TV terrestrial receiver question
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| 1 | Just wondering if anyone here has had experience with Dish TV terrestrial receivers being used to record to USB? Had an old T1020 which still works, however also have a later T2100 on which the system was changed. The HDD for the older one was formatted to FAT32, whereas the T2100 uses ext4. This later model has become faulty and cannot initiate anything plugged into the USB, so I am left with recorded material than cannot be played. Apparently the latest model SNT7070 uses a different system again, so you can only replay recorded material on the same model that the recording was made on. Frustrating to say the least. Is there any way around this? Edited by rpvr at 8:29 pm, Wed 11 Nov rpvr - 2020-11-11 20:29:00 |
| 2 | From a quick read on Google, Dish TV encrypt the recordings so the only way to actually capture it is to feed the output to a recording device or capture card in realtime. which needs a working dishtv. so I would say no, there is no way to avoid the problem of them changing stuff with each model, or avoiding hardware faults. Only thing you can do to avoid the problem is use a box that doesn't encrypt the recordings, if such a thing actually exists - it's probably required for licensing though... Edited by king1 at 9:59 pm, Wed 11 Nov king1 - 2020-11-11 21:57:00 |
| 3 | I can only speak for the dishTV s7010pvr model. From memory it recorded video in mpeg.ts format and not many players or encoders like that format. I did find one encoder 'mvpod' that converted them into mp4 files that could play on any device. Are you sure it's not just an unusual format like mpeg.ts as opposed to an encrypted unknown format? muppet_slayer - 2020-11-11 23:13:00 |
| 4 | Ive got a Dish SNT7070 and can play recordings on computer no problems. I also have a Sony TV that records but they are encrypted so will only play back on that TV but wont play back even on another same model Sony or computer. Sony never again. peanuts37 - 2020-11-11 23:26:00 |
| 5 | Ext4 is a Linux disk format, so the operating system of the dish TV must be a variety of Linux. A Windows computer won't be able to read it. tygertung - 2020-11-12 06:17:00 |
| 6 | Plenty of 3rd party tools to get around that Edited by nice_lady at 6:42 am, Thu 12 Nov nice_lady - 2020-11-12 06:42:00 |
| 7 | Yes you are right: https://www.howtogeek.com/112888/3-ways-to-access-your-linux It might be risky to write to an Ext4 disc from windows though. tygertung - 2020-11-12 07:21:00 |
| 8 | Image of onto a different drive and then play with that one. No risk there. nice_lady - 2020-11-12 07:55:00 |
| 9 | peanuts37 wrote: Thanks, that sounds promising. Doesn't help with the stuff I currently have recorded, but if I obtained an SNT7070 for future recording, then that would be safeguarded if it can be accessed on computer. rpvr - 2020-11-12 11:13:00 |
| 10 | tygertung wrote: Thanks for these links, lots to investigate here. rpvr - 2020-11-12 11:14:00 |
| 11 | If you can access the data from your computer, it may be possible to decode it. tygertung - 2020-11-12 12:24:00 |
| 12 | Ring dishtv help desk they are in Hamilton you never know they may have a work around for you alnz15 - 2020-11-12 16:27:00 |
| 13 | rpvr wrote: Yours to lose. There's a scrap over it though. muppet_slayer - 2020-11-13 03:27:00 |
| 14 | Or if you prefer new... muppet_slayer - 2020-11-13 03:32:00 |
