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Version Comparison
| ExPVR Free | ExPVR+ | ExPVR Commercial | |
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Price | Free! | £19.99 | Contact for details |
Extract From Sky+ HD to PC (to watch on PC) | Limited to 200Mb | ||
Copy Between Sky+ HD Hard Drives | Limited to 15 | ||
Copy recordings from a Sky+ box to Sky+ HD box | Limited to 15 | ||
Format a new disk for use in a Sky+ HD box | |||
Merge recordings from multiple Sky+ HD boxes | |||
Display all the details of each recording in the planner | |||
Use for commercial purposes | |||
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Copying Between Hard Drives
ExPVR allows the copying of recordings to a new Sky+ HD hard disk. This allows you to upgrade your Sky+ HD hard drive to a greater size without losing your recordings!
Current Features
- Able to extract all non-encrypted recordings from supported PVRs.
- Copy recordings between Sky+ HD hard disks.
- Repair issues with your Sky+ HD recordings.
- Copy recordings from older Sky+ devices to newer Sky+ HD boxes
- Format new hard disks for use in an XTV based PVR.
- Able to choose which recordings to copy to the new disk.
- Re-adds PMT, PAT, ECM and PCR to the recordings to increase compatibility with video players.
- Easy to use, intuitive interface.
- Supports batch copies, just select all the recordings you want to extract and ExPVR will do the rest!
- Full planner support; all the details of each recording are shown, including the channel name, recording title and synopsis.
- Complete help file guiding you through the extraction process.
- Able to extract directly from the disk, or from a disk image.
- Merging of recordings on multiple hard disks onto one.
- All future updates are included in the price!
Planned Features
- Planner editing.
- Adding new video files to the planner.
- If you have any more suggestions please post in our forums!
Contents
Does this application support the extraction of encrypted recordings?
Which recordings are encrypted?
What software do I need to watch the extracted recordings?
Will Push VOD 'Sky Anytime Showcase' recordings work?
How do I attach the hard disk from my Sky+ HD or other XTV-Based PVR to my computer?
Does this application change the hard drive in any way?
I have copied my recordings to a new hard drive, but there a some "failed" entries in my planner.
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Does this application support the extraction of encrypted recordings?
Unfortunately this feature cannot be added. I am not sure of the legality of such a feature and in any case, Sky would take a very dim view; for these reasons I will never add this to ExPVR. There is however a plug-in API which you could use to add this feature if you wished.
If you extract an encrypted recording, it will still copy but the recording wont be viewable on your computer (it will still be encrypted).
Note that copying encrypted recordings to another Sky+ HD hard disk will work fine.
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Which recordings are encrypted?
Recordings from channels you have to have your card inserted to view, are encrypted. Recordings from other, free to air channels (BBC1, BBC HD, ITV, E4 etc.) will extract fine.
Encrypted recordings are highlighted in a pale red in ExPVR.
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What software do I need to watch the extracted recordings?
The recordings are extracted as standard *.TS files (MPEG Transport Stream). VLC Media Player is recommended for viewing these but they can also be viewed in any Direct Show player (e.g. Media Player/Media Center/DVBViewer) with the correct codecs.
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Is it possible to copy recordings to a new, larger, XTV formatted hard disk which can be used in place of the old one?
Yes, this is now possible with ExPVR version 2 and above, please see the Copy & Format Wizard page for more details.
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Will Push VOD 'Sky Anytime Showcase' recordings work?
Non-encrypted Push VOD recordings can be extracted in the same way as standard ones and will work correctly. Pull VOD ('Sky Anytime+') recordings which have been saved may work but this has not been tested.
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Which PVRs are supported?
Please see our device support page.
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How do I attach the hard disk from my Sky+ HD or other XTV-Based PVR to my computer?
All XTV-Based PVRs contain standard PC hard disks with either an IDE or SATA connection. All Sky+ HD boxes have SATA hard disks. It is recommended you connect your hard disk via an external SATA or IDE caddy, but it also possible to connect them internally as long as you read the warnings in the support section. For more information please read the tutorials here.
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Does this application change the source hard drive in any way?
ExPVR only reads from your PVR hard disk, it will not make any changes. It is therefore safe to use without any worry of corruption.
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I have copied my recordings to a new hard drive, but there a some "failed" entries in my planner.
If the "failed" entries are recordings that you choose not to copy then this is normal and they can safely be deleted, this occurs if the "Rebuild Planner" option has been disabled; the recordings that where not copied still exist in the database and the Sky box is just reporting that they no longer exist.
If any of the recording you selected to copy appear as "failed" then something when wrong during the copy operation, please contact us or post in the forums for more help.
| Name | Date | Description | |
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ExPVR V3.8.21 |
08/01/2014 |
V3.8.21 now has explicit support for the V2.61 planner database version. The "unknown database version" warning should no longer be displayed. New in version 3.8
New in version 3.7
Note that this version needs V4.5 of the .NET framework which is not available for Windows XP, for more details about why, please see this post. |
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Note that this software is for personal use only. If you want to use it commercialy (including as part of a 'value-added' service), please contact us for pricing options.
For full terms and conditions please click here.
The Format and Copy Wizard allows you to copy recordings between Sky+ HD hard drives, or to an image file on your computer. This allows you to upgrade the disk in your Sky+ HD box, move your recordings to a new device or back up your recordings.
The recordings you want to copy to the new disk can be selected from any number of source drives, allowing you to merge recordings from multiple devices onto one.
ExPVR V3.5 brings support for legacy Sky+ and Thompson Sky HD boxes, allowing you to copy recordings from these devices onto a newer Sky+ HD device.
V3.8.21
- Added - Support for planner version 2.62
- Added - Option to show volumes which do not appear as FAT32
- Fixed - ExPVR will now format >2TB disks without failing (note that only 2TB of capacity will be usable)
- Fixed - ExPVR will no longer fail without a descriptive error if there is a problem showing the user interface
V3.8.16
- Fixed - Grouping still not working correctly for copies from DRX890/5 devices.
- Fixed - On demand recordings showing up as empty groups for copies to DRX890/5 devices.
V3.8.15
- Fixed - Recordings not appearing in groups on copied planners.
V3.8.14
- Fixed - Issue introduced in V3.8.13 which was causing some copies from legacy devices to result in an empty planner message.
V3.8.13
- Added - Support for new database version (PCAT-2.51: introduced in R006.058.60.00P, includes fields for planner sharing)
- Added - Support for reading from German KabelBW disks
- Added - Support for PCAT database version 3.47 (Sky DE)
- Added - Highly experimental support for reading ext3-XTVFS layouts (as used by darwin Sky DE boxes)
- Fixed - More fixes for Sky ITA pre-darwin -> Darwin conversions (now working perfectly)
V3.8.8
- Added - "Deselect all deleted" option
- Changed - "Rebuild Planner" is now forced as it is no longer experimental and can fix a lot of planner issues
- Fixed - Various fixes for Italian pre-darwin to darwin conversions
- Fixed - Falure to copy recordings which do not have an SHREC_ITEMS record
V3.8.1
- Added - Brand new recording processor for extracting recordings
- Added - PCR regeneration for recordings with missing PCR
- Added - Regeneration of original ECMs in output .ts file
- Added - Newcamd support
- Added - Far better support for various meta-data versions
- Added - Support for different naming scheme used by Indian legacy Tata Sky devices
- Changed - Free version now limited to copying 15 recordings at a time
- Fixed - Incorrect start time for some converted planners
- Fixed - Slow downs when log window open
V3.7.23
- Added - Disk properties dialog (includes free space details etc.)
- Fixed - Some issues with sector aligned (DB3/DB4) legacy planners
V3.7.22
- Added - Support for a wider variety of legacy planner versions
- Added - Much better legacy DBF format support (means unknown versions are far more likely to work)
- Added - Ability to attach patches to disk for diagnostic purposes
- Added - Ability to force use of legacy planner when darwin databases present
- Fixed - Issues with legacy planner parsing for some planner versions
- Fixed - Issues with legacy recordings which have a start offset
V3.7.13
- Added - Grayed out menu items for 'impossible' actions (e.g. copying when no recordings selected)
- Added - 'Format Only' option for formatting disks without copying recordings
- Added - Ability to dismount and refresh disks in main UI
- Added - Support for Picasso 'deleted' items
- Added - Locking of hard disks on mount to prevent outside changes
- Added - Improved recording copy wizard and clearer target box selection
- Fixed - Issues with pre-darwin to picasso copies
- Fixed - Various issues with merging / planner rebuilds and Picasso
- Changed - Rewritten database engine which is far more compatible with changing Sky+ database versions
- Changed - Rewritten UI code
V3.6
- Fixed - Various DBF (legacy planner) parsing issues
V3.5
- Added - Support for pre-darwin (Sky+ and Thompson Sky+ HD) to darwin copies (all other HD boxes)
- Added - Improved support for pre-darwin devices
- Added - Support for merging recordings from one or more disks onto one
- Added - Better support for recovering recordings from corrupted disks
- Added - Display of Genre and Sub-Genre information for planner items
- Fixed - Bug which caused a blue screen to appear before certain pre-darwin recordings (including recordings made on Darwin systems before they where updated)
- Fixed - A problem causing the buttons on the registration dialog to be pushed off the end when windows was set to High DPI
- Fixed - Bug causing errors if only a small amount of video data was copied to an image (the image was not being made large enough to fit the databases)
V3.1.4478
- Added - Support for copy+ *.XTV files
- Fixed - Whole program crash on preview when video player does not exist
- Fixed - Problems with non-english code pages
- Fixed - Problem with cluster chain from extent code (for reading corrupt hard disks)
- Fixed - Various pre-darwin issues
V3.1.4422
- Added - Recording Previews
V3.0.4402
- Added - VOD recording highlighting & selection
- Fixed - Error when creating an image file which did not already exist
V3.0
- Added - New user interface built in WPF
- Added - Experimental legacy planner support
- Added - Support for falling back to using the extent file for drives with a corrupt video FAT
- Added - Support for new meta-data formats
- Added - New log viewer
V2.1
- Added - Format & Copy Wizard
- Added - Configuration Tool
- Added - Logging to file & far more verbose log items
- Added - Faster method of detecting encrypted recordings
- Added - Basic cacheing for direct disk access (should give better performance)
- Added - FAT map diagnostic tool
- Added - Diagnostic tool
- Added - Update notifier
- Changed - Rewritten Fat32 code (should perform better, and less likely to contain bugs)
- Fixed - File naming error for drives still containing legacy recordings
- Fixed - Errors with planners containing Anytime+ entries (to do with event name format)
- Fixed - Various miss-alignment issues
- Fixed - Errors with the little endian amstrad box
V1.1
- Fixed - Out of memory error for large STR extents.
- Fixed - Problems reading file systems without a volume label (newly formatted darwin file systems no longer have a volume label).
- Fixed - Progress bar error in file system viewer
v1.0
Initial Release
What is ExPVR?
ExPVR is a software package which allows you to manage the recordings stored on Sky+, Sky+ HD and other XTV-based personal video recorders.
ExPVR will allow you to:
- Upgrade your existing Sky+ HD box hard disk space up to a huge 2TB, while retaining all of your existing recordings.
- Transfer your recordings between Sky+ HD boxes.
- Copy recordings from your old SD Sky+, or Thompson Sky+ HD box to your new device.
- Backup your Sky+ recordings to your PC, safe-guarding them from being lost.
- Merge recordings from multiple Sky+ devices or disks, onto one.
- Copy FTA Sky+ recordings to your computer, allowing them to be watched in your favourite media player!
There is no other software on the market that can do this!
Devices
ExPVR has been extensively tested with all of the UK Sky+ and Sky+ HD devices. Support is also included for other XTV boxes from around the world, including:
- My Sky HD (Sky Italia)
- Foxtel iQ (Foxtel Australia)
- Foxtel iQHD
For a full list of supported devices, please visit our Device Support page.
Purchase ExPVR
For copies between hard disks, the free version of ExPVR is limited to copying 15 recordings at a time. For extracting recordings to view on your PC, the free version is limited to copying the first 200MB of each recording. Please visit the features section for a full comparison.
You can purchase this application now for only £19.99:
Your personal registration key will be sent to you automatically once the payment is complete.