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Gear / Technical Help => Playback Forum => Home Theatre & HDTV => Topic started by: Krispy D on September 15, 2008, 10:03:49 AM
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I have a Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300 DVR issued by Comcast. I use it mostly for my daughters favorite shows and a few shows my wife and I like to watch. I want to pull data off it and back it up to DVD to free Hard Drive space on the DVR. Is this possible. It seems every time I ask someone I get a different answer. I googled it but couldn't sift through all the sites to come up with an answer. I run a Mac Mini running 10.5.4.
Help!~
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I pull off both the SD and HD material from my newer Motorola box (DCH-3416) but I am using a PC. I think the fact that you are using an older set top box AND a Mac might be 2 strikes. The box's connections will depend on the configuration that your provider has set.
I would suggest reading threads over on the SVS forums and see if there is Mac info there.
Good Luck!
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=386740&highlight=apple+scientific+atlanta+8300
Edit top add AVS link
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+T heading over there now.
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If you can get it to work you will be a happy as heck. Mine records real-time using CapVHS but I can do both SD and HD and when we had it, I was recording HD HBO without encryption. I use HDTV2MPEG to break open the TS files and us VideoReDo to edit out commercials and set chapters/menus.
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I have the same DVR thru Time Warner cable (Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300HD DVR).
I've never been able to copy files off of it as data as I believe you want to do. The only thing I can do is connect a standalone dvd burner to it and use the A/V outs to record the recorded programs in realtime before I run out of DVR disc space and lose them.
There's alot of good info, mostly about the limitations of this POS in this thread:
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/288411
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Keep in mind that you can always call your provider and ask them if they have un upgraded set top box. Our provider here in San Jose uses 2 or 3 different models based on what you are subscribed to.
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wow, this morning I have learned that my DVR sucks balls, and that i hate my cable provider... and to think I was happy yesterday. Ignorance is bliss.
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wow, this morning I have learned that my DVR sucks balls, and that i hate my cable provider... and to think I was happy yesterday. Ignorance is bliss.
Welcome to Time Warner...
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