Recording from OTA HD tuner direct to PC hard drive via IE..

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The problem is there is a handshake required to transfer the data. There is
software for the Apple computers already available. Check google, but I do
not think there is any software for the PC yet.

Richard R.

"Ramzey" <jeremy_deats@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have an HDTV that has an over-the-air HD tuner built-in, this built
> in tuner offers FireWire (IEEE 1394) in and out ports on the back. In
> the owners manual they demonstrate the user of the FirePorts for
> connecting a D-VHS deck (HD compatible digital VCR developed by JVC).
>
> I have a IEEE 1394 adapter card in my WinXP PC, I use it to pull in
> home videos from my DV-Camcorder. From what I've read the FireWire
> standard on the TV is the identical to the card I have in my PC, so
> how do I make them talk to one another? I'd like a program to record
> HD content from the HD reciever on my PC (though firewire) without a
> D-VHS deck, does anyone know if this is possible and if so what
> software to use?

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PC Mag had an article recently about using your PC like a TiVO. Not sure if
it includes HD, but you may want to take a look at:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1554119,00.asp


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"Ramzey" <jeremy_deats@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have an HDTV that has an over-the-air HD tuner built-in, this built
> in tuner offers FireWire (IEEE 1394) in and out ports on the back. In
> the owners manual they demonstrate the user of the FirePorts for
> connecting a D-VHS deck (HD compatible digital VCR developed by JVC).
>
> I have a IEEE 1394 adapter card in my WinXP PC, I use it to pull in
> home videos from my DV-Camcorder. From what I've read the FireWire
> standard on the TV is the identical to the card I have in my PC, so
> how do I make them talk to one another? I'd like a program to record
> HD content from the HD reciever on my PC (though firewire) without a
> D-VHS deck, does anyone know if this is possible and if so what
> software to use?
>
> I'm also curious as to the difference in the IEEE 1394 implementation
> for HDTV digital tuners vs the implementation in digital camcorders.
> From what I've read of IEEE 1394 this is a standardized protocoil that
> can send and recieve a series of commands, all IEEE 1394 devices
> should support all of (or at least a subset of) these commands (that
> would be the whole point of standardization), to that end it seems
> that at least some of the video capture software out there should
> support capturing HD. However, it seems JVC has their own
> implementation for D-VHS that they've mapped over IEEE 1394 standards,
> is this true? Are these standards published?
>
> Sorry I know there are a lot of questions there.