Saving recorded movies from a broken-down PVR.

Peter Jason

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Oct 19, 2014, 11:33:03 PM10/19/14

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Is there any standard way of doing this?

Mike

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Oct 20, 2014, 3:54:15 AM10/20/14

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In article <4i094apdn3h7hte8l...@4ax.com>,

Peter Jason <p...@jostle.com> wrote:
>Is there any standard way of doing this?

What model of PVR? Some are easier than others!

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Davey

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Oct 20, 2014, 6:50:31 AM10/20/14

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On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:33:03 +1100
Peter Jason <p...@jostle.com> wrote:

> Is there any standard way of doing this?

What works and what doesn't, as well as which brand, per Mike?

If it was my Humax, and the part that was broken down was the output to
the TV set, then I would go in via my local network and work on the
programmes from there. They can be exported to the PC and external
storage that way.

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Peter Jason

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Oct 20, 2014, 7:01:14 PM10/20/14

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On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 08:54:15 +0100 (BST), m...@signal11.invalid (Mike)
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>In article <4i094apdn3h7hte8l...@4ax.com>,
>Peter Jason <p...@jostle.com> wrote:
>>Is there any standard way of doing this?
>
>What model of PVR? Some are easier than others!

Thanks it's an..
LG LST-5403P

Here's a scan of the drive lable. It's just a Seagate 250GB IDE HDD

http://i57.tinypic.com/jpfwuh.jpg

The small IDE to SATA converter is at the top. Should I worry about
the master/slave bit?

Davey

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Oct 20, 2014, 8:07:22 PM10/20/14

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What problems does the PVR have? Are you sure that the drive is ok?

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Peter Jason

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Oct 21, 2014, 6:59:03 PM10/21/14

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On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 01:07:22 +0100, Davey <da...@example.invalid>
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It just died, with no activity at all. Anyway I've junked it but
saved the HDD. I have a new one now, a Panasonic DMR-PWT450
that has the usual 2 x HD tuners and a good simple menu arrangement.
I'll keep trying with the HDD to get back the old movies.

AnthonyL

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Oct 22, 2014, 7:30:19 AM10/22/14

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On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 09:56:57 +1100, Peter Jason <p...@jostle.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 01:07:22 +0100, Davey <da...@example.invalid>
>wrote:
>
>>> >

>>> >What model of PVR? Some are easier than others!
>>>
>>> Thanks it's an..
>>> LG LST-5403P
>>>
>

>It just died, with no activity at all. Anyway I've junked it but
>saved the HDD. I have a new one now, a Panasonic DMR-PWT450
>that has the usual 2 x HD tuners and a good simple menu arrangement.
>I'll keep trying with the HDD to get back the old movies.

Good luck with that. The Topfield uses standard hard drives that have
their own format structure, very large blocks compared to a PC since
it is streaming large files.

Software has been developed to attach these to a PC and read the
format and it seems as if you'll need to try and find something
similar for your LG system. However the earlier Toppy's are renowed
for allowing access to their systems and it would be surprising if LG
are similarly accommodating.

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