Uploading recorded shows from the 722 to the Hopper

[reilly9999]

Hello everyone,
My Hopper and one Joey are going to be installed next Monday and I had a question about the recorded shows on the 722.
We have a EHD, but it is almost full, so I can't just dump everything from the 722. I'm curious if the recorded shows from the
722 can be downloaded to the Hopper before I give it to him?
Anyone with any experience with this?
Thanks,
Jack

 

[Chimera]

No, there is no connection possible from the 722 to the Hopper, EHD is your only option.

 

[johnathanromero]

I have tried direct USB to USB transfer from 722k to Hopper and it does not work, only option is to transfer your shows to an EHD and then upload them to the Hopper. Its an easy process, just takes about 24 hours to do.

 

[reilly9999]

That's interesting. The Hopper has two usb ports for external hard drives, it can't recognize the 722 as a storage device?

 

[Todd Nicholson]

Nope. EHD is the way to go.

-Todd

 

[navychop]

The word for the day is "encryption."

 

[garys]

You can't connect two 722's together either. This type of transfer was never part of the software.

 

[mdavej]

There have been reports of some protected content on EHDs not playing back on the Hopper, like recordings from channels you no longer subscribe to. So if that's the case, I recommend you go ahead and watch those or put them on DVD or on your PC. Otherwise you may lose them.

 

[reilly9999]

Thanks for your input guys, I'm moving shows from the 722 right now.
Jack

 

[smokey982]

Take my advice and watch the shows on the hopper from your EHD. I moved about 10 shows from my EHD to the hopper and only about half of them would play back. I'm getting an error 04 message and I've basically lost those recordings.

 

[TheKrell]

Good grief! Was there any characteristic in common to the ones that didn't transfer?

 

[reilly9999]

Take my advice and watch the shows on the hopper from your EHD. I moved about 10 shows from my EHD to the hopper and only about half of them would play back. I'm getting an error 04 message and I've basically lost those recordings.

Thanks for the heads up smokey982, good advice. I was going through my EHD recordings to purge and make some room. I ran across some movies recorded from EPIwhen it was free, I don't subscribe to them)
and checked play back on a couple of movies directly from the EHD and they played fine. I'll keep them there just in case.

 

[smokey982]

Good grief! Was there any characteristic in common to the ones that didn't transfer?

There was no rhyme or reason in why some played and others didn't. I had 3 different episodes of the same show and moved all 3 to the hopper. Two of them played fine and one didn't. If you search the forums for "error code:04", you'll find that it's a common issue. I just wish I had known before I moved those shows over.

 

[reilly9999]

There was no rhyme or reason in why some played and others didn't. I had 3 different episodes of the same show and moved all 3 to the hopper. Two of them played fine and one didn't. If you search the forums for "error code:04", you'll find that it's a common issue. I just wish I had known before I moved those shows over.

Well, that raises another question. These shows you transfered, were they from channels you subscribe to or, like in my case, recordings of movies from a channel you no longer subscribe to?
Thats what a couple of members have said they had problems with; shows from channels they no longer get.
Jack

 

[gdarwin]

We had a 722 and a 722K that I off loaded the programs to two EDH's. When the Hoppers arrived I transferred both of these EHD's to one Hopper. We have had no problems watching. Even decided to move some of the programs back to the EHD and can still watch them.

 

[smokey982]

Well, that raises another question. These shows you transfered, were they from channels you subscribe to or, like in my case, recordings of movies from a channel you no longer subscribe to?
Thats what a couple of members have said they had problems with; shows from channels they no longer get.
Jack

I subscribe to all of the channels. Most of them (but not all) were network shows (The Mentalist, Person of Interest). And again, I had 3 episodes of the same show from A&E. Two of them played and the other did not.

Now that I think of it. I had one show that I started and watched maybe a minute or so before I was interrupted by someone at the door. I stopped the playback and was going to finish the next day. But I got that #@€% error code 04 message. I have no idea how it seemed to work the first time but was corrupt the second time. I've tried resetting the receiver and nothing changes the error code once it happens.

 

[loubon]

I had that problem too as I outlined here: http://www.satelliteguys.us/hopper-zone/281722-ehd-issue.html

All programming was from channels I still have. Didn't get an error code and everything appears fine but they say I already watched them and I can't get it to play, forward or reverse. Direct from the EHD is fine.

 

[reilly9999]

Just did a search on "error code 04" in the Hopper section. I read the trials and tribulations of AnonDishUser trying to recover some lost recordings because he transfered them to the
Hopper from a EHD; nuff said, will watch all shows on EHD from EHD until Dish solves the problem.
Jack

 

[smokey982]

Well not so fast. I've just discovered another bug. I just tried to watch a show from my EHD for the first time and it wouldn't play either. Now it's giving me an error code 00. This may be a problem that's unique only to my hopper. I sent a message to a DIRT member to see if anyone else has reported this. I may just unplug my EHD for a while until this all gets resolved.

Edit: So I unplugged and unhooked the EHD from the hopper completely. Waited a while and plugged everything back in and that show plays fine now directly from the EHD. It must have needed a reset for some reason. But I'm still getting the error code 04 on the other shows that were moved to the hopper.

 

[loubon]

I find that when you first play from the EHD directly after it has been idle for awhile it will first error out. Wait a few seconds and then try again and it will be fine. I think (and someone on another thread said the same thing) that the EHD goes to "sleep" and the Hopper is too fast before it "wakes up".