topic Re: Export program in Sky Q

Export program

penfold72 — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:58:04 GMT

Is it possible to export a recording from the q box to a memory stick or other external device. My wife is going to be on TV over Christmas and I wanted to store the recording on my laptop so it doesn't get lost.

Re: Export program

TimmyBGood — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 23:06:06 GMT

@penfold72 wrote:

Is it possible to export a recording from the q box to a memory stick or other external device.

No, absolutely not.

My wife is going to be on TV over Christmas and I wanted to store the recording on my laptop so it doesn't get lost.

That's simply not an option from Q. If the broadcast is on a free to air (unencrypted) channel then some television sets permit 'recording' to external storage from signal received into a satellite or digital terrestrial tuner contained in the set itself.

Re: Export program

PeteRG41 — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 09:47:49 GMT

You can select the "Keep" option on a recording once you've recorded it on Sky Q. This will prevent the programme from being deleted accidentally or being deleted through aging. The recording will, however, disppear if Sky lose the broadcasting rights to the programme in hand.

There are other ways of retaining a more permanent copy of the programme, but this would be piracy (even for personal use) and therfore outside the remit of this forum.

Re: Export program

TimmyBGood — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 11:30:40 GMT

@PeteRG41 wrote:

The recording will, however, disppear if Sky lose the broadcasting rights to the programme in hand.

And when Q becomes obsolete in a few years time.

Re: Export program

penfold72 — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 18:56:10 GMT

Ok. Thanks for the replys.