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)

Formating the Bell PVR External Hard Drive

Formating the Bell PVR External Hard Drive on a Computer

i have the same problem. Used my external HD as a PVR now will not work on my Laptop.

The drive is formatted with an EXT3 filesystem – primarily used by Linux.

If you right click on “My Computer”, you should get the option to “Manage” your system. From that screen you should see an option there for “Disk Management” In there you should see your external hard drive. There’s where you should be able to format it by right clicking the drive and choosing from the menu that appears.

Word of caution, make sure it is your external hard drive you have selected before you try to format. It will erase everything that’s on the drive and if you select the wrong drive, it’s more than a little “oops”.

Hope this helps!

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.

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?