Is it possible to rip mpeg from Sky plus box?

[Emanef]

(The new TIVO type one)

I can't find any technical info about the box on the Sky site (ie connections, specs, etc).

Thanks.

[Emanef]

No then?!

[Emanef]

[SatStorm]

I have to links for you
1. http://forum.vcdhelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=80527&highlight=
2. www.google.com

[Emanef]

Thanks, but that post was about capturing digital broadcasts.

With this post I meant actually getting into the hard drive in the Sky Plus boxes (they're the new TIVO type ones with a hard drive that records your programs).

I wondered if it was possible to either connect the box or just the hard drive from the Sky Plus box to your PC to copy over the mpeg files......

.....and I couldn't find anything really related when I searched Google.

[energy80s]

No, there's currently no way of lifting the MPEG2 stream off the Sky+ hard drive. If there was I would have bought one at Christmas! The only PVR capable of doing this is the Tivo and since that just re-encodes analogue material in the first place, what's the point. Just capture direct to your own PC's hard drive with a TV card and have done with it!