I’m a little confused. Do you mean things that had been on the old DVR’s hard drive or just new material?
—Dave Sikula Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 3, 2020, at 8:55 PM, M-D November <mdnovem...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The X1 DVR is backstopped by Comcast’s cloud DVR. I swapped out my DVR about > a year ago (the newer models don’t have the very-tempting-to-a-toddler power > button on the front of the box), and save for some very old recordings, > everything was available on the new box via cloud DVR after the upgrade. > >> On Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 9:07:55 AM UTC-4 MelissaP wrote: >> First, I should say that I'm almost 100% technically illiterate, so I >> probably shouldn't even be posting. I'm probably posting information you've >> already thought of. >> >> I also have a Comcast DVR. Anything I record on it is playable -- and >> downloadable -- on my other devices, e.g., laptop, iPad, iPhone, etc. There >> should be a way to capture the video on those devices, I would think. >> >> Also -- as everyone knows -- I'm a member of a certain fandom. I used to >> read (not so much any more since so much of local TV is now available to >> anyone online) that if a fan had recorded a show, someone would eventually >> get to her house and get it off the DVR. So, I know it's possible. I just >> don't know how it's done since I've never captured anything unique. (My >> sister once got something for me off her local PBS station, but that was >> years ago when people had DVD recorders.) >> >> Sorry if I wasted anyone's time by posting. >> >> Oh, but I do have another TV-related story: On Wednesday morning, before >> Comcast went out for the rest of the day, I noticed that the mute button on >> the remote wasn't working. On Thursday, another button wasn't operating >> properly. So, I decided to take a look at the batteries, which I had >> replaced not too long ago. The batteries were covered in liquid -- one or >> both of them had leaked. I cleaned out the "water" as best I could and put >> in new batteries, but more buttons stopped working. Bottom line: Comcast >> is sending out a new remote. >> >>> On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 5:35 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV >>> <tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>> I have a technical issue that I'm hoping someone can help me with. >>> >>> Long story short: we weren't receiving some stations on our Comcast/Xfinity >>> system, so the guy came out to fix it (as much as he could; apparently, >>> there's some issue with the box on the pole across the street). When he >>> re-hooked up my DVR, though, it wasn't working, and there are a number of >>> things (such as my TCM intro) that I don't want to lose. (I'm getting an >>> "E1:26" error message, which apparently means the box is about to fail, >>> even though it was fine until he unhooked it). >>> >>> Is there any way to download the video on the DVR to an external hard >>> drive--or even another DVR--or am I just screwed? I've consulted my >>> computer guy and a friend who runs the video department at Stanford, but >>> I'd rather do it myself if possible. >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> --Dave Sikula >>> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tvornottv/byZuMVAyKi4/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/f9d7ea2b-437b-4621-a2bd-c3fe28bd32e9n%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/3EDBFAC9-0BF1-4CD7-B998-76C8A56FF03D%40gmail.com.
