DR4296 wrote: Is it possible to get my PC to access the Directv DVR over my home network? I mean, it'd be a lot easier for me to do this sort of thing from my desktop PC that's a floor above the living room TV. Than to drag the PC downstairs, hook it up, and do all of this. -= Dave =- To access the DVR directly from your desktop, no, but there are ways to play back content from your DVR on your desktop.

One simple way is a slingbox. With a slingbox connected to your DVR and home network, the desktop slingbox player will allow you to play back content on your desktop. I had a slingbox like device called vulcano. That device not only allowed me to play back recordings on my PC but also let me capture/record it on my PC as it played. I do not know if the slingbox provides that capability.

Transfer DirecTV DVR recordings. To a flash drive or DVD via PC? Soundtoys Bundle Rare. ? Greetings All! Is it possible to get my PC to access the Directv DVR over my home network?

Recordings are encrypted to the DVR that recorded them and so cannot be transferred to an external hard drive. Even if you use an external eSATA HDD to give yourself additional recording space, the internal is inaccessable, and if you were to move the external to another DVR the existing recordings would be locked out and recorded over. If you have a Genie HR44 or HR54 that is connected to your home internet, you can transfer recordings (temporarily) to a mobile device (smart phone or tablet) via the Directv app (portion called MobileDVR). The mobile device must be connected to your home network to pair with the Genie and to transfer recordings. After so much time (30 days if I recall correctly) the recordings auto delete. MobileDVR is for watching on the go where you have little to no internet, or out of country where they cannot broadcast/stream.

Alternatively you could connect a non-HDMI device (such as VCR) to any outputs your tv has to record what is playing in real time. Has to be non-HDMI otherwise High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) kicks in not allowing you to record.