I've installed the Firewire SDK25, connected via Firewire 400 to my TW SA8300HDC DVR/STB and tried to record to my Mac. It appeared to record with AVCVideocap and in fact there are .m2t files on the Mac, but when I try to view them with either VLC or VirtualDVHS nothing appears. I recorded, or attempted to record, both local programming, which should and did have the copy flags set to 'copy freely', and HD signals and signals from the DVR's recorded items, which had the flags set to 'copy once'.
I've seen several old posts here and elsewhere (avsforum.com, etc.) about the process, and tried to follow the setup procedures instructions at http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040426151111599&query=HDTV to the letter but can't seem to get it to work. Some of these seem to be a couple of years old and I can't be sure if they're still valid.
I've also contacted the local city of Cincinnati cable service co-ordinator, who contacted an administrative tech at TW and he tells me that the firewire ports on the 8300HDC are enabled as required by FCC regs.
At this point I'm a bit stumped and would appreciate any help or links that anyone can suggest.
Thanks.
I've seen several old posts here and elsewhere (avsforum.com, etc.) about the process, and tried to follow the setup procedures instructions at http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040426151111599&query=HDTV to the letter but can't seem to get it to work. Some of these seem to be a couple of years old and I can't be sure if they're still valid.
I've also contacted the local city of Cincinnati cable service co-ordinator, who contacted an administrative tech at TW and he tells me that the firewire ports on the 8300HDC are enabled as required by FCC regs.
At this point I'm a bit stumped and would appreciate any help or links that anyone can suggest.
Thanks.