The ABC has been repeating episodes of Parkinson in Australia from
the early 80s. They've been doing it for a while but I've finally
got into the habit of recording them in their current timeslot
early in the morning Tue-Fri after Rage. I'm quite enjoying them,
I love a late night time-warp.
On 2 Oct 2025 18:10:52 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev
<not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
The ABC has been repeating episodes of Parkinson in Australia from
the early 80s. They've been doing it for a while but I've finally
got into the habit of recording them in their current timeslot
early in the morning Tue-Fri after Rage. I'm quite enjoying them,
I love a late night time-warp.
Have you a tuner that records without any encryption concerns?
I need one with a USB plug for a NUC.
Is VideoReDo still the one for editing out the ads, or is there
something better?
Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote:
On 2 Oct 2025 18:10:52 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev
<not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
The ABC has been repeating episodes of Parkinson in Australia from
the early 80s. They've been doing it for a while but I've finally
got into the habit of recording them in their current timeslot
early in the morning Tue-Fri after Rage. I'm quite enjoying them,
I love a late night time-warp.
Have you a tuner that records without any encryption concerns?
Sure, the Kogan thing I use records anything and I can read off the
video files from the memory stick in it to convert them on PC and
put them on my main video HDD connected to a different box that I
use to watch video files because the player software on the tuner
is really crappy.
It doesn't use the programme name for the video file names though,
just a timecode, so I have to sort them.
I need one with a USB plug for a NUC.
NUC? The (formerly) Intel mini-PCs? Anyway it has a USB socket, but
it's an old model and probably hard to find now. I got it when TV
channels first started switching to HD-only. I had a look but I
can't actually find a model number, just "Kogan Digital Set-Top
Box". Its video player and EPG is pretty bad, but compared to other
tuners it flicks through channels quick. Those tuners/TVs that take
a few seconds to respond after each channel change are intollerable.
Is VideoReDo still the one for editing out the ads, or is there
something better?
I never bothered with all that, I fast-forward through the ads on
SBS and don't bother with the commercial channels where there are
just too many of them. It's wonderful though watching Parkinson
throw to an an ad break in one of the episodes made by ch. 7 or 10
and since it's on the ABC you're not actually inflicted with one.
not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) wrote
Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
The ABC has been repeating episodes of Parkinson in Australia from
the early 80s. They've been doing it for a while but I've finally
got into the habit of recording them in their current timeslot
early in the morning Tue-Fri after Rage. I'm quite enjoying them,
I love a late night time-warp.
Have you a tuner that records without any encryption concerns?
Sure, the Kogan thing I use records anything and I can read off the
video files from the memory stick in it to convert them on PC and
put them on my main video HDD connected to a different box that I
use to watch video files because the player software on the tuner
is really crappy.
It doesn't use the programme name for the video file names though,
just a timecode, so I have to sort them.
I need one with a USB plug for a NUC.
NUC? The (formerly) Intel mini-PCs? Anyway it has a USB socket, but
it's an old model and probably hard to find now. I got it when TV
channels first started switching to HD-only. I had a look but I
can't actually find a model number, just "Kogan Digital Set-Top
Box". Its video player and EPG is pretty bad, but compared to other
tuners it flicks through channels quick. Those tuners/TVs that take
a few seconds to respond after each channel change are intollerable.
Is VideoReDo still the one for editing out the ads, or is there
something better?
I never bothered with all that, I fast-forward through the ads on
SBS and don't bother with the commercial channels where there are
just too many of them. It's wonderful though watching Parkinson
throw to an an ad break in one of the episodes made by ch. 7 or 10
and since it's on the ABC you're not actually inflicted with one.
Thanks, I might go the...
https://www.hauppauge.com/
...route because I had one of their cards plugged into the motherboard
when I had an old computer.
I still have the VideoReDo and this is essential because the ads take
up typically 33% of the viewing/storage.
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