seriously,

there is but,I dunno how to do it...

wheel,

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I think I gave up because it sounded costly and involved cables. I hate cables.

i just bought a fountain from sears. it was on sale for $149.00, it's three little kids under an umbrella with the water coming down from the umbrella all around he kids.

when i put it together, i'll post a picture.

Some DVRs are a bigger PITA than others when it comes to this. What make & model DVR do you have?

Andy,

That's simple: connect the video & audio out of the DVR to the video & audio in of the DVDR. The problem is, you lose 2-generations in the process because you are going from digital to analog then analog back to digital. Lastly, depending on the DVR, you can run into copy protection schemes on the outpout signals that will prevent this.

the DVR is motorola HD/DVR OP6416-2

the DVD player is a panasonic blu-ray

my local guru tried to get my real computer, that he built and just added a terabit hard drive left with the power cord for the hard drive suggesting that may be the problem. it won't boot. when it did boot, every time we try to a norton scan, the scan stops after a few minutes with it's results, which is obviously not a complete scan.

i am powered by a 2.something dual core intel processor

and since i can't turn it on, i don't know how much memory. does 1000 MB sound about right.

the DSL is fiber optic with 20 KB download and 5 KB upload.

thanks for the help. at the moment, i am using toby's computer with an orange roll up keyboard, and it is tough to work with and slower then i am used to.

You can't make it work because you are old!

That's what my Son tells me all the time and since he knows everything I thought I would pass it along.

If the show is not copy protected and comcast has not software disabled the firewire ports on your DVR, you can follow the instructions at the link below to caputure the show and convert it to a standard MPEG.

http://replayguide.sourceforge.net/dct6412/ 

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=403695 

"This method does not allow you to transfer shows already recorded on your HD DVR only live.

[i was on the science channel. i'll see if they sell copies

I haven't looked at this stuff since Kevin wrote it 6 or so years ago.

Maybe something changed or I'm thinking of a different method.

One thing that you used to be able to do is play the show on the Moto and via the firewire cable and re-capture (record) it on the computer. Unfortunately, it only operates at real-time, so it's cumbersome.

Now, if the copy protection bit is set on the Moto, you wouldn't be able to do the above re-capture. Which could very well be what has changed and they are flagging everything copy protected now, and that's why Kevin has that set of directions as "not valid for shows already recorded"

2) Get a tripod

3) Set the camcorder up in front of your TV

4) Play the show and film it.

See..........easy!

i had a tripod, but i broke one of the legs.

now every time i put a camera on it, it falls over.

do you think a big stack of books will help?