Upgrading to Sky Q

Neil_Jones

sweetgirl2015 said:

neilmcl said:

sweetgirl2015 said:

There is a solution, my hubby said you can take the hard drive out of the Sky HD box and connect it to a desktop computer and transfer the videos in file form and download special software which replicates the Sky box and watch and save them on the computer. 

Unless you want to provide details to this "solution" afaik this isn't possible as the recordings on the disk are encrypted and there's no software available that can decrypt them.

The programnes are recorded in a special video format he said, apparently you download a special software and it decrypts the file and transfers it into an AVI file he just told me which can be played on DIVIX does that makes sense, I am just typing what hes on about. 

They are not "recorded in a special video format".  I'll tell you that now.

The way the Sky system works is that you record something and (unless its from a FTA channel) it's encrypted.  Its encrypted as broadcast and its recorded to the box as is.  Its only when you play it back on the Sky box that it decrypts on the fly (key point).  The recording stays encrypted.  Nothing to do with DIVX or whatever will fix this.

The easiest way to extract from your Sky+ HD drive is to use the Copy function, hook up an external DVD Recorder or video or whatever via SCART.  Might not look very pretty but it'll be there.

neilmcl

sweetgirl2015 said:

neilmcl said:

sweetgirl2015 said:

There is a solution, my hubby said you can take the hard drive out of the Sky HD box and connect it to a desktop computer and transfer the videos in file form and download special software which replicates the Sky box and watch and save them on the computer. 

Unless you want to provide details to this "solution" afaik this isn't possible as the recordings on the disk are encrypted and there's no software available that can decrypt them.

The programnes are recorded in a special video format he said, apparently you download a special software and it decrypts the file and transfers it into an AVI file he just told me which can be played on DIVIX does that makes sense, I am just typing what hes on about. 

So you don't know in other words. Please don't definitively post "there is a solution" if you can't provide what exactly that solution or what this "special software" is.

neilmcl

Were_Doomed said:

DivX ... it's a video codec. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DivX

What's being asked above is "What is this special software?". A quick search suggests he may be talking about Copy+ ... skycopyplus.co.uk/

Which doesn't do what @sweetgirl2015 suggests anyway.

ballyblack

I managed to get all my old recordings copied onto this machine which i purchased 12 years ago using a scart cable, Then copied/burned onto DVD's to keep 

A simple operation, but has to be done in real time!

Sony RDRHXD970 250GB with HARD DRIVE

Sony don't make them anymore but there are plenty on fleabay

knightstyle

Just to point out that if you are using the Sky HD+ box you cannot watch recorded programs without a valid card AND a satellite connection as we found out when builders blocked the signal with scaffolding.

sweetgirl2015

neilmcl said:

sweetgirl2015 said:

neilmcl said:

sweetgirl2015 said:

There is a solution, my hubby said you can take the hard drive out of the Sky HD box and connect it to a desktop computer and transfer the videos in file form and download special software which replicates the Sky box and watch and save them on the computer. 

Unless you want to provide details to this "solution" afaik this isn't possible as the recordings on the disk are encrypted and there's no software available that can decrypt them.

The programnes are recorded in a special video format he said, apparently you download a special software and it decrypts the file and transfers it into an AVI file he just told me which can be played on DIVIX does that makes sense, I am just typing what hes on about. 

So you don't know in other words. Please don't definitively post "there is a solution" if you can't provide what exactly that solution or what this "special software" is.

Sorry guys I wasent trying to avoid you. hubbys gone back to work and I cant ask him details. I just remember we had music concerts he wanted to keep on our HD Sky box a few years ago so dismantled the box and took the hard drive out which looks exactly like a pc hard drive, and connected it to his pc as a secondary hard drive and did something that way.  And now we have it all on DVD. 

David28

One of the problems I found after upgrading to Sky Q was you feel a right twit sitting there all alone watching a recorded program and saying every 10 minutes or so to the remote.
Fast forward 5 minutes, back 30 seconds, forward 15 seconds 
Did you know that all advert breaks in a programme are not equal?

ballyblack

Thank you for the tip I had forgotten you can do that with the Mic on control!

sweetgirl2015

David28 said:

One of the problems I found after upgrading to Sky Q was you feel a right twit sitting there all alone watching a recorded program and saying every 10 minutes or so to the remote.
Fast forward 5 minutes, back 30 seconds, forward 15 seconds 
Did you know that all advert breaks in a programme are not equal?

One of the things both me and hubby misses with Sky Q is they ommited the programme reminder feature. Some things you dont necessary need to record things, plus some things I like to watch in real time. And hubby misses the reminder for football as it would be pointless recording a football match he said cause someone is bound to announce the final score before he gets chance to watch it.
I like watching things like Britains got talent in real time, or things where you take part like a vote in. So the reminder feature is greatly missed in this house. 

Joe9090

sweetgirl2015 said:

David28 said:

One of the problems I found after upgrading to Sky Q was you feel a right twit sitting there all alone watching a recorded program and saying every 10 minutes or so to the remote.
Fast forward 5 minutes, back 30 seconds, forward 15 seconds 
Did you know that all advert breaks in a programme are not equal?

One of the things both me and hubby misses with Sky Q is they ommited the programme reminder feature. 

You are not the only one https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q-Ideas/Have-a-reminder-function-for-programmes/idi-p/3083110#comments