This thread seems like a good spot to ask a technical question. I have Charter/Spectrum and have many Bama football games on DVR - including several national championship games. Does anyone know a way to transfer/copy those games to another media device? Is it even possible? These cable boxes are finicky and you're never more than a reset away from losing everything that has been recorded.
I used to do this, and it was a giant hassle, way more than something like this should be.
However, I was able to do it, and in the process, became far more intimate with the details of video codecs than I ever intended to be.
I also spent many hours per game viewing and re-viewing each play, cutting out commercials, looking for glitched frames, etc.
It was also not cheap in terms of cash outlay for hardware to support video processing, which is highly demanding in general.
Plus, occasional crashes while recording would waste time, and I would have to start over.
If you still want to do this, you will need a few things:
1) a fast computer with an enormous amount of free hard drive space, the bigger and faster the better. I used multiple 1TB drives in a RAID 0 (striping without parity) configuration for maximum speed, and that was just for the capture drive. For the storage drive, I used a 2TB drive, but if I were doing it again, I would go 6TB or better yet, a NAS with multiple drives. I now have such a NAS, but I don't do this video capture anymore.
2) A video capture card such as a Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro
3) Component video output on your DVR. HDMI is likely to have protection on it which will defeat capture, but digital copy protection is literally impossible with the RGB analog signal of component video.
4) A video capture/editing program (I used VirtualDub, which was not only free, but worked a million times better than other video capture/editing programs)
5) An audio editing program (I used Audacity)
5) Nearly infinite patience for computer programs not working for inexplicable reasons.
6) Excellent troubleshooting skills
7) A lot of free time
Note: I know I have made reference to some specific commercial products in this post, but I do so only because they have worked for me. I specifically recommend against having anything to do with this painful process. After editing together one of these games and checking it for video glitches, you will never want or need to watch it again.
If you are still reading this, and are still committed to pursuing this endeavor, I would be glad to answer any particular questions, or offer any further insights when you reach your breaking point of frustration, as I feel like I have been through it all and still have not murdered anyone nor destroyed any expensive equipment.