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chrislobina1972 · 13-10-2008, 21:32

Hello,

I HOPE YOU CAN HELP!

I'm very new to all this, but a little technical minded.

I would like to record HD terestial channels(BBC1,ITV and C4) to my computer (I have a macbook) this is so i can grab high quality stills images from TV programs for research purposes. I have not yet purchased any other hardware. I have had a look on a few forums and have gathered (i think!) the cheapest way is to record via freesat with a HD PVR rather than SKY+ or Telewest then download recorded data to my mac, once on my computer I'm hoping I could decode the data into separate frames or grab stills frames from the footage? not too sure if any of this is actually possible. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks, Chris.

13-10-2008, 21:32	#1
chrislobina1972 Inactive Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1	can I record from HD channels to my computer? Hello, I HOPE YOU CAN HELP! I'm very new to all this, but a little technical minded. I would like to record HD terestial channels(BBC1,ITV and C4) to my computer (I have a macbook) this is so i can grab high quality stills images from TV programs for research purposes. I have not yet purchased any other hardware. I have had a look on a few forums and have gathered (i think!) the cheapest way is to record via freesat with a HD PVR rather than SKY+ or Telewest then download recorded data to my mac, once on my computer I'm hoping I could decode the data into separate frames or grab stills frames from the footage? not too sure if any of this is actually possible. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks, Chris.