Thanks, Mike -- If I get a DVR, can I gain access to and manipulate the files?
On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 4:55 PM, Mike Copeland <m...@ggisoft.com> wrote: > Ken > > I might be off base, but most cable companies have gone to great lengths > to prevent you from recording video off their feed. > > Saying that, I have had success with the Windows 7 Media Player recording > tv feed from an Internet streaming feed (but not from cable feed.) > > I thought I read that Microsoft removed the video recording from a video > stream in Windows 8 and above. > > I also tried several of the OpenSource packages on Linux, complete with > hardware, and had no luck. After a few hundred hours I figured I had > already spent more than a years rental of a DVR from my cable company would > cost. > > Good luck! > > Mike Copeland > > > Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) wrote: > >> Hey - -- >> >> Because of my famous dog (https://www.instagram.com/caninehappyhour/), I >> need to be able to: >> -- record live (cable) TV, and >> -- gain access to the files in order to edit them. >> >> We aren't big TV folks, and we have never had a DVR. I'd be willing to buy >> an inexpensive one, but shopping and Googling confuses the heck out of me. >> >> For example i see these: >> -- >> https://www.amazon.com/AVerMedia-EzRecorder-Definition- >> Recording-ER130/dp/B00LAP3GC8 >> I see I have to add my own USB hard disk (which I have). Would that do it? >> >> Slingbox: >> -- https://www.amazon.com/Sling-Media-SB375-100-Slingbox-M2/dp/ >> B011QHAOWO >> Would that do it? >> >> Also: >> https://www.amazon.com/Hauppauge-1212-Definition-Personal- >> Recorder/dp/B0018LX0DY >> PVR? Personal Video Recorder? >> >> >> Comcast is our provider. Is there a way to do this without additional >> hardware? >> >> I need to record stuff Thursday & Friday. >> >> Anybody willing to give me a kick me in the right direction? >> >> Ken >> >> >> --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- >> multipart/alternative >> text/plain (text body -- kept) >> text/html >> --- >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAFyV=LneatdxXTB+trB01nKuzo=g9wykvxfjn7a0-p+yg8z...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
