[vdr] copy mpeg to optical storage

[Dan R <danr@starband.net>]

I was interested in software that would copy an MPEG2-DVB broadcast that 
was saved onto a hard drive in a satellite box.  I want to record the saved 
broadcast show on optical storage and delete it from my satellite box.  I 
would also like to retain the ATSC soundtrack.
I can play the MPEG2 file from the satellite box on my computer by using 
the S-VHS input on the video card (nvidia GeForce3 GTS) but all the 
software I can find wants to encode the signal as MPEG2 again.  Is there a 
capture program that just writes a currently playing file to disk?

I'm new to all this (if you couldn't tell) and all I want to do is 
basically transfer a file from one box to another box. The problem is that 
my satellite box is mostly proprietary and doesn't have a well documented 
file structure (the satellite box is a Dish Network PVR-501, for the curious).

Thanks for you time and input.  :^)