How to copy shows the DVR to your computer.

Much they want to know copy DVR entertainment team for their people. This is understandable, because it allows you to make your more portable entertainment. In this article, we explore the different ways to do this.

My friend Bob, who has a DVR recently provided by your cable operator encountered a problem. A lack of space on your DVR and do not remove the watch it had stored on your DVR. He had saved many recent superior online movie rental and certainly did not miss these. However, in order any record shows again to your DVR, he would remove his current productions or arrive at a better solution.

My friend Sheila a different boat. It moves to work continuously and likes to watch the TV favorite programs while she lies. His favorite TV show is SouthPark. Sheila told me: "Richard, have all these shows stored on my DVR." "What exists anyway that I can transfer these shows to my best selling laptop and see them although I got it on the road?".

Sheila and Bob have different themes, but your solution is the same. In some ways, you want to transfer your DVR sample on your computer.

Today, tell you how.

There are an ideal solution to this problem, but in most cases, does not work. Here is the ideal solution. DVR and computer stores information on a hard disk. Therefore, would be nice if you could only copy the shows stored on your hard drive on your computer or portable DVR. Unfortunately, for various reasons, do most of the time.

Therefore, you need a different solution.

Performances of your DVR to your computer, you must capture the video from the DVR on the computer. If your computer has a FireWire port in it (some come with this constructed) and made her DVR, you're good going. Simply connect the DVR and your computer with a FireWire cable and use a program called CapDVHS to capture the video playing on the DVR.

If you don't have a FireWire port, you will need to purchase a card with matching output DVR - RCA ports, most people use ports capture video ports, but you may be able to use s-video, component or DVI and HDMI. After this video capture card below, you will connect your DVR team on one of these ports. Finally, either can use CapDVHS program to capture the DVR recordings or, ideally, to use the program that came with your card you must have all the software needed to capture their DVR show and put it on the computer video capture.

In summary, it would be very good good simply shows copy directly from the DVR to your computer, it generally cannot be made. You need to "capture" the video is played on your DVR to your computer with a computer video capture device.

Once the lock is very easy to record your DVR entertainment on your computer and allows you to take your entertainment on the road with you.