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Recording to DVD etc. from HD?

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    kjello

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    My FOX T2 has finally conked out after seven years of good work. There are a couple of programmes stored on there that I would like to keep (one in which I appear and a couple of other special ones) and I wonder if there is any way to record them on to permanent media eg DVD. None of them are available on Demand.
    Grateful for any solutions. Thanks.

    | Wed 3 Apr 2019 20:22:09 #1 |
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    A lot depends on why the HDR-FOX-T2 died.

    If you remove the hard disk does the box boot up as a non recording box ?

    If the Hard disk has completely failed and it's not possible to repair the File System by removing the drive and connecting it to a PC, then there is no way of recovering the recordings. Had you copied the recordings to a usb drive prior to the box failing then all the recordings may have been recoverable.

    Are the recordings made from a SD channel or a HD one. ?

    Does your PC have a DVD recorder optical Drive ?

    | Wed 3 Apr 2019 20:32:04 #2 |
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    Thanks for the quick reply.

    The hard disk still functions.
    The copies are from an SD channel
    My PC does have an optical DVD drive.

    | Wed 3 Apr 2019 21:09:38 #3 |
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    kjello - 13 minutes ago  » 
    Thanks for the quick reply.
    The hard disk still functions.
    The copies are from an SD channel
    My PC does have an optical DVD drive.

    You should be able to connect a USB stick to the box USB port and copy the recordings you want to it and transfer the files to a folder on a PC by transferring the stick to your PC. (post if you don't know how to do this). The files you need are the xxxx.TS Files.

    Technically these are mpeg2 Transport stream files easily converted to mpeg2 programme stream files as used on DVD-Video.

    All you now need is a some DVD Authoring software to create a DVD-Video format from the .ts video file format and some DVD-blank discs which cost as little a 16p.

    http://www.dvdflick.net/

    | Wed 3 Apr 2019 21:32:20 #4 |
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    kjello

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    That's very helpful. Thanks.

    And thank you for your other response. It will make a big difference to my viewing enjoyment. Grateful for your time and expertise.

    | Wed 3 Apr 2019 21:39:30 #5 |

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