My Humax is the HDR-Fox-D2
HDR-FOX T2
That stops external DLNA servers on the same network conflicting with the Humax DLNA server, which crashes the HDR-FOX. It has to be correctly configured to knock out
only the offending server(s), otherwise you may not be able to access
any server.
That adds an additional DLNA server to the HDR-FOX, which is unnecessary unless you wish to use the HDR-FOX to stream (as a server) video files stored on the HDR-FOX which are not compatible with the built-in server. Mediatomb is particularly intended for HD-FOX (and FOXSAT-HDR), which does not have a built-in native DLNA server. Recordings are compatible with the built-in server, imported video files might not be.
That makes USB drives accessible from My Video as if the files therein were stored on the internal HDD, and is not IMO a good idea (just because you
can doesn't mean you
should).
All I am trying to do is play, on my TV via my humax, videos that I have downloaded via the internet to my desktop computer.
None of the above are relevant to using the HDR-FOX as a DLNA client. Don't you read anything about packages before you decide what to install?
To play files that are hosted on your computer, you can go two ways.
The first does not require custom firmware at all: 1. Install a DLNA server on your PC and configure it to include the folder(s) where your video files are stored in its library; 2. On the HDR-FOX,
Media >> Storage (blue) >> Network >> select the server and browse the files offered. "Network" (in this Humax menu) means "DLNA servers on your network".
It can be tricky getting the HDR-FOX DLNA client to pick up the server, and it can take some time before it does.
With custom firmware: 1. Configure the relevant Windows folders to be accessible from the network (set up sharing); 2. install
network-shares-automount on the HDR-FOX, and configure it to pick up the PC's SMB network share. The files will then be accessible via
Media >> Storage (blue) >> USB (the network share becomes a virtual USB drive).
Whichever way you do it, the video files have to be in a compatible format for the HDR-FOX. You will find information about that by searching this forum. The safest format is H.264 video, AAC audio, MP4 container.
For information about packages (particularly you need to read about
network-shares-automount), see
https://hummy.tv/forum/threads/index-of-package-primary-topics.8005/