Decrypt Directv Dvr Recordings Expire

DIRECTV records its encrypted program content directly to its DVRs. The content can only be decoded and played back from the actual hard drive and the actual DVR where it was originally recorded. If you were to connect your hard drive to a PC and copy the data (or mirror the drive), the programs would display a message along the lines of 'content not authorized' when you attempt to play them from the new drive. There is a solution that would allow you to copy your HD or standard definition programs to your PCs hard drive. You could then then watch the programs on your PC or burn them to DVD. HD programs can actually be burned in HD to inexpensive standard DVDs that will play back in HD on a BluRay player. If you don't have a BluRay player, you could burn DVDs for playback in a standard DVD player.

You can also create files from your DIRECTV DVR programs that will play back on your iPod, iPhone, XBox 360 or PlayStation 3. We offer this solution on my company's website. However, I am a new poster in the CNET Forum and am not certain if it is permissable to post additional company website information here. Can anyone provide more information on 'moving' content? I've got a HD21-700 which has bit the dust, apparently bad sectors mhdd and other tools can't fix the problems. From what you all are saying it sounds like the disk filesystem is one that would be reconized by windows? I find that odd, but with the latest boxes suppporting the file streaming maybe not.

I know the drive can be accessed, but there are enough problem where the drive will bail out of the dvr tests with error codes of 70 or 71 on the surface test. Once the drive errors out with these errors it's a whole new restart before being able to do anything else. Mhdd is currently working through a sector scan, but the remap attempts have been failing with ABRT errors, and I'm not yet sure how to get around these. (they're acutally hanging mhdd which isn't good.) I'd like to be able to get the drive up to be able to see what's on the system before sending it back (the replacement HR21-100 arrived yesterday and I need to get the old one back soon, ie before any software update) If I can get the system back I can burn DVDs of anything important, but at this point I can't do anything.

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Just wondering if it is at all possible to copy a recording on my DirecTV DVR to my PC? I appeared on a recording and I would like to save it, in HD.

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Right now I can't think of anyway to do it, other then copying it to my PC and saving it as an MPEG. Thanks, any help would be appreciated. You could clone the dvr hard drive to a backup eSata. Can pick one up very cheap. If you ever lost it on your DVR you could reboot the dvr from the eSata. Other than the previous suggestions, that is the only way I know of backing up D* media. This is a PCIe card for PC (maybe Mac?).

They offer analog to HDMI input cables, and IIRC, all copy protections are lost with analog inputs. This may be simpler, more future tolerant than something with its own HDD but I can not speak from any experience with it. Now you have a couple of options, but software capture of Directv2PC video is NOT one of them unfortunately!! Unless someone knows of an app that can capture Directv2PC video or can decrypt the Directv HDDs?? Good Luck, Let us know of your success!!

The problem with the Blackmagic card is it will not work when HDCP copy protection is required such as would be the case connected to a satellite or cable receiver. Per their technical specs: This card is designed to work with cameras that output via HDMI. As far as I know the only way to record DVR content in HD video is still the 1212.

The blackmagic has cabling for component input as well. The 1212 can NOT be the only device that can record HD content as it must get the HD content just like any other device, from some HD source be it HDMI or component (not matter the actual device). The 1212 may have component & HDMI inputs, but any restrictions would exist with it as much as the blackmagic or any other capture device! Would hollywood allow just 1 device able to do this and not none or many??

This is controlled by fed law and s/w & h/w agreements. There is NO copy protection via Component video inputs (assuming true HD analog is sent out when HDCP/copyright is present), HDMI is blocked for sure with no signal outputted. Also there is the AVerMedia AVerTV HD DVR pcie ($90) which has similar input capability, but I am not too clear as to the 'analog' copying capability, HDMI copy is low res 320x240 but the s/w users guide mentions higher resolutions for avi use, no hands on experience though! A user mentions copying HD from a DTV HD receiver at 720p (choppy on his PC at 1080i so he switched-Newegg) but.