Dumb Virgin Media Question

[MarillionFan]

This is bound to be dumb, but spent sometime searching cable forums and not really found what I am after.

We have loads of recorded media on a Virgin+ Media Box which I would like to cut to DVD.

Has anyone seen a decent FAQ or process on the tinternet because I'm struggling to find anything decent.

Anyone done this?

[Moscow Mule]

Apparently it can be done, but I'm not sure how...

[doodab]

Apparently it has something called "export", where you set up a playlist of what you want to record, it then plays it back and you can record it on your DVD recorder or whatever else you have hooked up to the scart output.

I expect there is no internet how-to because it's in the manual.

[Platypus]

FWIW, I do the same with my Sky+ box (same principle I'll bet).

I have a DVD recorder, so I just play back on my Sky+ box and record it on the DVD recorder (which has a scart input which I've connected to the Sky+ box).

If I want to get fancy, I'll rip the (recordable) DVD onto my PC, use DVD shrink to remove the DVD recorder's menus (which are a but crap) then burn again.

[doodab]

You could also feed it straight into your PC if you have the necessary hardware. I have several USB TV gadgets that will also record mpeg2 from composite or S-video.

[Spacecadet]

Take the harddrive out, plug it into a PC and copy the files off it.
You might have to do some conversion

[SupremeSpod]

Take the harddrive out, plug it into a PC and copy the files off it.
You might have to do some conversion

Conversion and possibly decryption too.

[Spacecadet]

Conversion and possibly decryption too.

possibly

Can you transfer recorded programs from the v-box to PC? - BT Vision - Digital Spy Forums

[SupremeSpod]

Conversion and possibly decryption too.

possibly

Can you transfer recorded programs from the v-box to PC? - BT Vision - Digital Spy Forums

Only speaking of my days at "Pace", data was not only encrypted on the early Sky+ boxes but a proprietary format used, a very-low-level format was required to even get a PC to access the drives...

[MarillionFan]

FWIW, I do the same with my Sky+ box (same principle I'll bet).

I have a DVD recorder, so I just play back on my Sky+ box and record it on the DVD recorder (which has a scart input which I've connected to the Sky+ box).

If I want to get fancy, I'll rip the (recordable) DVD onto my PC, use DVD shrink to remove the DVD recorder's menus (which are a but crap) then burn again.

Thats the basic gist of what I was reading. You have to replay it and record it off.

I thought it was going to be sophisticated. ie. Burn straight to DVD, no replay. I've got something like 60 hours worth to take off of which 40 hours is kiddy stuff! Enough to keep Spod amused for a week!