How to Record with DBox Winserver

On the PC:
1) Create a directory to your PC for your recordings.

2) Install Dbox Winserver (known as Winserver from here on)
3) Add a shortcut to dboxwinsvr.exe (wherever you installed it) to your Startup directory in the Start menu
4) Run Winserver (dboxwinsvr.exe)
5) Click the Settings tab and enter your Dbox IP, the port should already be 4000. Set the output directory to the directory you created above (Also change the language into English)
6) Click the Generally tab and remove the tick from Windows after recording unless you want it to perform the action in the dropdown box once it’s finished
7) Select Use UDRec (I Prefer GGrab)
8 ) Click the UDRec tab and select Record only 1 Stream under Audio and Record as MPEG-Streams under Stream File
9) Select Multiplex MPEG Streams after recording. (Keep an eye on your hard drive space though, as you effectively have 2 copies, the muxed and the demuxed. If you can get GGrab to work for you, you can have it only create the mpg file)
10) Click Save.

Here is an example :









On Dbox

1) Press the Dbox button on your remote
2) Go to Settings, then Recording
3) Set the Recording Device to Server
4) Enter the IP address of your PC (it has to be a static IP)
5) The port should be 4000
6) Set Switch to SPTS mode to Off
7) Select Activate Changes, then Back, then Save Settings Now
8 ) Press Home to go back to watching TV

You’re ready to record. Press the Blue button to get the Features menu, then Red to start recording. You can press Home to watch the channel as normal. To end recording, press Blue again for Features, then Red. You can also set timed recordings, as long as your PC is left on and running Winserver

While recording, the icon on the PC systray should show a flashing red circle (Also on some Images the Time on the LCDof the Box flashes) Recordings should appear in the directory you created. You’ll have a directory with the date, time, and channel name. Inside that you’ll have files with the program name. The mpg can be watched directly. The mpv & mp2 are ready to be burned to DVD or deleted if you don’t need them. The txt contains the program description. The log is selfexplanatory.