Recent content by Owen Smith

Original poster is looking for a quick hack to get his antenna system working, rather than the total replacement it is clearly overdue for.

So stripts is in C or similar then? I'm not asking for it to be converted, just asking what it is written in.

It will be very slow, the decryption on the HDR Fox T2 is slow and the USB ports are even slower. That's because it's trying to access the internal hard disc, which is not present. You may be able to press Blue on the remote to change which media it is looking for, select USB. Presumably Humax...

I misinterpreted what was said on the other thread, which was actually pointing out the links in post 1 don't run on current linux systems. What it didn't initially say is "and there's a version that does work dozens of pages into the thread". We're not all mind readers, we can't read in new...

I'm an embedded software developer by profession. I have two Windows PCs and one linux box on my desk (which I have superuser access to for maintenance), and access to various servers for builds. I believe I know what I'm doing much of the time. And yet when I tried to run a bootable linux on my...

Is stripts entirely interpreted (bash, sed, perl, python etc) or does it contain compiled code and therefore has to be per cpu and per OS for library dependencies?

Is the Chromebook not a Linux system? Reading the wikipedia article on it shows it is substantially Linux based or compatible.

I doubt anyone is in a position to write such a guide. The author would probably need to duplicate what you are trying to do, down to having a Chromebook running the same version of the operating system. Instructions written without testing inevitably contain mistakes or incorrect assumptions...

I thought there was a photo but there is nothing. The existing Fringe power supply gives 12V from the photos, so that is probably what the amp requires. Having looked at the existing system again in the photos, I agree that total replacement is overdue. It was badly installed to start with and...

A quick read and what BH wrote looks fine to me. With no amp in the system or fault on the cabling it will have no effect at all. If there's a fault the 5V may be shorted out, I assume the HDR Fox T2 protects itself from that. If there is another power supply for an amp on the aerial system who...

I agree it's less than ideal. The poster's reply to that was they don't understand what we mean by "run stripts on the chromebook". Remember the request for detailed step by step instructions that just work? Meanwhile on the stripts thread there is doubt that it even runs on current linux...

@jalba is there a repair cafe event near you? Often there are people there that will do soldering for free. We've done the diagnosis, you can print out or download the instructions for what to replace. It might be wise to turn up with a replacement capacitor that you have bought online, but if...

So you're no good at soldering then? There's an opportunity to learn here, the box is already dead so what do you have to lose by attempting to fix it? There are still methods for retrieving them. Repairing your HDR Fox T2; transplanting the disc and encryption key into another HDR Fox T2; or...

That's a thread referring to the original investigation thread, with lots of complexity. The wiki article is a much more straight forward description of how to find the capacitor and replace it which is what @jalba needs if they're going to attempt this.

Here we go it's on the wiki how to replace the capacitor causing the HDR Fox T2 not to boot with a hard disc attached: https://wiki.hummy.tv/wiki/Hardware_Fixes