a few times. My only thoughts on how it could have happened are either 1. the 6416 reboot done by a TWC tech 4 days ago or 2. mapping a network disk from another PC.

I gladly welcome any direction

I have a question.

If I record a show to my HD from my DVR, then lets say delete it. Is it possible to transfer it back to the DVR and watch it?

Good question, but why not just watch it from the pc?

I could but that would require me to move the pc to the living room. I just have a long firewire cable I use to transfer so it is in another room.

Ahh, good reason!

No.

If you had a stand-alone TiVo, you could run video out (s-video, etc.) from your PC and tell the TiVo it was recording from a STB, but that's not firewire and it only works on TiVo because it has an analog input where almost all other DVR's do not.

evening all, I've recorded the star wars saga, but my DVR box is acting up, I would like to copy the DVR data to my HDD, how can I go about this (I only see 'how to record live feeds') I've got my box connected via 1394, drivers installed, programs downloaded for recording live feeds, but I would like to copy the dvr data. is this possible? Please let me know.

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but would it be possible to repair a stream at all once I get it on my PC via firewire?

I watched some of the six Star Wars HD movies and noticed several digital hiccups in the picture when playing it back from the box itself, in the first 5 mins of the movies. So I re-recorded and watched Return of the Jedi and about the last quarter of the movie had hiccups.

The chances are very high (99% or more hehe) that CINEMAX encrypted the shows which would make them non-transferrable to a PC. There are ways around it, none of which I'm particularly familiar with nor would I comment upon "live feeds or from recorded shows" unless you have a DVHS box.

ok, my tuners in MyTray are empty... does anyone know what it could be? I'm still just trying to figure out mce, and don't even know what an stb is yet, so this could be user error.
right now I have a 6416, and the tuner1 and tuner2 in MyTray are blank.
any ideas while I try to figure this out?

thanks!
-Josh

STB stands for Set Top Box.

can anyone tell me what firewire cable they are using? is it 6pin to 6pin or what? I started looking, and I believe it is, but wanted to double check before I ordered it. BTW, I'm using the Moto 6214 III.

Thanks,
Mark

No love for my connection issues via Firewire??

Headrusch, you don't have connection issues. Just use the one that Capdvhs accepts. See post #3141 for a screenshot showing how to eliminate the wrong one.

As to the useless files, you probably are trying on 'record once' shows. That's the CCI = 0x02 you can see in the diagnostics. You have to check to see which channels allow further copying. Using VLC to stream the 1394 out while changing channels with the STB remote is another way to do it.

HDC - canadian, eh!

You likely are out of luck unless you can get Shaw to hit you with a firmware update.

Marky, yup, 6 to 6 pin cable

Josh, you don't use a tuner to capture the file over firewire. The STB tuner already captured the file and you use Capdvhs to simulate a Panasonic tape deck.

So install Capdvhs and install the Timmoore firestb drivers. Then you use Capdvhs (not a MCE app) for the file transfer from STB to PC.

If you want to then play the files with MCE you put the .ts files in \
ecorded TV\\ and convert them to .dvr-ms format with tsconverter, a freeware program.

The DVR end is 6-pin, the other 4 or 6-pin, depending on your PC. Typically, a desktop PC with a built-in or firewire card is 6-pin, a laptop 4-pin. Look at your PC connection; if it's the same as the 6412, then it's 6-pin.

Ok, I'll take a look. I was trying to grab, I thought, INHD...which is probably protected. But I thought "Copy Once" meant as long as you weren't saving it to the DVR.....you could save it to the PC instead. (christ I hate being a noob)


Ok, quickly..how can I test this?


OHH!...yeah...how do I do this????

Sorry, any help you could provide would be great. I'll go check out that post.

Thanks grittree and epsilon. I figured it was 6 to 6, so I ordered it after my original post. After I get it, I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions for you guys.
Thanks again,
Mark

To stream with VLC, click file/open capture device. There should be some direct show gibberish in the top window (open). Click OK and you are watching the STB's 1394 output.

So can you capture that stream...? I assume this is how people are saving off their pay channels to their HD's and stuff....???

Firmware Update? Firmware update! Good God Maud....

Any other Canuks having any luck with this???

Please respond...

Also BTW I got a NEW laptop AGAIN... That's three in two and a half weeks...
Maybe the drivers will load this time!

Any response re: force feeding just the driver to the PC... ? (ref: post #3149) I think it stinks that just cuz we're Canadian that we wouldn't have the ability to record off the firewire.... this is injustice! Shaw be damned!!!

I'm SO not happy.

has anyone gotten the 8300HD to work?