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    Can a recorded show on a Sky+ box be copied to a PC or external

    A mate at work is upgrading to Sky HD but is old Sky+ box has recordings of some personalised birthday gubbins for his daughters that aired on CBBC.

    As the title says "Can a recorded show on a Sky+ box be copied to a PC or external"

    My gut says "Yes but will probably be encrypted and useless"

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    Re: Can a recorded show on a Sky+ box be copied to a PC or external

    Would love to know this too! I ve seen the usb ports and tried everything I could,but I got nowhere, any help will be apprecited

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    Re: Can a recorded show on a Sky+ box be copied to a PC or external

    I think you will find that Sky boxes have macrovision added to the output of the composite video stream.

    This means if you try to record from the Sky box, it will not play back, when you ty to replay the tape or DVD.

    Basically it screws about with the Sync and Blanking pulses in the signal, making it difficult to recover the video.
    Having said all that, it will vary from channel to channel, depending on who it transmitting the content, and whether that channel employs any additions protection systems.



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    Re: Can a recorded show on a Sky+ box be copied to a PC or external

    I had a fair idea that you couldnt record stuff that way (just like the old days of trying to copy rented VHS tapes). What about removing the Hdd from the sky+ casing and connecting it to the pc through USB via an external Hdd housing

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    Re: Can a recorded show on a Sky+ box be copied to a PC or external

    +Extract

    This Windows application will allow you to extract recordings from your Sky+ Sky HD system. However, it will not decrypt recordings so in reality its only useful if you intend to extract free-to-air (FTA) recordings.



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    Re: Can a recorded show on a Sky+ box be copied to a PC or external

    I'll give it a try buddy, hopefully that since it was aired on CBBC it wont be encrypted

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    Re: Can a recorded show on a Sky+ box be copied to a PC or external

    come back and let us know how you get on
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    Re: Can a recorded show on a Sky+ box be copied to a PC or external

    how did you get on tame any good m8

    regards

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    Re: Can a recorded show on a Sky+ box be copied to a PC or external

    Check out page 37 of the SKY+ user guide - COPYING PROGRAMMES TO VIDEO/DVD


    You can also find the SKY+ Userguide on-line @ sky.com /userguides/skyplus.pdf

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    Re: Can a recorded show on a Sky+ box be copied to a PC or external

    I record from my SkyHD box to DVD all the time. It's simple enough. Just connect a recordable DVD player (or VHS if you're old Skool) to the scart and away you go.

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    Will sort out a scart lead & give this a try still have a legacy socket on my tv

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    what and record on your tv.........

    post clocking me thinks

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