Is this possible?
If i had one programme that i wanted to backup to my PC.?
For Free to Air Channels (those you can watch without a viewing card) yes. Everything else is encrypted - so NO.AvidHotstuff wrote:Is this possible?
If i had one programme that i wanted to backup to my PC.?
By "backup" are you meaning:AvidHotstuff wrote:So to backup any encrypted programmes , it must back up the whole disk , so it would be better to wait until i delete everything else , then just backup the disk with 1 programme on it?
Thanks
That's fine then. Just select the one show (right click and "omit" everything you don't want) then select and XTV image file as your destination in Copy+.AvidHotstuff wrote:Oh yes , sorry need to be clearer.
I want to back up , ie keep forever to restore to my SkyHD HDD , one programme I recorded in HD. i.e. I won't care about the destination drive being wiped.
Not my software. You'll need to use a mixture of freely available tools, including +Extract, ProjectX and some DVD authoring software. For example DVDAuthorGUI.Actually How does backing up to PC for viewing work , is this for free to air recordings?
pcbbc wrote:That's fine then. Just select the one show (right click and "omit" everything you don't want) then select and XTV image file as your destination in Copy+.AvidHotstuff wrote:Oh yes , sorry need to be clearer.
I want to back up , ie keep forever to restore to my SkyHD HDD , one programme I recorded in HD. i.e. I won't care about the destination drive being wiped.
Be aware that if Sky change the planner, disk formats, or cards your backup may stop working at some point (you should be okay for 1 or 2 planner updates, but after that the box software may fail to auto upgrade).
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No, either way you may have problems.AvidHotstuff wrote:So are you saying if I backup a programme by itself, i.e. omit, I could run into problems when sky change things. But not if I just backup the disk as it is, i.e. full planner?
pcbbc wrote:No, either way you may have problems.AvidHotstuff wrote:So are you saying if I backup a programme by itself, i.e. omit, I could run into problems when sky change things. But not if I just backup the disk as it is, i.e. full planner?
One EPG update and you will be fine - The box has to be able to cope with that, as when it boots with the new software for the first time the disk is in the previous format and has to be converted.
But there is no knowing how long that backward compatibility will last. It has been broken in the past (I know of one person who put quite old disks in and lost everything).
For maximum security I suppose you should update your backups with each EPG version (by restoring to Sky box and then re-backing up). But really you should remember Sky+ is just a time-shifter, not a long-term storage device.
That's the best way to avoid it.AvidHotstuff wrote:Ah I see. So if I backup after each EPG/Sky update, I shouldn't have any problems?
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