Transferring files from a Fetch PVR

[rotur]

As the title suggests is there a way of doing this on a Mac via FTP or similar? I have several music videos that I wish to collate in one location... Thanks

[Guest niterida]

I looked into this also but as far as I could tell there is no way to transfer files off the Fetch box

[a.dent]

I have no idea really but can you take the HDD out and plug it directly into your Mac via a HDD dock?

[cwt]

17 hours ago, a.dent said:

I have no idea really but can you take the HDD out and plug it directly into your Mac via a HDD dock?

Worth a go ; especially if it records in a standard format like mpeg2 . I once did something similar with a beyonwiz p1 ; transferring its data [ via network though] to my laptop and using wizfx to convert the proprietary files to mpeg2 

[groovem]

Can you access the drive with something like Filezilla? Thats how I get files from my Beyonwiz PVR to my Mac.

[Graceman]

I would expect some form of encryption leader in the recording, rather like Panasonic use with their PVRs.  You should be able to transfer them in slow time, ie by playing them back and splitting the HDMI signal between your tv and the Mac though I suspect another interface from "the bay" may be required.  

 

Which Mac are you using?

 

[Guest niterida]

4 hours ago, Graceman said:

I would expect some form of encryption leader in the recording, rather like Panasonic use with their PVRs.  You should be able to transfer them in slow time, ie by playing them back and splitting the HDMI signal between your tv and the Mac though I suspect another interface from "the bay" may be required.  

 

Which Mac are you using?

 

I used to copy foxtel like that to video

[Brett1968]

The fetch has a DLNA server?  If so then you can use something like VLC to copy the files.

[bob_m_54]

OK it's an old topic, but another recent Fetch TV topic made me think I should probably explain how I transfer recordings from my Fetch TV Maxi, to my NAS. It's a little tedious, but I only do it if I really want to keep a copy of something I intend to watch again in the future. The video files are MPEG-TS format, and are unencrypted.

 

I use VLC, but you can also do it with Windows Media Player. But with WMP, the way the recordings are displayed under your Fetch Box is very confusing. Some titles may only be listed as S01 E01 or something similar, making it awkward for finding the right recordings of a particualar series. VLC shows the Recordings in their own folder, making it much easier.

 

Software I used, but it may work on other SW:

a) VLC Media Player
b) Turbo Download Manager add-on for Firefox or any download manager that doesn't delete the file when it encounters a network error, but leaves the file as - filename.part

 

To download recordings from your Fetch TV Maxi, proceed as folloes:

 

1) Open VLC, and in the LH pane Select Universal Plug'n'Play under "Local Network", and your Fetch Maxi IP will show in the RH panel.

 

2) Double click your Fetch Maxi IP entry and Navigate to the "Recordings" folder, where your recordings are listed in folders.

 

3) Right Click on the recording and select "Information". Then highlight and copy the Location at the bottom of the window.
eg. http://192.168.2.109:49152/web/1737987584

 

4) In Firefox browser, with Turbo Download Manager add-on, click the Turbo Download Manager icon at the top of your browser, and select "Add Job". The url should already be added to the download list. Click "Download link(s)" at the bottom.

 

5) Once the file has downloaded, it will show as "Download Failed", but it has only failed at the very last bit, so you will still have the file in your download folder with ".part" as the extension.

 

6) Go to your download folder and change the file extension from .part to .ts

Done......

[mashley]

On 9/3/2023 at 11:40 PM, bob_m_54 said:

OK it's an old topic, but another recent Fetch TV topic made me think I should probably explain how I transfer recordings from my Fetch TV Maxi, to my NAS. It's a little tedious, but I only do it if I really want to keep a copy of something I intend to watch again in the future. The video files are MPEG-TS format, and are unencrypted.

 

An old topic, but still very useful!

 

I have a Fetch TV Mighty (M616T). The Media Hub app is now "hidden" under Apps | Music and more.

TV recordings extracted on Mac using VLC are in mp4 format.

[bob_m_54]

9 hours ago, mashley said:

An old topic, but still very useful!

 

I have a Fetch TV Mighty (M616T). The Media Hub app is now "hidden" under Apps | Music and more.

TV recordings extracted on Mac using VLC are in mp4 format.

Found an even easier way using DLNA Downloader under Linux Ubuntu 22.

https://snapcraft.io/dlna-downloader

Just browse and download the files to your HDD or NAS, change the extension from TSS to TS, then you can either play them as they are, or transcode to MP4 or whatever you prefer..

[bob_m_54]

On 03/09/2024 at 7:11 AM, bob_m_54 said:

Found an even easier way using DLNA Downloader under Linux Ubuntu 22.

https://snapcraft.io/dlna-downloader

Just browse and download the files to your HDD or NAS, change the extension from TSS to TS, then you can either play them as they are, or transcode to MP4 or whatever you prefer..

Just had a play in Linux Mint and found that you can copy the file location from the info box in VLC, paste it in Firefox address bar. Then when the browser asks where you want to save the file which will just have the filename as the numbers at the end of the address, save it as the original name of the video, with .mp4 extension, done.

 

I also noticed yesterday that after a software update on the Fetch Mighty, the movie icons that used to show in TV Guide have disappeared. Haven't checked the other Mighty or the Mini I have to see if they disappeared there as well yet though.