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1211128 2011-06-22 08:58:00 hi,

how can you get videos from your My Sky HDi to your computer? if it helps we got it about 4 months ago, maybe less...
clwsham (16313)
1211129 2011-06-22 09:09:00 There's not really an easy way, you could do it with a capture card in the PC but you won't get HD out of the MySky box using the standard RCA (yellow, red & white) connections.
There are HD capture cards but they aren't cheap and they also won't capture HD content that has HDCP enabled like the MySky box does.
The best way to do it would be to get a card reader and some DVB-S2 tuners and take the MySky box out of the equation and watch/record directly to your PC.
CYaBro (73)
1211130 2011-06-22 11:23:00 Isky?

:pf1mobmini:
icow (15313)
1211131 2011-06-22 14:26:00 The best way to do it would be to get a card reader and some DVB-S2 tuners and take the MySky box out of the equation and watch/record directly to your PC.

How are you supposed to do that? I thought Sky was encrypted?
Agent_24 (57)
1211132 2011-06-22 20:55:00 How are you supposed to do that? I thought Sky was encrypted?

Use the card that has you account details and decryption keys in the DVB-S box?
The Error Guy (14052)
1211133 2011-06-22 22:54:00 It's not intended for you to be able to transfer anything off the mysky device so there is no simple way. dugimodo (138)
1211134 2011-06-23 00:21:00 Play the item on Mysky and capture it with a capture card in PC - works a treat :)

Assuming of course that you have connected Mysky to PC.
Zippity (58)
1211135 2011-06-23 00:55:00 How are you supposed to do that? I thought Sky was encrypted?

You use a card reader, that connects to your PC via USB or serial port, and stick your legal/payed for Sky card in it.
You have a special piece of software on the PC that talks to the card to get the encryption key and pass it on to Windows Media Center.
CYaBro (73)
1211136 2011-06-23 01:01:00 I don't have my card plugged in to my video capture card.

In hindsight, I think the picture goes from the Mysky unit through my DVD player and then on to my PC :)
Zippity (58)
1211137 2011-06-23 01:14:00 You use a card reader, that connects to your PC via USB or serial port, and stick your legal/payed for Sky card in it.
You have a special piece of software on the PC that talks to the card to get the encryption key and pass it on to Windows Media Center.

Ohh.... right

When you said card reader I thought you meant SD card or something... not Sky card. :lol:
Agent_24 (57)
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