I have a Satellite receiver that has a hard drive conected to to it. I have tried to get Windows to recognise the file that it makes, so that i can make a dvd of what i have recorded.
Unfortunately i have had no luck with this, so please does anyone know of any software that i can use to assist me in this matter.
Thankyou, Bobby.
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jchunter
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maddrummer3301
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tycapel7
Hi jchunter, thankyou for trying to help me on this one.
The receiver is a Manhattan plaza st 550. After making a recording onto the hard drive, i simply take it to the computer and try to read what is on it from the other hard drive on my computer. It does say that there is a media file on it, but does not recognise it as a windows file.
Widows explorer can not read the file, so i am unable to read the file extension. I did try and have Windows on the drive befor i conected it to the receiver, but it would not accept that at all.
Regards, Bobby.
The receiver is a Manhattan plaza st 550. After making a recording onto the hard drive, i simply take it to the computer and try to read what is on it from the other hard drive on my computer. It does say that there is a media file on it, but does not recognise it as a windows file.
Widows explorer can not read the file, so i am unable to read the file extension. I did try and have Windows on the drive befor i conected it to the receiver, but it would not accept that at all.
Regards, Bobby.
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jchunter
Bobby,
What is the "it" that you are taking to the PC and how are you connecting it to the PC?
I checked the web site and the Manhattan plaza st 550 lists only an S-video and rs232 connectors. There is a DVB Common interface, which, I think, is the cable connection.
They say the video files are Mpeg2 compliant. However, you need a digital interface (e.g., USB2, firewire), which I don't see listed anywhere.
You could capture video from the S-video interface, but that is quite different from accessing the Mpeg file themselves.
John
What is the "it" that you are taking to the PC and how are you connecting it to the PC?
I checked the web site and the Manhattan plaza st 550 lists only an S-video and rs232 connectors. There is a DVB Common interface, which, I think, is the cable connection.
They say the video files are Mpeg2 compliant. However, you need a digital interface (e.g., USB2, firewire), which I don't see listed anywhere.
You could capture video from the S-video interface, but that is quite different from accessing the Mpeg file themselves.
John
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maddrummer3301
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After you figure out how to read the harddisk and the video files
you will probably need the following program to convert the file(s) so you
can work with them
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video ... umento.cfm
http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=PVAStrumento
MD
you will probably need the following program to convert the file(s) so you
can work with them
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video ... umento.cfm
http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=PVAStrumento
MD
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tycapel7
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jchunter
Bobby,
If I were you, I would be looking toward Microsoft or Intel for help. There are format compatibility issues between the two drives as well as the operating system, long before you get to video format issues.
I wouldn't recommend drive swapping on the IDE bus as a good long term method of transferring video files. IIMHO, it is risky and full of potential problems.
You might have a better chance if you could get one step away and connect the drive through a USB2 interface...
John
If I were you, I would be looking toward Microsoft or Intel for help. There are format compatibility issues between the two drives as well as the operating system, long before you get to video format issues.
I wouldn't recommend drive swapping on the IDE bus as a good long term method of transferring video files. IIMHO, it is risky and full of potential problems.
You might have a better chance if you could get one step away and connect the drive through a USB2 interface...
John
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raymondbertoia
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Just hook up your camera to the sat receiver and play the scenes you want while recording into the camera. Then capture to your computer from the camera in the normal way. I've done it his way quite often with no probs.
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maddrummer3301
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Hi,
If you download that software and then goto the authors website there are
tips and other subject matter similiar to what you are doing.
I'm not sure if you can mount that file system under windows.
It's probably mac or linux based.
But, many people are trying to do what your trying to do. I know they use
that software to convert the stream to a dvd ps compatible stream.
The answer is somewhere's on the web.
The drive itself may be formatted differently. You can ruin the drive by
connecting it to a microsoft system or another computer system.
The majority of the dvb recorders.sat etc are running a linux based
system specifically written for that task.
I'm sure others on that website are doing similiar to what your trying to do.
If the drives formatted to the macintosh file system you can use the program
"MacDrive" to access it under windows (very good software) expecially
if you own an ipod.
But, I doubt if it's formatted as a HPFS, it's most likely ext3 or reiserfs..
Hope this helps,
MD
If you download that software and then goto the authors website there are
tips and other subject matter similiar to what you are doing.
I'm not sure if you can mount that file system under windows.
It's probably mac or linux based.
But, many people are trying to do what your trying to do. I know they use
that software to convert the stream to a dvd ps compatible stream.
The answer is somewhere's on the web.
The drive itself may be formatted differently. You can ruin the drive by
connecting it to a microsoft system or another computer system.
The majority of the dvb recorders.sat etc are running a linux based
system specifically written for that task.
I'm sure others on that website are doing similiar to what your trying to do.
If the drives formatted to the macintosh file system you can use the program
"MacDrive" to access it under windows (very good software) expecially
if you own an ipod.
But, I doubt if it's formatted as a HPFS, it's most likely ext3 or reiserfs..
Hope this helps,
MD