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nwflyboy

Last reply Jan 2, 2012 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Is it possible to trim a recording?

New Dish customer here. After a few weeks of recording oodles of programs (most in fat HD), that giant hard drive is not looking quite so endless. I'll get more disciplined soon, but I had a question about the recordings I've been collecting...

Every program has anywhere from a minute to several minutes of cruft before and after the actual program I wanted: the last minute or two of the program that preceded the one I wanted, and a few minutes after it's over, commercials, etc. I understand the need for this slop/overlap (lack of precision timing), but once I have the recording, I'd like to go in and edit it, trimming everything off that comes before and after the actual program.

On my old hard drive DVR, I could easily edit programs like this (splitting them at a designated point). I have not found a way to do this on the 722 DVR/receiver.

Granted, this will not empty my hard drive, but I figure every little bit of junk I can get rid of is good, and it also makes watching the recorded programs "neater".

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks!

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nwflyboy

Dec 27, 2011

Docking station? Hmm. That sounds intriguing. Anything specific to look for for that? Got a link?

LouF@DISH Network

Dec 27, 2011

I have Seagate Freeagent both at 7200 rpm and 5900 RPM that have been working well on the 722k and the 922. and I have WD 1 and 2TB that I have tested for a couple of months without failure. I also run powered USB hub and have tested my Seagates 1 and 2 TB and the WD drives. I hope to test multiple drives on the HUB soon. The WD drives are in $20 USB external cases with a quick release. I may also try that Seagate dual drive Goflex dock, after the first of the year. Seagate and Hitachi have both started selling a 4TB 7200 rpm hard drive at $379, but we only certify 2TB at this time.

parp

Dec 28, 2011

Are we going to see multiple EHD support on the 722K?

LouF@DISH Network said:
I have Seagate Freeagent both at 7200 rpm and 5900 RPM that have been working well on the 722k and the 922. and I have WD 1 and 2TB that I have tested for a couple of months without failure. I also run powered USB hub and have tested my Seagates 1 and 2 TB and the WD drives. I hope to test multiple drives on the HUB soon. The WD drives are in $20 USB external cases with a quick release. I may also try that Seagate dual drive Goflex dock, after the first of the year. Seagate and Hitachi have both started selling a 4TB 7200 rpm hard drive at $379, but we only certify 2TB at this time.

ZachS@DISH

Dec 28, 2011

parp said:
Are we going to see multiple EHD support on the 722K?

Currently we do not have any information about that but I will pass that suggestion along. If we hear anything we will also let everyone know.

whatchel1

Dec 28, 2011

nwflyboy said:
Docking station? Hmm. That sounds intriguing. Anything specific to look for for that? Got a link?

hard drive docking station | eBay

Jimmerinwi

Dec 29, 2011

One thing that I don't think was mentioned was the hard drive has to have an external power source. The Dish receiver doesn't have enough power to run a HD through USB.

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nwflyboy

Jan 1, 2012

Thanks for the pointers. I'm now looking at buying an EHD - or more likely a drive docking station plus raw drive - probably this coming week. Some questions on what to look for in that/those...

Doing a quick search on Newegg for these, they're certainly inexpensive, and there are plenty to choose from. I assume I need one with an AC power supply (per above). How about a fan? Most don't seem to have fans but a few do - is that worthwhile? Anything else specific I should look for in a docking station for this use? I assume it needs a USB II connector (many units are now USB III).

For the drive itself, I think I'm reading that any drive up to 2 TB should work fine - beyond that, it might work but Dish doesn't promise it will. 7200 RMP needed, or is 5400 adequate? And I assume the drive connector just needs to match the dock's (i.e. SATA I/II), which should be pretty easy. Any other things to look for here?

Thanks for the recommendations/tips!

KKlare

Jan 2, 2012

I saw the dock (USB+ESATA+Firewire?) for $10 after rebate. I'm would still be waiting on my rebate from a more costly/same? one if I had not paid $2 to expedite it. The drives are a lot more expensive now--it was below $40/TB.

USB 3 works as USB 2, so no worry from what I read.

5400 RPM (rev/min) seem to work and usually give a little less heat. 7200 RPM would give better access speed, the transfer rate could improve too.

The interface connectors for 2.5 and 3.5 drives are the same. Wait on going above 2TB. I find a 2TB Fantom is rather slower and with Dish they have inadequate buffer for the directory, so that each time you go back to the list, it slowly reloads--it's a lot of files/programs.

-Ken

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EarDemon

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If it wasn't for what I want, I wouldn't need any of this.

Do I need a collection of handheld radios, scanners and speed enforcement countermeasures? Nope, but I want them. Very little, if any of the software used to interface with these devices is available on Linux.

WhiteBeard

Oct 13, 2026

EarDemon said:
If it wasn't for what I want, I wouldn't need any of this.

Do I need a collection of handheld radios, scanners and speed enforcement countermeasures? Nope, but I want them. Very little, if any of the software used to interface with these devices is available on Linux.

To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.

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EarDemon

Oct 14, 2026

WhiteBeard said:
To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.

For niche use cases, yes I agree. Kali for ethical hacking and security testing, and running a Cacti server for network monitoring are the two things I have experience in. Plus thousands and thousands of other things, but for every day use I just can't see it. The owner of the GMRS repeater that I pay to access is changing the Tx DPL tones tomorrow, while Chirp is available on Linux, the software to program my MXT500 is not.

I run Fedora and Ubuntu in VMWare, honestly I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows. The cartoonish dock at the bottom of the screen reminds me of Apple products.

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EarDemon said:
I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows.

What is so fantabulous about the Windows UI? By many accounts, it has been going downhill since Windows 7.

There are Linux desktops that offer Windows or Mac UIs, yet you don't hear much chatter about them outside of questions about when the creators might get sued.

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EarDemon

Oct 15, 2026

harshness said:
What is so fantabulous about the Windows UI?

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EarDemon

Oct 15, 2026

I could probably use that as a starting point, but I don't like the full size icons. If you have to click on each folder that's also a no-go for me, it has to be cascading.

I used to have Peppermint Linux in a VM, that was about as close as I could get to recreating a Windows NT4.0 style of menu structure, but I could never get it to scale properly in VMWare on a 4K display and eventually gave up.

Whatever the boot up time it's fine with me. The longest part of my bootup is the HP SureStart BIOS integrity check. Once that is done, it's only a few more seconds. I haven't done this reg tweak yet since the reformat, but I switched the bootup animation to the Windows 10 style spinning circle of dots, and it's two and a half rotations. I can live with that.

harshness

Oct 16, 2026

EarDemon said:
Because it's what I prefer.

I hope you don't believe that makes it wonderful (especially when you're using workarounds for Microsoft's malfeasance).

I use LibreOffice as opposed to Microsoft office (even in Windows) because it's UI is like the Office of old, so I'm putting my money where my mouth is (in a manner of speaking). The ribbon was one of the worst ideas to come out Redmond.

HipKat

Oct 16, 2026

EarDemon said:
I could probably use that as a starting point, but I don't like the full size icons. If you have to click on each folder that's also a no-go for me, it has to be cascading.

I used to have Peppermint Linux in a VM, that was about as close as I could get to recreating a Windows NT4.0 style of menu structure, but I could never get it to scale properly in VMWare on a 4K display and eventually gave up.

Whatever the boot up time it's fine with me. The longest part of my bootup is the HP SureStart BIOS integrity check. Once that is done, it's only a few more seconds. I haven't done this reg tweak yet since the reformat, but I switched the bootup animation to the Windows 10 style spinning circle of dots, and it's two and a half rotations. I can live with that.

I used to pin the C: drive to the Win Taskbar and it would open in cascading style

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