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    Can I use a Media Streamer to watch HD recordings from a USB stick?

    Another update: I tried the Cyclone connected to the network via a network cable and it streamed the file from the D-Link NAS without any problem using Kodi. (The file was a 2 hour film from Channel 4 HD.) As this involved moving from the room where the household TV is to the study where the...
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    Can I use a Media Streamer to watch HD recordings from a USB stick?

    Both on 2.4GHz. The router names the 5GHz differently so I am sure they are both on the same one. I'll try a wired connection for the Cyclone tomorrow and see if that gives a different result.
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    Can I use a Media Streamer to watch HD recordings from a USB stick?

    WiFi speed on that box is a possibility. I tried a broadband speedtest on that box followed immediately by the same test on a tablet in the same location. I know that includes internet speed variations but the results were odd. Cyclone started at less than 1Mb/s download before eventually...
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    Can I use a Media Streamer to watch HD recordings from a USB stick?

    The older NAS I am using is a D-Link ShareCenter which is connected by network cable to a Vigor 2860 Router. I am accessing the NAS by WiFi from the Cyclone. The other NAS is a Synology DS215j which is connected in the same way.
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    Can I use a Media Streamer to watch HD recordings from a USB stick?

    I now have the box back home and have spent some time this afternoon playing with files copied from the USB drive that is attached to the Humax to a NAS drive. So far I have been unsuccessful. Using the .ts file on Kodi there is a warning that the cache has filled before enough of the file...
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    Can I use a Media Streamer to watch HD recordings from a USB stick?

    I did try watching an HD file that had been copied from the Humax's USB drive to a NAS box but there was a lot of time spent waiting as if the download speed wasn't fast enough. I didn't have time to play with settings to see if I could resolve this problem. This was using an old low...
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    Can I use a Media Streamer to watch HD recordings from a USB stick?

    As the auction on eBay still has some time to run and patience is not one of my virtues I ordered a Cyclone 4 which arrived today. It worked straight out of the box and played both SD and HD files from a USB stick. It offers Fast Forward and Rewind (although it doesn't show the video while doing...
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    Can I use a Media Streamer to watch HD recordings from a USB stick?

    That's great info and seems to be the solution I was looking for. I will order the Cyclone 4 as I suspect that I will get more use out of it in the long run and the price differential isn't that great. I had tried a variety of tablets before the Pi and felt that it was the closest thing to a...
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    Can I use a Media Streamer to watch HD recordings from a USB stick?

    Sorry if the Pi has been a distraction but the situation is that my wife is presently having to stay with her mother who is not well and all I wanted to do was find a way to let her watch some of the TV that we had recorded. I was looking for a simple solution so that I could leave her with a...
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    Can I use a Media Streamer to watch HD recordings from a USB stick?

    Yes I did buy the decoding licences but was having no success. I am sorry for posting this in the wrong place and have bid on a 2nd hand HD-FOX and will try and use it to meet my needs. Hopefully I can work this out without needing any more help.
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    Can I use a Media Streamer to watch HD recordings from a USB stick?

    I have now tried two SD card images of OpenElec but neither will boot.
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    Can I use a Media Streamer to watch HD recordings from a USB stick?

    I have now created an SD card with OpenElec as an image but the Pi won't boot from it. It sticks at the screen showing the range of colours |(square rainbow effect). Iwill keep trying to get a full boot.
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    Can I use a Media Streamer to watch HD recordings from a USB stick?

    I first tried downloading a copy of the decrypted file to a USB stick and tried playing it with OSMC on the Pi. This worked for part of the file and then the audio/video sync was completely lost. I then tried converting a SD file to mpg using the Humax option and this worked fine. However this...
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    Can I use a Media Streamer to watch HD recordings from a USB stick?

    I have a Humax HDR running the latest customised software. I also have a 2tb external drive connected to it. What I want to do is record either HD or SD programmes at home, copy them to a USB stick or memory card (either direct from Humax or using a PC) and then play them back at an elderly...
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    Auto Decrypt destroying files

    That makes sense although as Trev says it would be nice if the second pass deleted the warning but for me it's not a big deal.
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