CO777ER wrote:What video card connection do you have on the PC? HDMI? Displayport? DVI?
CO777ER wrote:Record from TV to Comp: look for a TV tuner card.
AndesSMF wrote:CO777ER wrote:What video card connection do you have on the PC? HDMI? Displayport? DVI?
Different types, but I am not certain as to what or how I can get the connection done from the hard drive to the computer, as I would love to have some level of remote control.CO777ER wrote:Record from TV to Comp: look for a TV tuner card.
I have one, though my computer ceased to like it.
ShanwickOceanic wrote:You might want to Google for "tv hdd enclosure" or "dvr hdd enclosure".
Personally, I've just finished ripping all my DVDs (bar about 15 that won't work) to MP4. I'm not interested in recording TV (I sometimes watch something on BBC iPlayer but that's about it), and I don't need the capacity you do, so I went for one of these. I only ordered it on Monday, so haven't got it yet.
To rip/transcode the DVDs, I use DVD Decrypter to rip them to my hard drive, then Handbrake to turn them into MP4s. I've written this up somewhere on here before, but my procedure's changed; I'll look it out later and post a link.
lobster68w wrote:It worked!![]()
Now, I just have to get a good batch ready and do a bunch at a time some night.
The FF thing is interesting. I'll check it out. Thanks!
ShanwickOceanic wrote:I went for one of these. I only ordered it on Monday, so haven't got it yet.
ShanwickOceanic wrote:Update 2: Ripped the 80GB IDE disk out of my old PC, and the thing can see it fine.
The box it came in says it supports IDE and SATA disks up to 500GB. So the question now is, does it not like the first disk because it's SATA or because it's 500GB?
Mind you, I should have been suspicious when I realised they'd included a magnetic screwdriver to install the disk with.![]()
As far as I can tell, all the cables are OK - and if they weren't, XP wouldn't have been able to read the disk anyway. It may just need a firmware update, but with it being a no-name Chinese cheapie I haven't got a chance in hell of finding firmware.
Boris wrote:The link you provided to E-bay says:
# Support up to 500GB HDD Hard Disk
# Support PATA/IDE HDD, do not support SATA
Could the cables have been PATA, not SATA??? Just curious, I have no idea...
Good luck with the gadget...
ShanwickOceanic wrote:it being a no-name Chinese cheapie