DVR question

Cavaliersin07 · #1 (**permalink**) 02-17-2008, 12:44 AM

Hello Buckeye fans! I am getting HD cable on Tuesday, along with a DVR. I am going to record every Buckeye basketball game, some of them in HD. I was just wondering how to take the video that I recorded and create a torrent with it. Any and all help is greatly appreciated! I look forward to bringing all buckeye fans all future basketball and football games.

jwinslow · #2 (**permalink**) 02-17-2008, 12:46 AM

What DVR model are you getting? Or at least what cable company? That's a starting point for our video gurus.

Best Buckeye · #3 (**permalink**) 02-17-2008, 01:02 AM

1. record the game on your DVR using DVD-rw discs and format it to vr .
If you can copy direct to divx do that .
2. copy it to your hard drive to a file you want to make your default torrent input file. hopefully by now you will have a VOB, VOR, or Divx file.
3. download and install java and then download and install azureus.
4. follow the directions shown in the Media forum How to guide to make your torrent and upload it to the BP torrent threads

jwinslow · #4 (**permalink**) 02-17-2008, 01:05 AM

BB, those sound like instructions for regular dvr & non-hd tv. Unless there are HD DVRs out there (that aren't astronomically expensive) which burn to regular dvds.

sandgk · #5 (**permalink**) 02-17-2008, 01:18 AM

DVR to me means one of the cable company, satellite or TiVO boxes - files stored on hard drive, often, these days in a custom file system with some form or other of encryption. HD-DVRs are around - sounds to me that like you are getting one of those.

Unless hacked (original TiVO only) you cannot get the files of those boxes - and believe me, folks have tried, there was a standing prize of $25K at WeakKnees to crack any of the newer DVRs. Nobody won it.

DVD recorders on the other hand can handle any standard TV feed - but like jwins says - you won't be able to get HD content onto the thing. (DVDs have an upper limit on resolution exceeded by HDTV).

HD-DVD burners aren't widely available beyond Toshiba models built into their PC platform - dual Blue-Ray / DVD burners can be had for under $400 - but only on PC. Never have seen one that low in a DVD Recorder box.

Best Buckeye · #6 (**permalink**) 02-17-2008, 01:23 AM

MIssed the HD part , so I don't know if there is a difference or not. We haven't posted hardly anything regarding HD setup.
They will still need to get it in a file format that can be used by azureus and the DVr in question.
If there is a difference between Hd and "regular' and there is to be an editor invloved then it also must meet the same requisites.
The user manual will say which formats are available and he will have to check on the appropriate websites for formats.
Apparently we are going to be posting games in Vob , Vor, Divx ,and ISO
formats. and now HD. It is something we just have to look at as we get invloved with it. I don't think that any of us even have HD hardware.
Rocket or Sandgk would know more than I do about it.

So basically at this point I would say for Cavalier to read up and make his own progression in getting these uploaded, paying attention to what formats can be used at both ends.