Re: DirecTV R10 Tivo (Connect to PC TV Tuner Card)
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Re: DirecTV R10 Tivo (Connect to PC TV Tuner Card)         


Author: Charlie Hoffpauir
Date: Feb 5, 2007 06:21

On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 00:03:44 -0500, "Bill Kearney"
wrote:
>> Can you connect the RCA composite output from an R10 Tivo to the inputs of
>a
>> PC TV Tuner Card (ATI or Haupauge) and record Tivo'd shows to the PC??
>
>Yeah, you could do that. The picture quality will look like hell, but it'd
>"work". You'd do better to at least use an s-video input. But if all you
>want to do is transfer to a PC then just hack the Tivo, add a network USB
>interface and pull the video files straight off the drive.

Actually, a better approach might be replacing the R10 with a model
that is easily hacked. I keep an old Hughes DVR-40 activated for just
that purpose.
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/
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