Superbowl PVR to PC problem

dvr_woes · 5th April 2008, 19:12

I have a DCT 6412 (Shaw Canada) and can stream plenty of stuff to my PC through firewire. I then view it in HDTVtoMPEG and convert. However, when I transfer the latest superbowl I get a huge file (as expected) but it converts to nothing.

What is going on? Also, is it possible to take the file directly from the hard drive? Does Windows understand the hard drive format?

burfadel · 5th April 2008, 19:15

What version of HDTVtoMPEG are you using? there are some very old versions floating around on the web. Are you selecting the right stream when using it?

dvr_woes · 5th April 2008, 19:28

v1.11.89 ... I must have an old version because I don't have the option to select a stream. I just drag and drop my file into the ap and go from there. It works for all other captures except this one.

burfadel · 5th April 2008, 19:43

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~balazer/HDTVtoMPEG2/

Latest version v1.11.94 found there

By stream I mean the video and audioo PID. Say if you have a transport stream with 3 different embedded streams, you can select the stream you want to extract.

dvr_woes · 7th April 2008, 00:36

I tried the latest version and no improvement. There is only only 1 audio and video pid so I have no options.

Any suggestions?

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dvr_woes Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 7	Superbowl PVR to PC problem I have a DCT 6412 (Shaw Canada) and can stream plenty of stuff to my PC through firewire. I then view it in HDTVtoMPEG and convert. However, when I transfer the latest superbowl I get a huge file (as expected) but it converts to nothing. What is going on? Also, is it possible to take the file directly from the hard drive? Does Windows understand the hard drive format?

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burfadel Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,229	What version of HDTVtoMPEG are you using? there are some very old versions floating around on the web. Are you selecting the right stream when using it?

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dvr_woes Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 7	v1.11.89 ... I must have an old version because I don't have the option to select a stream. I just drag and drop my file into the ap and go from there. It works for all other captures except this one.

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burfadel Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,229	http://www-personal.umich.edu/~balazer/HDTVtoMPEG2/ Latest version v1.11.94 found there By stream I mean the video and audioo PID. Say if you have a transport stream with 3 different embedded streams, you can select the stream you want to extract.

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dvr_woes Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 7	I tried the latest version and no improvement. There is only only 1 audio and video pid so I have no options. Any suggestions?