A Linux box will understand the drive and then you can copy the .ts files off of it. Everybody pretty much has a local Linux User Group… contact them and tell them what you need… shoot, they may even convert the files over to mp4… maybe with meta tags and everything (we Linux guys are like that).
The database is stored locally on the Tablo so if you factory reset the Tablo you will not be able to access the recordings from the Tablo.
The drive itself still has the recordings so you can plug it into a computer and save them. Except this process will require some knowledge and work on your part.
Sorry if I’m hijacking the thread. Any advice for us on what apps to use within Ubuntu to convert the .ts files to .mp4? I just found myself in a situation where I want to save two shows I have recorded.
At the lowest level you can can concatenate and transcode using ffmpeg. There are posts on the subject you can search here. While TabloExporter is currently a forum favorite, my tool, SurLaTablo is useful for searching and extracting shows without having to “pull the drive”. SurLaTablo is configurable and allows you to write your own transcoding “style” for it in its config file, name it and use it from the command line or make it a default…
One more thing about Jestep’s Exporter is that it is quite user-friendly for those of us without deep technical backgrounds. Good user interface - follow the instructions and it works as advertised.
Hi all!
Is it possible to use Tablo Exporter or Surlatablo if the Tablo cannot access them anymore? (In the case Tablo was factory reset).
Or the only option would be to connect the usb drive to a Linux system?
Thank you!
You, of course need to “read” the drive, how to do that from a Windows system may be possible but beyond the scope of this. It is possible but a super PITA to recover recordings.