DVR to DVD

hi all, is it possible to transfer DVR to DVD?
i am in Dublin and have a Ntl UpC cable hard drive receiver and its getting full,
is there anyway of transferring any of my recordings to keep, to a DVD recorder?
i have a DVD recorder with built in hard drive.
any tips, suggestions?
any help would be appreciated, thanks, Gaz.

 

are these recording not protected, as in recorded and encrypted on the UPC box, I would presume these programmes are N3 encrypted, sim to the ones recorded on a the Sky box,

 

i dont know, i didnt know there was a difference in how you could record?
but i do know its all N3 now.

 

Have you had a look through these if there DVR MS,

http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/downloads/convert-dvr-to-dvd-747688.html

 

But are the actual recordings encrypted with N3 and possible .TS format also, thats the bit I would be weary about, there is a USB connection on the back of the UPC PVr box, have you tried to connect yer box to lappy to see if it will access the HD?

If memory serves me right, the recordings on the SV USB were not encrypted, but as your dealing with a sub box which runs on N3 encryption, you may not be able to transfer em, its down to how they have been recorded and if the encryption is part of the deal..... Be interesting to find out

Ok you could try this
scart from box to DVD-recorder. Select scart in
source on DVD. Play recorded movie on box & hit record on DVD
It's a bit messy, but if you select scart by-pass in DVD menu you
can leave scart from box-DVD & still watch box on TV

 

ah lads you've lost me, sorry but im totaly un tech like.
i thought i could just stick a scart lead from dvr to dvd recorder, hit play and rec at same time and that'd do it???

 

edited above

 

sorry, yea i only just got the bottom half of your message, the 2nd and 3rd para werent there when i replied.
so basically just try what i thought then? scart, play, rec.
i'll give it a bash and let you know,
cheers,

 

give it a go, let me know if what you recorded will play back on a DVD for you,

 

hi, well i gave it a go and its worked.
hooked up th upc box to the dvd recorder by the EXT2 scart slot, pressed play on box and rec on the dvd recorder and recorded onto the dvd hard drive.
then moved over to a DVD-RW from that onto my laptop and ran it through cloneDVD to a DVD and it works fine, plays on all of my DVD players and laptop.
probably a long winded way of doing it by going through cloneDVD but ive found on the past its the safest option as it allows to be played back on all types of players.

 

Fair play for the response, shame ya cant transfer whats on the HD to a USB instead,

 

yea that'd be handy alright, but there's no USB slot at the back, just 2 scart and an ethernet(whats that used for?)

 

on the pvr from upc (black one) there is a USB slot, but it doesnt pic up a usb stick, ethernet is for connecting the box to the internet, what it does I aint sure, but prob to work with a upc server