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Digital recorder for TV? Hopeless!
- Thread starter David W. Richardson
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David W. Richardson
Chapelgrove Films
That is the same as many HDMI recorders professionals use to record from their cameras. Note that it says:
"This device can not capture HDCP content. HDCP must be disable[sic] in the source player before the caputer[sic] device can record."
Which is why I said it might need to be paired with the HDMI splitter that someone mentioned earlier, because that splitter DOES strip out the HDCP portion of the signal.
David W. Richardson
Chapelgrove Films
It also says this in the Q&A:
Question: Does it record from a satellite or a cable box?
Answer: You have to first run things through something like this to remove the HDCP if you want to record protected content. http://www.amazon.com/BG-520-splitt...psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=od_aui_detailpages00
By Brett W. Gadient on April 7, 2016
Question: Does it record from a satellite or a cable box?
Answer: You have to first run things through something like this to remove the HDCP if you want to record protected content. http://www.amazon.com/BG-520-splitt...psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=od_aui_detailpages00
By Brett W. Gadient on April 7, 2016
David W. Richardson
Chapelgrove Films
However, there are down sides to that device.
First is the 2GB maximum file size limit. It will start a new file when it reaches the 2GB. But to play them as one continuous video, apparently you have to put the files on your PC and edit them together.
Which indicates the second problem -- it's only a recorder, it's not a player. So the recorded files would have to either be played on a computer or burned to a DVD to play on a TV.
Bummer.
So the search continues...
First is the 2GB maximum file size limit. It will start a new file when it reaches the 2GB. But to play them as one continuous video, apparently you have to put the files on your PC and edit them together.
Which indicates the second problem -- it's only a recorder, it's not a player. So the recorded files would have to either be played on a computer or burned to a DVD to play on a TV.
Bummer.
So the search continues...
David W. Richardson
Chapelgrove Films
I think I may have finally found a device that will record TV for me! And it might even do it in HD! It's $130, but I think it would work, based on everything I've read about it.
https://www.amazon.com/AVerMedia-Ez...s&ie=UTF8&qid=1469105956&sr=1-11&keywords=dvr
But for that to work, it also needs the $21 HDMI splitter that strips the HDCP portion of the signal. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004F9LVXC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3J1IU3A1OXJ4I
So I'm taking the RCA DTA880 I bought back to Walmart and getting my $50 back. If I can scrounge up another $100 to add to it, I can get this thing and the splitter.
If it works -- Oh happy day!
https://www.amazon.com/AVerMedia-Ez...s&ie=UTF8&qid=1469105956&sr=1-11&keywords=dvr
But for that to work, it also needs the $21 HDMI splitter that strips the HDCP portion of the signal. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004F9LVXC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3J1IU3A1OXJ4I
So I'm taking the RCA DTA880 I bought back to Walmart and getting my $50 back. If I can scrounge up another $100 to add to it, I can get this thing and the splitter.
If it works -- Oh happy day!