Bell PVR External Hard Drive | Can I Copy the Files to a Computer

I want to know how to :

transfert pvr 9241/9242 data to –> windows PC and decrypt them and convert them to .avi

 

EDIT : i do not want a solution using a tv capture card… i want direct transfert (HD–>HD)

Bell PVR External Hard Drive transfer pvr data

I have done it from a 9241 using the s-video output to the s-video input on my Pinnacle capture card and Pinnacle Studio 9 set to analogue capture. I used to do it with the old Bell receiver via RCA composite out and in but now with the PVR the operation can be done later from its hard drive. In both cases AVI files were written, edited, rendered and burned to DVD. I now plan to get a quad core pc with 8 gigs ram and HDMI input plus Cyberlink PowerDirector 9 Ultra 64. I’m hoping to repeat the above in HD and burn Bluray Disc. so maybe someone out there can advise me.

Bell PVR External Hard Drive transfer pvr data to –> windows PC and decrypt

I want to know how to :

transfer pvr 9241/9242 data to –> windows PC and decrypt them and convert them to .avi

I used to do this with my FTA receiver, I woudl take the external HD which was formatted with EXT2 I think, then I woudl run a program on my winxp / vista machine that woudl allow me to read this.

I think the program was called. Ext2Fsd I could then copy it to the computer HD, Then I used a program called videoredo which could read the files when the video was loaded, I could then remove the commercials with this program in 1 click, then save as Mpeg. Worked great a bit tedious but it did work. I haven’t tried this with my bell PVR i dont’ know if I can read EXT3 but I will try this week and report back.

Freeware application called SwissKnife

I realise the previous problems with formatting the Bell PVR External Hard drives for Windows use again and the detection problems have most likely been sorted because of the age of the posts, but I just wanted to point you guys/gals to a great little Freeware application called SwissKnife

It instantly detects the PVR formatted USB drive and Bob’s your uncle.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/SwissKnife.shtml

The SwissKnife application didn’t work on Win7 32 bit (installed but Windows warns of compatibility issues) but would not detect the external HDD in the list of devices. I tried PVRExplorer but it does not work on a drive formatted by a Bell 6131. Anyone else find a solution?