How to Transfer Video From DVRs to PCs on HD DVR QIP 7216-1
Unless the feature is supported by your DVR service provider, transferring videos from a DVR to a PC is not a matter of transferring the video file from the DVR to the PC. The most common method of backing up videos saved in a DVR to a PC is to dub the videos from the DVR to the PC. The PC can be used as a video recording device, just like VCR. The Motorola QIP 7216-1 is a high-definition DVR. However, in dubbing videos from this DVR to a PC, you're going to use the device's standard definition option.
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Things You'll Need
- External video capture card
- Composite video cable
- 3.5mm Stereo male to RCA male Y cable
- Windows Live Movie Maker
Instructions
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Connect QIP 7216-1 DVR to PC
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Load the software CD that came with the video capture card into the computer. The software's installation wizard should automatically launch. Follow the wizard's prompts to install the video capture card software onto the PC. You only have to install the software one time. After this initial setup you do not have to perform this step again.
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Insert one end of the composite video cable (also known as the yellow A/V cable) into the yellow jack labeled "Video Out" on the back of the DVR. Connect the other end of the cable into the yellow A/V In jack on the video capture card.
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Plug the white RCA audio plug, located at one end of the stereo Y cable, into the white A/V Out jack labeled "Audio Left" on the back of the DVR. Plug the red RCA audio plug into the red A/V Out jack labeled "Audio Right" on the back of the DVR.
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Connect the stereo plug, located on the other end of the stereo Y cable, into the "Line In" (blue) stereo jack on the back of the PC.
Set Up Windows Live Movie Maker to Capture Video
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Click "Start," type "Windows Live Movie Maker" in the search box and press "Enter" to launch the Windows Live Movie Maker application.
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Open the "Movie Maker" menu (click the little downward-facing arrow located in the upper left corner of the Windows Live Movie Maker window). Click "Import from device" to launch the video capture wizard. If the "Photos and videos will be imported into Windows Live Photo Gallery" information box appears, click "OK."
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Select the video card from the device list. Click "Import."
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Name the file. Select "Import parts of the video to import." This selection will allow you to manually control when the recording begins. Click "Next." At this last prompt, notice the preview window on the right side of the box. You should be able to see whatever is currently showing on the DVR in this window.
Dub Video from QIP 7216-1 DVR to PC
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Open the DVR's Play List menu.
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Use the arrow buttons on the remote to first highlight the program you want to transfer to the PC, then press "OK" to select it.
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Click the "Import" button in Windows Movie Maker. Select "Play" in the DVR to begin dubbing the DVR video to the PC. When the video has finished playing through from the DVR, click "Stop" on Windows Live Movie Maker.
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Click "Finished." The new video file is stored in your "My Videos" folder.
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