<< NEWBIE ALERT >> Sky Digital capture.... possible?

[JF Sebastian]

Hi all
I may be shortly in a position to get a new PC from my office for home use. I was thinking on using this opportunity to fine tune the beast for my own uses :D

I was wondering about capturing from Sky Digital into a PC - is this possible? The PC I was intrigued by was a Sony Vaio PC that features something called GigaPocket, which is apparently a suite of hardware and software specifically for capture and editing, as well as direct burn to DVD through a bundled drive.

Please could anyone advise whether this solution would capture from Sky Digital (not Sky + I might add) or what other hardware/software I would need to achieve this.

Any links to explanatory sites would be most welcome if replies here would take up too much space... as you can probable tell, I am a complete novice on this subject.

Thanks in advance

JF

[dar1us]

In the real world (no one say we are in the matrix.... please) you cannae' capture from Sky Digital, digitally. Instead, you have to nick the analogue output of your sky box and pump it in to the pc. (S-Video, Scart>Composite or RF (heaven forbid:))

As digital capturing is impossible unless you obtained a videoguard cam(heh!), a better place for this thread would be the capturing forum. It was quite active, slow period at the moment, but we will be able to give you better insight.

@MOD - move this if you feel it belongs better. It doesn't really concern DVB as that is impossible with sky (digital captures that is). If someone finds a way, PM ME NOW!


dar1us

[JF Sebastian]

Dar1us

Thanks for your reply. I'll rephrase somewhat and post in Capturing - I hope you and some of the others will help! :)

Mods feel free to delete. Sorry if mis-posted. :o

JF

[cofferscuffs]

its not impossible so dont mislead people. its just that the people who do know won't tell you. besides its not always worth the effort.

[kindred]

yeah the hard way is very expensive, and to be honest not as fun once you do it as you'd think (most channels are on DVB-T anyway) - but I hear some people have had success with the ndscam emu and a phoenix programmer, which basically acts as a cam and talks to the card.

that'll fail in the near future when the new cards replace the old ones of course (communication between card and reader is encrypted), and i haven't had any success myself with this method since the SkyStar2 DVB card I bought seems shite at powering the Sky branded LNB to tune into the vertical frequencies.

[cofferscuffs]

Originally posted by kindred
yeah the hard way is very expensive, and to be honest not as fun once you do it as you'd think (most channels are on DVB-T anyway) - but I hear some people have had success with the ndscam emu and a phoenix programmer, which basically acts as a cam and talks to the card.

that'll fail in the near future when the new cards replace the old ones of course (communication between card and reader is encrypted), and i haven't had any success myself with this method since the SkyStar2 DVB card I bought seems shite at powering the Sky branded LNB to tune into the vertical frequencies.

maybe its time for hardware mods? :>
/me gets out soldering iron

[easy2Bcheesy]

In the real world, I'd say the best way to capture from Sky Digital would be to get a DVD Recorder. Both the Philips and Panasonic offerings feature RGB input (Panasonic RGB input is PAL only). This offers a very good solution. Record your disc, take it to your PC, copy the files across and demux, DVD2AVI or whatever.

[rmatei]

Please, no need to use catchy thread titles like this. Just a friendly reminder from your local mod.