Recording from Motorola DCH6416 to a mac

Hi everyone, after a lot of effort I'm unable to resolve an issue. I have a Motorola DCH6416 and recorded and saved a few Hi Def shows on the hard drive. I've downloaded and installed Firewire SDK26 and within it is the AVCVideoCap appication. Using the AVCVideoCap while the PVR and my Mac Pro are connected via a firewire400 cable, I'm able to record Hi Def shows to the Mac Pro's hard drive. I'm only able to, however, record live programs while they are being broadcast. The main issue and trouble is that I can't transfer the pre-recorded shows from the PVR's hard drive on to the Mac. How does one do that? Any help on the issue anyone please?

I'm not certain, but it may be that HD content is protected and will only output to HDCP compliant devices. Does the box have a "save to VCR" feature? If so, it would probably down-scale the HD to 480i to the VCR. I wonder if that FW port on the Motorola is to expand the hard drive. Try saving a HD show on the Mac, then burn it to DVD, see what happens (a short show). Just some thoughts... again, not certain.
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