Video Capture from - Motorola DVR

[sasaws]

Hello....

I want to capture video from my Motorola DVR to my PC. I am using a ATI AIW 9600. I am using the software that came with the card. Although it finally seems to work with about 5 re-installs .... I was wondering if maybe there was better software I should be using rather then ATI?

TIA!

[benbryant]

Hi sasaws,

Does your Motorola DVR come with preinstall a firewire IEEE 1394 to transfer digital video to the PC? If it does, I think that you can add a PCI firewire card to your computer if it doesn't have yet and use a free but wonderful program called WinDV to capture the digital video. As I've read an article about Motorola DVR concerning copy protection restriction. Please read more from the link below:

http://broadband.motorola.com/dvr/news_faq.asp#transfer_to_vhs

Also the link for WinDV if you need it:

http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=WinDV

Regards

[sasaws]

Thanks for the response. I may try out the firewire. Right now I run the video via Componet cables into the ATI All In Wonder and capture the video in MPEG -2 format. Works well. I just don't like the AVI software. I will try the WinDV software.

Thanks.