Copying shows from DVR

Is it possible to copy a series of documentaries that I saved on my DVR to a PC or a large capacity USB drive? I am a college professor that would love to show the PBS series on the "The Emperor of all Maladies" a Ken Burns documentary.

You can play the shows in real time to a recorder that can take the output of the ST.
Either a DVD reocrder or if you have a video capture card on a PC.
So if you have 8 hours of shows, it will take 8 hours to record them.
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Recording tv shows from dvr to my pc

I have a brighthouse DVR and want to record some of the show's from it,I have a HP 9500y pc equiped with burnning/labaling abilty but no idea how to hook them together,or if it's even possible. any info would be great thanks

Couple of things to keep in mind here.
1) Your PC does not have a BlueRay drive. DVD native resolution is NTSC, ie: low def, not high def. While
software exists to convert you lose resolution and the show is going to look terrible.
2) Your brighthouse DVR I suspect is the one supplied by your cable TV provider, brighthouse?
If that is the case then almost certainly it is not going to have any way for the typical consumer to
make archival copies of TV shows because they want you to fill up your DVR so you have to delete
your old TV shows and get more from them (and continue to pay them, of course)
If you really want to record TV shows off brighthouse cable then this is what your going to have to do:
1) Scrap your DVR
2) Buy a PC that has Windows 7 on it.
3) Buy a TV tuner card (There's an inexpensive USB one for about $50 that works great)
4) If you subscribe to premium cable (ie: encrypted TV) then you will have to buy a
TV tuner card for the PC that has the slot in it for the cable-company supplied decryption
card. Once you get it working with unencrypted cable you call the cable company to
come out and plug in the decryption card.
5) Download a number of free conversion and video editing programs. Project X is one of
the best free ones out there.
6) Record your TV show then convert it from the .ts file to a AVI file using a codec of your
choice. Popular ones are MPEG4, DiVX, etc. This will not only shrink it down but it
will put it in a format that allows you to edit it to crop out the commercials.
7) Buy more hard drives. You will quickly find it much cheaper to create a library of
external USB hard drives (1-2 terabyte jobs) then to try to burn shows to optical media.
Have you priced blank bluray media lately? Not to mention the burners.
You need Win 7 because earlier versions of windows do not allow TV tuners to decode the
Cable TV standard off the cable line (at least, not for the cheap tuner cards, the expensive
ones contain software that will do it)
Keep in mind I do not have brighthouse, I looked at their website but I decided not to
waste a lot of time on it since it's not clear what exactly kind of content provider they are.
If they are not a cable provider but instead your getting stuff over the Internet from them
to your DVR, then a TV tuner card isn't going to do much good of course. If that is the
case then short of taking apart the DVR and taking the hard disk out and sticking it
in a PC to get the raw files off the DVR, your pretty much screwed.

Transferring shows from DVR to DVR

I just got FiosTv and the box we received doesn't work. However, it worked long enough for me to program it to tape all of my shows for a week, and it appears to have taped all of them. But now we have to get a new box and I will lose all of my shows if I can't transfer them.
Does anyone know how to transfer recorded programs from one VZ Fios DVR box to another?

My box does the same thing if I unplug it (once every two or three months). When it turns on it makes one click then powers off. I figured out what I have to do when I plug the power cord back in is to press the power button as soon as it powers off. I may have to do this two times. This seems to make the box "come alive" and boot up. I know that I have a bad box but this is something that I can live with as it has no other issues.
Message Edited by MikeT on 02-23-2009 07:57 AM

How do I get shows from my DVR onto my computer?

Wasn't sure where to post this, but I have an iMac 27" with Final Cut Express, and I want to know what I need to upload shows from my DVR to my computer.

First you need an available video & audio out from your DVR. What does it have? Composite, S-video, Component, HDMI ?
Second, you will need a conversion device depending on the kind of a/v out your DVR has.
Third, what do you intend to do with the video once it's on your iMac? Just watch it, or do editing, burn DVDs, etc?
Also understand that your cable vendor may have Terms of Use that disallow this kind of DVR usage; and there could be encryption that blocks such copying anyway. Better check first.

Download shows from AT&T Uverse dvr?

Recently dropped Tivo and switched to AT&T U-verse. Does anyone know if (as with Tivo) there are utilities that enable you to download shows from the U-verse dvr to a Mac?

doubtful, first of all your probably limited to at&t's media share on the set top box, and that requires Upnp and DNLA and those features are not available on a time capsule.. time capsule only supports nat-pmp and not upnp
for uverse and wanting to play shows either from it or off of it your only hope is a Network Attached Storage device
or a windows machine with windows media center. there are some posts that say twonky can play some music files and photos on a set top box but thats about it
the set top box is a windows ce device, so of couse they want you to use it with other windows devices
the whole setop box dvr industry is geared towards preventing you from taking the shows off their hard disk and putting them on your hard disk, except for maybe TIVO , they let you store stuff or play stuff on a tivo certified N.A.S. and i dont think tivo is available for uverse. i wonder if there are any yahoo forums that are dedicated to physically removing the hard drive out of the Uverse DVR and copying files off of it

How can I copy pictures from my computer to my SX50 so I can show them from the camera?

How can I copy pictures from my computer to my SX50 so I can show them from the camera?

I know this is an older thread, but FWIW you should be able to open up My Computer in Windows, locate your memory card there, then either drag and drop and/or copy and paste images from your computer's hard drive onto the memory card.

I just tried to copy text from power point to a word document. Since then the word document is frozen an shows no reaction. Also can not restart word. Can anyone help me to unfreeze or recover the word document?

I just tried to copy text from power point to a word document. Since then the word document is frozen an shows no reaction. Also can not restart word. Can anyone help me to unfreeze or recover the word document?

If the PDF page content is an image (for text that'd by the image that any scanner provides) then it is an image that exports to Word.
Regardless, Adobe Reader cannot export PDF page content, cannot create PDF and cannot manipulate PDF page content.
Adobe Reader is a PDF viewer only.
Perhaps you have a subscription to one of Adobe's online subscription services.
(ExportPDF, PDF Pack, etc.)
Each of the online subscription services have their own dedicated user-2-user forums.
Easy find as there here in Adobe's Forums. Hmmm, just dumping somewhere means ... Ah well, won't go there. Miss Manners would not approve eh.
Resources for getting into a dialog with Adobe:
(other than the user-2-user forums)
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To contact support for acrobat.com subscription services:
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Other links to support:
http://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html
http://helpx.adobe.com/support.html
contact Adobe Customer Care on Twitter @AdobeCare.
Phone support (for a fee - have credit card ready)
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Tv shows from itunes store not copying to ipod

i bought tv shows from the itunes store a while back, they have been on my 5th gen. ipod (30gig) since. i updated my ipod yesterday, went to use it and found that about 4 of 5 of them were missing. i tried to manually copy them to th ipod, but itunes wouldnt let me. i am running itunes 7 & have the second to latest ipod software. if anyone has a similar problem or can solve my issue please let me know immediately.

ok, so i figured this out... when i connect my ipod and go to the "tv shows tab" i had the option to sync only the "unwatched episodes" checked. so the shows that i watched on my computer would not download to my iPod. If you select "all" instead of "unwatched" then all of the tv shows regardless if you have watched them or not, will begin to download... Thanks for the help everybody

How to copy slide show from adobe photoshop 10 to sd card

How to copy slide show from adobe photoshop elements 10 onto sd card for picture frame

Do you mean a digital photo frame? If so You probably need jpeg files, PSE only outputs the slideshow as a wmv or PDF file. But you can use File >> Export As New
Then make some copy jpegs and copy or drag them to the SD card.

How do I move purchased tv show from one computer to another - same acct.

I have multiple computers that are all authorized to use the same iTunes Store account. I purchased a season pass to a TV show and when new episodes become available, my daughter's computer is first to download. I would like to also play those episodes on other authorized computers in the house. How do I go about this? I tried to move the show from my daughter's computer to my iPad and then move from my iPad up to my computer but it will not let me do that. Tips are apreciated.

Copy them to dvd, flash drive, external drive,etc.
What was the problem with the ipad?
Sync it to ipad, then without syncing, connect the ipad and click File>Transfer Purchases

I cant copy/paste from an article to my web site, get a Mozilla Rich Text Editing demo page will not work.HELP

Tried to copy/paste from an article to my web site and got a "cannot copy /paste " warning and was directed to a security perferences site that said that Mozilla Rich Text Editing demo page will not work.
Tried to find my Firefox profile directory using the start menu and was directed to hit enter to go to web. Feel like i am getting run around.

Let's start with something very basic, and that is, you do not need to use the paste button on most websites. The button just reads what is on your clipboard and sticks it into the form. You can do that yourself using Ctrl+v or right-click>Paste.
For your security, I suggest using those standard Windows keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+x cut, Ctrl+c copy, Ctrl+v paste) or the context menu.
Occasionally you will find a paste button that runs a clean-up script or otherwise does something useful. That is where the (admittedly a bit complicated) instructions come in handy.
To open your active profile folder, you can use:
Help > Troubleshooting Information > "Show Folder" button
Which help article are you using for the modifications?
Finally, please be cautious in opening up your clipboard to sites. You may have stuff you copied from other pages or other programs that you do not want to share with most sites.

Can I delete a TV show from itunes using apple tv?

I've been using EyeTV to export TV shows to iTunes so that I can watch those shows on my Apple TV 2. It works great, but when I'm done watching a show on my Apple TV 2, I'd like to delete the show from my iTunes library. As far as I know, I have to actually go to my mac and delete the show in the iTunes program to remove it. I'd like to be able to delete that show from my iTunes library using either Apple TV or my iPhone. Is there a way to do that? Similar to how you can delete a show from your Tivo or other DVR just using your remote.
(Trying to improve the ease of using the eyetv --> itunes --> apple TV combo to replace our Dish Network DVR.)

dgalvan123 wrote:
Is there a way to do that?
no.

PSE12 Organizer - can you copy photo from one folder to another and import copy into Organizer and still have original in other folder

I have been using folders to organize all my pictures and I will copy photos from folder to folder, often having them in 2 or 3 folders based on use. I tried to copy a photo in Organizer PSE12 from one folder to another and you can only move it, that means I can only have one copy of the photo. That is fine if I am using tags and want to search for it, but I want to have mult copies in mult folders. Organizer will recognize that it is there but it won't import it into the new folder. Until I move it, it stays in the original folder. I can drag it out of Organizer and drop (copy) it into a new folder fine, but it won't show in organizer in the new folder. Is there any way to copy and have multiple copies show up in multiple folders?

Hi,
The organizer works on the principle of not having multiple copies of the same photo.
If you have multiple copies spread in different folders, then making changes to one doesn't affect the others. The use of tags and albums are there to give different views of your photos.
You can't have multiple copies with exactly the same name even if they are in different folders. You could select a photo and duplicate it (File -> Duplicate) and then move the copy into a different folder but the name will be different.
If you want different folders for a specific reason, it is possible to use albums to collect the group of photos and then export them to a new folder outside of the organizer. You can also rename on export which is useful if you want to arrange the photos in a specific order.
Hope that helps a bit.
Brian

Everytime I copy pages from one ID CS3 doc to another, it re-applies the master page objects!!

Please Help,
This is a topic I would really like to get to the bottom of.
We have InDesign CS3 templates for creating our reports.
These templates contain around 10 different master pages with grey placeholder image boxes and text boxes with dummy text.
When we copy pages from one ID document to another, all the master page objects that were originally assigned to the pages are re-applied!!
Resulting in lots of grey dummy boxes and text boxes re-appearing on top of the page items!!
It's so annoying because we always customise the pages once we've pulled down master pages to work on, so when we copy pages across to other documents we have to apply the blank master to be able to kick out all the master objects easily. Then we need to add the page numbers and footers back onto the blank master page.
My question is, is there a way to switch this off, so when I move or copy pages from one document to another, nothing happens relating to master page objects, the pages simply just copy across as they are?
Please help! If not I may have to ask an external developer to write a script to fix this, it drives 900 of us crazy!
thanks in advance for any help.
Or am I just being ridiculous and not actually realising you can switch this off, doh!
G

Just a bit of further clarification on this issue (very few people really understand what's going on with master pages and overridden master page items):
When you override a master page item, the object is moved to a local page, but a connection is maintained with the original master page item. This a) allows for the override to be removed (and return the object to its original state). This also, b) allows for changes made to the original master page item (other than the changes made to the local item from the point that it was overridden) to effect the local item as well.
When the connection to the master page item cannot be maintained, the local item gets disconnected totally from the master page, and becomes a regular, run-of-the-mill page item.
In light of this, there's three ways you can end up with duplicate master items:
Reapplying a master page (or applying a new one). When you reapply a master, all overridden master page items get detached from the master, and the original mster page item appears again in its original state. Most of the time this produces unwanted duplication of objects. To fix up your page, you have two options: a) Delete the master page item, and b) copying the contents of the original to the new master page item. The disadvantage of "a" is that you end up with an item which is totally detached from the master, and changing the item on the master will have no effect on the local item. The disadavantage of "b" is that it's a lot of work...
Moving a page to a different document. When you move a page to a different document which has the same master as the one originally applied, the master in the new doc is applied, and the effects are identical to reapplying a master page (i.e. overridden objects are detached). If the applied master (i.e. a master with the same name) does not exist in the new doc, the master is transferred over to the new doc along with the page, and the connections to the master page are preserved (well, re-created actually...). The workarounds in case #1 apply here as well.
When page sides change in a document, the objects on the facing page appears.
What happens here is a bit confusing, but here's an approximate explanation:
When you apply a master to a page or spread in InDesign, what you are actually doing is applying an entire spread to an individual page. You can thing of a master spread as an overlay (or more precisely: underlay) on the page with a window cut out to the exact page dimensions.
When the page side changes that "window cut-out" shifts to show the master spread items which correspond to the position within the spread of your current page (i.e. recto or verso). All objects which exist outside the window shift out of view (but still exist!).
When an object is overridden, the position of the object is defined by its location on the local page, NOT its position on the master spread. When the page then changes sides, the object remains where it was on the page (even though the object it's connected to on the master spread moves out of the window of view). A corresponding object on the facing page of the master (if it exists) will then show in addition to the overridden one.
Now remember: contrary to the first two cases, both objects are based on master ones: one visible one and one invisible one.
Dealing with this third case requires much more care than the first two.
The obvious way to deal with this would be similar to the first two, but if you remove the local object and transfer the content to the new maste object, the invisible master object on the non-visible page was actually removed, so when the page sides change again, the object will now be connected to the now-invisible master page item, and the correct master page item will be gone!
The "correct" way to deal with this would be to transfer the content to the new master page item and remove overrides (not delete!) on the local item (which will make it disappear, because it moves back to the invisible page). Of course, when page sides change again, it becomes necessary to repeat the entire process.
If the local object gets deleted, then your master spread is missing objects with no visible indicator of the fact. This can lead to confusion when the document might be edited at some later point in time.
I believe that this complicated and un-intuitive behavior of master pages is part of the reason people tend to avoid using master page items. Documents tend to get messed up in really odd ways... It's a real shame, because extensive use of master page items has a lot of potential for streamlining workflows and saving an awful lot of time. This behavior really puts a damper on really using master pages as templates.
Getting master page items to work the way they "should" was a big part of what I was trying to accomplish with AutoFlow Pro... When the master page items are defined as such (i.e. given a unique name), AutoFlow Pro solves all three of the above issues by keeping overridden master page items connected to the master page items on the currently applied master (and when a new master is applied as well!).
(When I have a bit of spare time, I think I'll write this up on my blog with some visuals to make this easier to grasp...)
Harbs

How do I move Elements 8 projects (slide shows) from a Windows XP computer to new Windows 7 computer that also has Elements 8 on it so that the slides shows will work (Elements 8 works well on the Windows 7 computer & I have done several new slide show pr

How do I move Elements 8 projects (slide shows) from a Windows XP computer to new Windows 7 computer that also has Elements 8 on it so that the slides shows will work (Elements 8 works well on the Windows 7 computer & I have done several new slide show projects on it)? I tried backup & restore without success. I have also found the .psess files and copied them to the catalog in the new computer but when the sides shows are opened none of the images or music is there. Only the text that I entered shows. I have even tried to replicate the file paths from the XP computer to the new computer to see if that will help.

UPDATE: By a stroke of luck I happened to find a catalog link (a PSE8D file) in the 'My Catalog' file where the imported data was stored. When I clicked on it to investigate what is was 'magically' all of my transferred projects appeared in Organizer. Upon further investigation I found that the projects transferred from my XP computer were stored in a hidden catalog that had to be accessed through the Custom Location option in Catalog Manager (accessed by clicking File then Catalog then Custom Location). No Windows or Elements search revealed this fact. I am appreciative that I just got lucky. The Adode/Photoshop company was absolutely of no help. If fact to me their structure is designed to avoid contact with their customers unless you're buying a new product. Their products have many good features (even though user unfriendly) and it's a shame they don't value their customers more once the sale is completed.
Bottom line: All of the projects (sideshows) have been recovered and work in my new Windows 7 computer. I hope my experience helps others.

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