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How can I stream movies that are on an Airport Time Capsule on my iPad 1?
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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1560846" data-attributes="member: 234411"><p>Hi <strong>Slydude</strong> - I've been struggling w/ these DVRs for a number of years - now on my 3rd Time Warner DVR cable box (all Scientific Atlanta - DL manuals to all) - I'd first have to agree that there really is no way to attach these devices to a computer and analyze their file formats for transfer of data, such as movies recorded - maybe in the future or possibly a 'trick' that I'm missing - don't know, BUT I've not figured it out yet.</p><p></p><p>What I've done for 4-5 years is to use a stand-alone <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002EVP85K/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">Sony DVD burner</a> (on my 2nd model shown below - not cheap), but I've burned to DVD-R over 500 films off my DVR - process is tedious in that the DVR is attached to the Sony device via composite AV cables and has to be played in 'real time' - now it does work, though! There are SD card inputs but these only go in one direction, i.e. SD card to DVD - now if only they could go the other way (or if there is a similar device that would 'burn' to SD cards) - if so, then there is a solution (or several).</p><p></p><p>I also own an <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CT0BWHE/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">AirStash</a> device (also shown below) - this accepts SD cards (even of large capacity) and sets up a personal Wi-Fi network; there is a free app for the iPad which allows easy transfer of photos/music/movies from the SD card to the iPad - NOW - only to figure out how to get the movies off the DVR to SD cards? Intriguing I must say - Dave <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]19981[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]19982[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1560846, member: 234411"] Hi [B]Slydude[/B] - I've been struggling w/ these DVRs for a number of years - now on my 3rd Time Warner DVR cable box (all Scientific Atlanta - DL manuals to all) - I'd first have to agree that there really is no way to attach these devices to a computer and analyze their file formats for transfer of data, such as movies recorded - maybe in the future or possibly a 'trick' that I'm missing - don't know, BUT I've not figured it out yet. What I've done for 4-5 years is to use a stand-alone [URL="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002EVP85K/?tag=macforums0e4-20"]Sony DVD burner[/URL] (on my 2nd model shown below - not cheap), but I've burned to DVD-R over 500 films off my DVR - process is tedious in that the DVR is attached to the Sony device via composite AV cables and has to be played in 'real time' - now it does work, though! There are SD card inputs but these only go in one direction, i.e. SD card to DVD - now if only they could go the other way (or if there is a similar device that would 'burn' to SD cards) - if so, then there is a solution (or several). I also own an [URL="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CT0BWHE/?tag=macforums0e4-20"]AirStash[/URL] device (also shown below) - this accepts SD cards (even of large capacity) and sets up a personal Wi-Fi network; there is a free app for the iPad which allows easy transfer of photos/music/movies from the SD card to the iPad - NOW - only to figure out how to get the movies off the DVR to SD cards? Intriguing I must say - Dave :) . [ATTACH=full]19981[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]19982[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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