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    Remote access and file management?

    Hi, im going to be going back to my uni accommodation soon and was wondering if there was a way i could use my redundant humax box remotely (humax has a wifi card)? I have a spare macbook pro that i could leave at home, which could be remotely controlled. I would need a way to control what...
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    Using a USB wireless dongle and hard drive at same time?

    I use a belkin ipod dock / usb hub with a 2TB hard drive and the same wireless adapter. Works perfectly! :)
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    Playing video files on hummy

    Hi guys, I have a few video files that i transfer over to my hummy using FTP. It works fine with avi xvid files but any other files and the humax is very picky. Is there any easy way i can transcode the files, such as hd .mkv files, to watch on the humax while still maintaining the...
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    Sound level issue

    I had the same issue with my box when i had it wired up to the tv, using hdmi, and then i wired the speakers up to the tv. I then just had the tv on hdmi and plugged the speakers into the back of the humax with the red and white composite ports (using an adapter), the box seems to send out the...
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    [custom-portal] Custom TV Portal

    Just signed up for netflix and loving it! would be great if i could get it on the hummy without having to boot up the ps3 to watch it. its available on loads of devices, tv's, bluray players etc, it cant be much different for the humax?
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    Is it possible to install rapidleech?

    Ah i see, are there any alternative ways to achieve the same thing? where i can just provide a http download link to the box, then it will download without me having to leave my laptop turned on.
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    Is it possible to install rapidleech?

    Hi guys, i have been loving the customised firmware and the transmission installation works great. I was wondering if it would be possible to install rapidleech onto the humax too? Its a web browser based http download manager, then i would be able to give it a link to a http file and it would...
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    WD Elements 2TB hard drive with custom firmware?

    Never mind! ITS WORKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had already formatted with gparted to ext3 so looks like it didn't need formatting again, i just went into settings and could select the HDD for PVR! Thanks so much everyone for all your suggestions and support, my 2TB HDD is now working with my...
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    WD Elements 2TB hard drive with custom firmware?

    I followed every step of this sucessfully, up until the last step when i get an error. humax# mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1 -/bin/sh: mkfs.ext3: not found Does anyone know why i have this error and how i can fix it?
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    WD Elements 2TB hard drive with custom firmware?

    Thanks for the great guide! I am just formatting my 2tb hard drive again with gparted. When you say that you copied the files from one drive to the other in gparted, how was this done as I cannot see the option to view files or folders in there?
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    Transfer .mp3 files to hd-fox t2 using ftp?

    Hi, i have setup my hd-fox t2 with the tinyftp package. i have sucessfully then connected with filezilla and i can access my hard dive from it. I have no problems until i want to transfer music to the hard drive. I have created a new folder 'music' but any mp3 files are instantly stopped and...
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    WD Elements 2TB hard drive with custom firmware?

    Yes someone is using the exact same drive sucessfully as you can see in this thread: http://hummy.tv/forum/threads/2tb-hard-drive-problem-getting-humax-t2-to-recognise-it.595/ It is the user named Splog (6th post down) im not sure what he means by 'advanced format disc', if anyone could...
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    WD Elements 2TB hard drive with custom firmware?

    yes the icon is still spinning, it took Gparted around 20 minutes to partition it.
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    WD Elements 2TB hard drive with custom firmware?

    it is a 2TB drive: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Elements-External-Desktop/dp/B003IPC21Y its still processing now after 30 mins but i am going to leave it for a bit longer just to make sure :)
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