External Hard Drive question

[btedford]

Using an external hard drive with my Dish VIP722, when I record/copy shows over to it, what format is it stored in?

Cause it would be nice to be able to plug the external Hard drive into a computer and either watch it on there or burn it to a DVD-R.

Anyone have an answer for me?

 

[garys]

It is a form of linix and is encoded and can only be played back through a Dish receiver, you cannot transfer the recording to a dvd burner and make a normal dvd.

 

[dmillion]

You can't play it back on the computer but you can use something like a Archos 705 160GB Wi-Fi that will let you take your recordings with you. The best price I have found has been at the nerds dot net web site.

 

[ccuser]

do your own search for format ext2 emulator for windows. I have not personally done it yet but some are confirming sucessful transfer of E HDD recordings.

before I say anything else... can anyone confirm weather we can talk about copying HDD content to PC in these forums.

 

[lakebum431]

Not to be talked about here...

 

[steve4810]

You can't play it back on the computer but you can use something like a Archos 705 160GB Wi-Fi that will let you take your recordings with you. The best price I have found has been at the nerds dot net web site.

But only SD. HD recordings won't move.

Do much SD recording these days?

 

[Agonizing Fury]

Not to be talked about here...

Why not? Device shifting your own personal use recordings should fall under fair use, and is most definitely not a copyright violation. At worst it's a DMCA violation.(Thanks for that one Bill, and people complain about Bush Jr railroading our rights!!) And I guess that would be enough huh Nevermind, I guess I answered my own question.