Decrypt Directv Dvr Recordings Not Showing
Dear Cable Dude, I have The View on a recurring recording for years - it is #1 on my priority list. It did not record today AND there is no history for it on the DVR history, nothing, nada like it never existed. Unless after I left the house at 10 AM, the View changed to a rerun, I can't understand why this would happen. I don't want to keep having to unplug and replug my equipment and wait 3 hours for the guide to download. I pay over $200 a month for cable and internet. This is just ridiculous.
Jul 22, 2011 I have recorded some stuff on my Directv HD DVR. > HDTV > HDTV Recorders > Is it possible to rip recorded video off Directv HD. Doesn't show.
NOTHING at all has been set to record on a Mon. Night forever on my DVR. So no conflict. I set up a series recording for a brand new show. So there are no repeats. It is all set correctly and the red light came on at the right time to show it was recording.
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I went to watch it around the end and it was not listed on my DVR list, yet the channel showed it was recording. I waited till it was done and then checked. Still nothing. Reset, still nothing and there is nothing in my history on it at all. Ok, so I want to record a series on a premium channel and this program has a repeat schedule. At the time/date the program is 'New' it conflicts with a program that does not have a repeat schedule.
So, I want it to record the 1st program at a later time. Tried to get it to do that.selected 'new and repeats' but it defaults to trying to record at the earlier time with the conflict. With other programs which have this issue, it seems to figure out to record at the later time.but not 'Dexter'!! Guess that's why ya need such good On Demand with this system! I was with DISH forever and it was MUCH easier to set up the recording of this sort of situation.but their 'on demand' was pathetic. Still miss it tho.
I had a similar problem last night. One 8-9pm and one 8:30-9pm. I happened to turn on the TV about 8:45. I saw the 8:30 show was not in the DVR queue.
I looked at the live screen and saw the show with the red line completely (not partially) across reading 9pm at both ends (and To Be Announced). I hit 'swap' and saw the same show with the same red line across the bottom reading 9pm at both ends - but this time also with the name of the show. I swapped back and forth several times. I only saw the show that did not record - not the one that did record. Later in the evening I checked DVR History but there was no entry for this missing show. Rest of the evening shows recorded normally. After recording everything last night, I unplugged and rebooted the box but.
I can't wait until Comcast Tivo comes to my area. Tivo isn't perfect but it's wonderful compared to this POS Motorola Box. At least I never had strange problems like this. 'I wasn't aware there was such a thing as Comcast Tivo. How is it different than what we have now?'
It's been rolled out in seven markets so far. Standalone Tivo's can be used on Comcast with a cable card to record shows but they can't access On Demand from Comcast. They can access On Demand from Netflix, Amazon and Hulu Plus. The Comcast Tivo will offer the Tivo interface plus the ability to access On Demand. If you buy a standalone Tivo now, when Comcast Tivo will be upgraded automatically so you can also watch Comcast On Demand.
Otherwise, the main difference is the Tivo interface, which is generally considered better than the one used on Comcast DVRs. You can go to Best Buy or another electronics store and check it out and see what you think. I had Tivo with DirecTV and FIOS before switching to Comcast. I got the DVR as part of my intro package but when that's up, I am definitely going back to Tivo. You have to buy the Tivo box upfront and either a lifetime or monthly subscription. With a lifetime subscription, after about three years Tivo costs less (compared to three years' worth of Comcast DVR fees).
Tivo does have some glitches but not as many as the Comcast boxes. That message can also occur if you are watching one thing and recording another and the 2nd tuner needs to start recording a 2nd show because the first thing recording is still going (or annoying 1 min overlaps between two shows). In any case, if you arent there to tell it to change channels (like if you walked away, eating dinner, left box on accidentally, etc), your 2nd show wont record.
And in that circumstance, your DVR history will say 'not recorded due cancellation by user' or similar verbiage. Try deleting your series recording for 'the View' and never putting it back on there - you will be better informed politically and keeping insanity like that off your DVR may very well get rid of the bug.
Seriously though, I just got the X1 and no matter what I do, Series recordings will not show up in the guide and will not record. Tech Support says it is a known issue, they are working on it. For now, I just go to the Series Recording and easily bounce to the episode list and manually tag them to record individually.
Not optimal, but I'll give Comcast a week or two - this DVR outshines the old Motorola even with the series bug. I can view all of my upcoming recordings properly online, but my DVR says 'To Be Announced' when viewing the upcoming schedule. Last night, the box acted as if it was recording but nothing is saved. When trying to watch TV while it was 'recording' I found it on channel 0 with nothing on screen. Odd that this seems to coincide with the HBO free weekend promotion. How about Comcast doesn't try to lure me into buying other stuff and make sure the stuff I pay for works? It’s a 2 tuner DVR, old technology, shouldn’t it be close to perfected at this point?
This happens all the time. The Dvr box is expensive. We should be able to tape anyshow with no problems. It makes me not want to keep the service anymore it so annoying.
I also hate that a emergency broadcast test runs during the show your watching but not during the commercial time. That also makes me want to let the service go it too annoying.
Cable is expensive not package that has all channels unless it runs in to hudres of dollars. If you just get one with two premium stations you have to buy a 1 or 2 year package, that you cannot renew for the same at experations. It still runs over $100.
As many years as cable has been on the air, affordable complete package plans should exist by now. It gets worse and price go higher. Its not worth it anymore. Many friends do not watch TV or cable anymore that are over 55. They say it not worth the cost or hassel and I am feeling the same and I am under age 55. A couple of weeks ago, I was checking for the Survivor finale and found that my Survivor series recording was gone. I chkecked further and all of my other CBS shows were gone from my recording list.
The entire series recording. My best guess was that maybe one of the CBS HD channels had been deleted or changed by Comcast. Last night I had checked my recordings for MasterChef that began last night. All looked fine.
Then when I turned the TV on at 9, I saw that the show was not recording. I checked my recording list and MasterChef was no longer on the list. It's very frustrating! I am not a Comcast employee or an expert just someone who like so many has had this problem.
I noticed this issue in March 2013 when Comcast upgraded software from A28 to A30, this was also the time they added this feature where when you enter a channel number by the remote you also get the channel name that is you enter 02 and a black box at the top of the screen will say 02-ESPN. Comcast kept blaming my boxes or connection but I later have come to find out it is at the Comcast programming end as a result of this software upgrade I am also convinced that this upgrade although nice for the X1 and X2 people has affected so many of us on other platforms, so much for new technology that is suppose to make our lives easier I have programs that I record daily as part of a scheduled recording series, they are not repeats or pre empted shows but each day it does not show that they are scheduled even though they have been scheduled to record daily. I have to double check to make sure the red dot indicator is present for the program I record on a daily basis, before then I chatted online, spoke on the phone, had three cable signals sent to reset my box, traded three boxes at my local cable office noting worked. It is now July 2013 and I still have the issues so many mention here.
Deleting the scheduled programs will not help, getting a replacement box will not help! Having Comcast send a reset signal will NOT HELP!!! This is a software issue not sure what Comcast Corporate is doing to resolve this issue agian no one from Comcast really comes to this forum, noting is mentioned on Comcast.com or Comcast.net all we can do is double check our scheduled recording and hope this gets resolved by Christmas. Bunella, Sorry to hear you have had so many problems over the years, as mentioned in my case I have only noticed it since March of this year with the software upgrade, I was told by a local supervisor that assisted in the exchage of my box ( second and third ones) that this was sort of a known issue and that it was being looked into. Since I record about three seperate news programs during the day to view later in the evening I always check and double check my scheduled recordings to make sure they are set, and each day I have to reprogram them as the recording disappear each and every day. I have recommended on several others post including here to check and double check all your scheduled recordings daily we should not have to do this but if we can not trust the Comcast DVR scheduled recording feature then we need to take actions into our own hands.
I had a show set up to record Sunday August 4th. Looking at DVR history it told me it wasn't recorded because a user canceled the recording.
I certainly did not cancel it. On June 17th I started this topic which details the issues since the A30 update. As I get more and more disgusted with my DVR I add to the thread.
The latest update was today, regarding the canceled recording. Within that topic is this by ComcastTedS (bold mine) ComcastTeds wrote: Apologies for the delay. There are some known issues and recently documented issues with manual DVR recordings and the most current version of the guide. Thanks for providing the detail so that the teams could attempt to reproduce. The issues you raised (and a few others) have been documented and are resolved in the upcoming guide software and firmware release. We have plans to start delivering that update to some areas later this year with nationwide deployment in the first half of 2014.
Thanks for the detail and thanks for your patience. I am still looking into the issue you reported about the skip ahead and skip back functionality. Is this issue with DVR playback or with On Demand? According to that it could be well over year after the problems were first reported before I receive an update which will supposedly fix those issues. Several times in that thread I stated I feel like I am being ripped off by Comcast since I am paying for something that does not work as it should be working.
For what I pay each month there should be issues at all. I have no doubt that an update will break something that previously worked, since that happens when Comcast updates anything.
The A30 update broke things that used to work. My X1 works flawlessly now, after a shaky first mopnth. All series, all shows etc. And if I forget to set one, it shows up in the integrated list as On Demand, could not be simpler - unless it is one of the few shows that you can DVR but do not get released to On Demand. There are some I have thirty or so recordings, zero issues. Thanks Comcast for fixing the initial bugs in the software/firmware or whatever - your promise was kept and the box is flawless I only wish it had more capacity, but then again I can toggel to Standard Def for certain shows if I prefer.
Yes - almost all DVRs designed to record subscription services record in a proprietary format on their internal (and now, in some cases, external) hard drives, meaning PC 'ripping' of video from the hard drive to a usable format is pretty near impossible currently. In the UK - some guys have found a way of copying material from a standard Sky+ or Sky+ HD hard drive to a much larger drive, allowing existing recordings to be transferred onto a new hard drive you are going to install into your DVR, but this doesn't allow the video material to be replayed on a PC. (In the case of the UK Sky+ this is because the video recorded is still encrypted using the broadcast encryption scheme, it is only decrypted on replay. This allows a dual tuner device to require only a single stream decryption module - as it is a playback not a record function) AIUI some US cable DVRs may have firewire outputs allowing this route to be used for material not flagged as uncopyable? It is, however, a somewhat cumbersome process.
The Hava recorder, will allow you to play and re-record to PC recordings that have been made on a DTV HD box. Some quality loss occurs and it is a one to one, real time transfer, (one hour will take one hour), but it is useful for me. I'm a contemporary dance, and HD Video music enthusiast and I have a growing library of excerpts from the HD music channels and also from American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance. This is nice as allows me to carve out what I don't want. Probably not worth the bother just to save a movie though.
Been researching this for the past month or so. Is it still possible to record SD television from a directv DVR plus (R22) to a hybrid TV PVR like a eyetv250, miglia tvmax, or hauppague 950Q?
I know each of these will be able to record HD off of a OTA antennae, but am confused as to what can encode or record from a sattelight receiver. Just want to record shows and put them on my ipod, so Standard definition is fine. I have the eyeTV 3 software which'll work off of any of these devices, but want to make sure that I can get recordings off of the satallight box before purchase. (looking at something like the miglia TV max that'd still work on an old mac mini PPC). I have been recording DirecTV (and Dish Network, before that) standard definition MPG-2 shows for 6 years now, to my PC, with an ATI All-in-Wonder 7500 card and Media Make Center 8.7 capturing program. I then round up enough programs to fill a 4.4Gb DVD-R blank, then 'author' them, using a TMPGEnc authoring program, to remove unwanted segments, ads, etc., before burning them (using ImgBurn program) to DVD-R blanks.
I can usually get 2 movies onto a DVD (using 352X480 capture mode), and at 28 cents each DVD, that's 14 cents a movie. If my wife watches it with me, that's 7 cents a 'ticket.' Plus, I get to keep the movie!:) digital faq dot com has a complete tutorial, which is where I learned the procedure, those many years ago.
I also have developed many tips on using TMPGEnc Authoring, to make the process easy and fast. Still nothing? This depends on what you mean. There is no way to transfer recordings off of the DVR to your PC. Everything is super-encrypted and no method exists to break that. And, unlike cable TV, the Sat companies are not required by law to allow for FireWire transferring material to a DVHS VCR or PC.
There is no chance of getting a truly perfect lossless copy of anything. But you can get a high quality recording using the Hauppauge Colossus (which records via the HDMI output of your Sat DVR), or the Hauppauge HD-PVR (which records via the Component output of your Sat DVR). There are also other similar units such as the Black Magic Intensity Pro (I only have experience using the Hauppauge products). You should focus on those devices, as they are as close as you're going to get. This depends on what you mean. There is no way to transfer recordings off of the DVR to your PC. Everything is super-encrypted and no method exists to break that.
And, unlike cable TV, the Sat companies are not required by law to allow for FireWire transferring material to a DVHS VCR or PC. There is no chance of getting a truly perfect lossless copy of anything. But you can get a high quality recording using the Hauppauge Colossus ( which records via the HDMI output of your Sat DVR), or the Hauppauge HD-PVR (which records via the Component output of your Sat DVR). There are also other similar units such as the Black Magic Intensity Pro (I only have experience using the Hauppauge products). You should focus on those devices, as they are as close as you're going to get. No it doesn't.
Originally Posted by TNO821 I think you'll find that I tend to know what I'm talking about. Reading through that whole thread, it does look like you've asked the right questions. At the same time, that poster doesn't show enough to prove the Colossus supports HDCP. Most of their posts has to do with local channels, with only a couple of SAT/cable channels that it worked with. Since the last post was a month ago, where is the video or any further reports of what works? I'd tend to want more proof before I would be recommending something that the manufacturer says it doesn't do.
Originally Posted by veryoldschool Reading through that whole thread, it does look like you've asked the right questions. At the same time, that poster doesn't show enough to prove the Colossus supports HDCP. Most of their posts has to do with local channels, with only a couple of SAT/cable channels that it worked with. Since the last post was a month ago, where is the video or any further reports of what works? I'd tend to want more proof before I would be recommending something that the manufacturer says it doesn't do. I agree that no real proof was provided and I was initially very skeptical of it.
However, I also headed over to the Hauppauge UK forums and there are other reports of the same thing. So, while it would be nice to have screenshots or video proof, I am convinced that some people are able to do this (for reasons not fully understood). There are also other reports of people not being able to record via HDMI, which would point to HDCP being properly handled by the Colossus (BTW, I have found no conflicting reports of different individuals getting different results on the same model of cable or sat STB). From other stuff that I've read about the Colossus, my guess is that it is properly paying attention to HDCP copy protection.it just seems that some cable and sat set-top-boxes are not properly passing the HDCP. I intend to purchase the Colossus in the near future, and look forward to testing this.
My assumption is that a simple firmware update from the cable or sat provider is all that it would take to stop this from happening. I'm not sure that those providers are thrilled about doing this, as it no doubt would mean increased support calls due to problems that certain devices (AVR's, projectors, etc.) have with HDCP. But if Hollywood decides to care about this, I'm guessing their lawyers can point to copious punitive fines in the contracts for any provider that doesn't 'play ball' with HDCP. Originally Posted by TNO821 My assumption is that a simple firmware update from the cable or sat provider is all that it would take to stop this from happening. I'm not sure that those providers are thrilled about doing this, as it no doubt would mean increased support calls due to problems that certain devices (AVR's, projectors, etc.) have with HDCP. But if Hollywood decides to care about this, I'm guessing their lawyers can point to copious punitive fines in the contracts for any provider that doesn't 'play ball' with HDCP. Maybe it's just 'the devil you know', verses the one you don't, but I would bet the DVR was a fault and either a reboot or the firmware that was released recently would have plugged the hole.
This may be why there was no further posting from that poster. DirecTV has been having issues with HDMI as it seems nobody or all has followed 'the standard' as closely as they should have. Even that posted had issues with HDCP on the SD channels. I've had more experience with this testing their DirecTV2PC software. It requires HDCP support for digital connection to a monitor.
While not all recordings have copyright protection, more and more are. Even the same program that was first aired without it, has later had it on re-airing a year or two later. 'My guess' is your results will be spotty at best.
Originally Posted by veryoldschool I would bet the DVR was a fault and either a reboot or the firmware that was released recently would have plugged the hole. This may be why there was no further posting from that poster Possibly. But, with these type of forums, you hear the most noise when something doesn't work.
When the user has everything working the way they want, they tend not to bother coming here. Anyways, when I see a good deal on the Colossus, I'll pick one up and give it a test (though I don't have or want sat, so my testing will be limited to BD players and cable).hopefully I'll be able to figure out if it is something with the Hauppauge drivers or firmware. Originally Posted by TNO821 Possibly. But, with these type of forums, you hear the most noise when something doesn't work. When the user has everything working the way they want, they tend not to bother coming here. Anyways, when I see a good deal on the Colossus, I'll pick one up and give it a test (though I don't have or want sat, so my testing will be limited to BD players and cable).hopefully I'll be able to figure out if it is something with the Hauppauge drivers or firmware. FWIW this has been forwarded to DirecTV engineering, so I'd expect any 'hole' is or will be plugged 'soon'.
Originally Posted by veryoldschool Someone that is involved in their testing. If this is how they expect their equipment to work, then there will be no change, but on the other hand, if there is a flaw, then it will get plugged.
I do expect that it is a 'flaw' in the DirecTV firmware or software. But when they plug it, I also expect it to disrupt legitimate non-infringing customers who are using picky devices such as certain AVR's and projectors. But if they don't plug it, I would bet that they are in clear violation of agreements that they've made with the content producers. Originally Posted by TNO821 Fair enough. I do expect that it is a 'flaw' in the DirecTV firmware or software.
But when they plug it, I also expect it to disrupt legitimate non-infringing customers who are using picky devices such as certain AVR's and projectors. But if they don't plug it, I would bet that they are in clear violation of agreements that they've made with the content producers. It is 'my guess' that this is/was a result of having the HDCP 'loosened' enough to be compatible with many devices. How many legitimate devices may be blocked would also be a guess and they may be able to fine tune HDCP further, once they know what must be blocked.
I have a directv dvr model # hr24-100 Since Directv offers the 'Directv2pc' software which allows you to stream saved programming from your dvr to your pc via LAN, why couldnt you use a video & audio capture app to record your shows this way? In my case i dont need perfect quality, because i just want to save a bunch of cooking shows i have saved on my dvr that are getting out of hand with the amount of space they are taking up. Id like to save em for later though for educational purposes. Spending $100+ on a capture card just for this would be frivolous. Also worth noting that my current video card doesnt have inputs of any kind. Originally Posted by powpowmeow I have a directv dvr model # hr24-100 Since Directv offers the 'Directv2pc' software which allows you to stream saved programming from your dvr to your pc via LAN, why couldnt you use a video & audio capture app to record your shows this way?
In my case i dont need perfect quality, because i just want to save a bunch of cooking shows i have saved on my dvr that are getting out of hand with the amount of space they are taking up. Id like to save em for later though for educational purposes. Spending $100+ on a capture card just for this would be frivolous. Also worth noting that my current video card doesnt have inputs of any kind. DirecTV2PC blocks video capture.
You can use SD capture cards/devices and connect to the analog outputs.