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  Streaming to T2 from a Mac?
  
  The Humax can act as a digital media player (DMP) but I don't believe it will work as a digital media renderer (DMR). This means that you can go to the Humax and pull content from your media server running on your Mac, as explained by Black Hole, but you cannot push content from the Mac to the...
  sooty83
  
  Post #7
  
  Nov 1, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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  HDR Fox T2 Wireless Dongle
  
  Whatever you do, do not plug it into a Mac. The Mac version of the driver will corrupt the EEPROM of the dongle. The dongle will continue to work on Windows or Mac but it will look like a camera to the Humax and won't be recognised. It is not easy to reverse.
  sooty83
  
  Post #285
  
  Oct 24, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
3. S
  Streaming to T2 from a Mac?
  
  This is most likely to be a configuration problem of your Twonky server, or you have some .ts files that contain something other than standard mpeg2 or h.264 video.
  sooty83
  
  Post #4
  
  Oct 18, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
4. S
  No Subtitles after editing .TS
  
  The Humax looks for a separate SRT file with the same name as the MP4 file you are playing. You do not need to touch the mp4 file for it to work. Press SUB on the remote to display subtitles and OPT+ to change the subtitle options.
  sooty83
  
  Post #6
  
  Oct 18, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
5. S
  No Subtitles after editing .TS
  
  The Humax will not display subtitles embedded in a ts file unless accompanied by the correct hmt and nts files. It might work if you create an external srt subtitles file (works with mp4 but not tried with ts). Alternatively, install the custom firmware and do the editing on the humax itself...
  sooty83
  
  Post #4
  
  Oct 18, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
6. S
  Playback .TS files on linuxmint
  
  VLC only does partial hardware acceleration, see this wiki article for more info. It is more to do with the design of VLC than limitations in the OS. I have had some success with gnome mplayer where VLC has failed in playing 1080p material on my atom-based netbook with an Ion chipset. Just make...
  sooty83
  
  Post #6
  
  Oct 17, 2012
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
7. S
  HDR Fox T2 Wireless Dongle
  
  I have been using channel 4 since day 1 without any problem. I do use the custom firmware and have the wifi helper packages installed, but I don't think they affect the Humax's ability to operate in any particular channel. What they do let me do is to use a router that doesn't broadcast the SSID...
  sooty83
  
  Post #245
  
  Sep 26, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
8. S
  Dedicated OSX / Apple Thread
  
  Apple replaced the Samba server with their own in Lion. Their implementation of the SMB server does not interoperate with older clients such as the one provided in the Humax samba package. You can either install SMBUp (works on Lion, haven't tried on Mountain Lion) or simply use NFS instead of SMB.
  sooty83
  
  Post #10
  
  Sep 18, 2012
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
9. S
  AR Effectiveness Survey
  
  Very disappointing. Already sent them a comment via their website. Perhaps if enough people complain, they will repeat the programme at a later date.
  sooty83
  
  Post #130
  
  Aug 30, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
10. S
  Alternative to Foxy
  
  And if you can write it in Java, it will also work on the Mac and Linux.
  sooty83
  
  Post #7
  
  Aug 24, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
11. S
  Backing up to a MAC OSX formatted drive
  
  True, but a somewhat roundabout way of getting a playable file onto a Mac or PC.
  sooty83
  
  Post #7
  
  Aug 14, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
12. S
  Backing up to a MAC OSX formatted drive
  
  Unfortunately this won't work. Files on the Humax are encrypted and anything ftp'ed off the Humax stays encrypted. FTP is strictly a backup solution - backed up files must be restored to the original Humax for playback. If you want to play recorded video on your iMac, you can turn on content...
  sooty83
  
  Post #5
  
  Aug 14, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
13. S
  Foxy - An HD recording backup utility for the HDR-Fox T2 now released !
  
  Try MPlayerX from the Mac App Store. Set the audio channels to Stereo.
  sooty83
  
  Post #102
  
  Aug 13, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
14. S
  HD-FOX T2 freezing after recording.
  
  Would definitely recommend a shorter cable if it has to power a USB hard drive. Most (cheap) USB extension cables are thin and therefore have significant internal resistance. As BH says, the voltage drop will be substantial.
  sooty83
  
  Post #8
  
  Aug 11, 2012
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
15. S
  cant watch TV if a recording has started while TV is turned off
  
  Sometimes if cycling through different HDMI inputs doesn't work, unplugging and reconnecting the HDMI cable does.
  sooty83
  
  Post #3
  
  Aug 11, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
16. S
  Humax HDR-FOX T2 and JVC TV
  
  The strange thing about Bill's problem is that he was having trouble with ITV4, an SD broadcast which uses MP2 audio only. The Humax always outputs PCM in that case regardless of the audio preference (p.50 of the manual). Strange.
  sooty83
  
  Post #31
  
  Jul 27, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
17. S
  Humax HDR-FOX T2 and JVC TV
  
  Hi Black Hole, It's my turn to get confused. Shouldn't the video signal down the HDMI wire be locked to whatever is set in the Humax V.FORMAT setting, 1080i or whatever? As for audio, if you set it to stereo, shouldn't the Humax always decode it to 2-channel linear PCM regardless of the input? I...
  sooty83
  
  Post #29
  
  Jul 27, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
18. S
  ITV4,Film4 etc (ARQB) up the creek!
  
  If you can persuade the ower of the communal aerial to turn the aerial 90 degrees to pick up the Rowridge VP transmission, everyone should get better reception as 1) Rowridge VP transmits all muxes at full power (200kW) whereas ARQ B in the horizontal polarisation is only at quarter power...
  sooty83
  
  Post #7
  
  Jul 1, 2012
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
19. S
  DLNA to Smart TVs
  
  I have MediaTomb from the MacPorts distribution running on the Mac. Some TVs, notably Samsungs, require extra DLNA headers from the server. Google transfermode.dlna.org and contentfeatures.dlna.org. Don't know what Panasonic TVs require. There is one type of file that my Toshiba TV will play...
  sooty83
  
  Post #14
  
  Jun 30, 2012
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
20. S
  Raspberry Pi DLNA Client
  
  Software decoding of SD (mpeg-2) video generally works quite well on Android tablets and iPads, both of which share similar CPUs with the Raspberry Pi. I wonder if it is just an absence of codec and not a lack of CPU power that is stopping SD video from working in this case?
  sooty83
  
  Post #15
  
  Jun 30, 2012
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware

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Streaming to T2 from a Mac?

The Humax can act as a digital media player (DMP) but I don't believe it will work as a digital media renderer (DMR). This means that you can go to the Humax and pull content from your media server running on your Mac, as explained by Black Hole, but you cannot push content from the Mac to the...
- sooty83
- Post #7
- Nov 1, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
S
HDR Fox T2 Wireless Dongle

Whatever you do, do not plug it into a Mac. The Mac version of the driver will corrupt the EEPROM of the dongle. The dongle will continue to work on Windows or Mac but it will look like a camera to the Humax and won't be recognised. It is not easy to reverse.
- sooty83
- Post #285
- Oct 24, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
S
Streaming to T2 from a Mac?

This is most likely to be a configuration problem of your Twonky server, or you have some .ts files that contain something other than standard mpeg2 or h.264 video.
- sooty83
- Post #4
- Oct 18, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
S
No Subtitles after editing .TS

The Humax looks for a separate SRT file with the same name as the MP4 file you are playing. You do not need to touch the mp4 file for it to work. Press SUB on the remote to display subtitles and OPT+ to change the subtitle options.
- sooty83
- Post #6
- Oct 18, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
S
No Subtitles after editing .TS

The Humax will not display subtitles embedded in a ts file unless accompanied by the correct hmt and nts files. It might work if you create an external srt subtitles file (works with mp4 but not tried with ts). Alternatively, install the custom firmware and do the editing on the humax itself...
- sooty83
- Post #4
- Oct 18, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
S
Playback .TS files on linuxmint

VLC only does partial hardware acceleration, see this wiki article for more info. It is more to do with the design of VLC than limitations in the OS. I have had some success with gnome mplayer where VLC has failed in playing 1080p material on my atom-based netbook with an Ion chipset. Just make...
- sooty83
- Post #6
- Oct 17, 2012
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
S
HDR Fox T2 Wireless Dongle

I have been using channel 4 since day 1 without any problem. I do use the custom firmware and have the wifi helper packages installed, but I don't think they affect the Humax's ability to operate in any particular channel. What they do let me do is to use a router that doesn't broadcast the SSID...
- sooty83
- Post #245
- Sep 26, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
S
Dedicated OSX / Apple Thread

Apple replaced the Samba server with their own in Lion. Their implementation of the SMB server does not interoperate with older clients such as the one provided in the Humax samba package. You can either install SMBUp (works on Lion, haven't tried on Mountain Lion) or simply use NFS instead of SMB.
- sooty83
- Post #10
- Sep 18, 2012
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
S
AR Effectiveness Survey

Very disappointing. Already sent them a comment via their website. Perhaps if enough people complain, they will repeat the programme at a later date.
- sooty83
- Post #130
- Aug 30, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
S
Alternative to Foxy

And if you can write it in Java, it will also work on the Mac and Linux.
- sooty83
- Post #7
- Aug 24, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
S
Backing up to a MAC OSX formatted drive

True, but a somewhat roundabout way of getting a playable file onto a Mac or PC.
- sooty83
- Post #7
- Aug 14, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
S
Backing up to a MAC OSX formatted drive

Unfortunately this won't work. Files on the Humax are encrypted and anything ftp'ed off the Humax stays encrypted. FTP is strictly a backup solution - backed up files must be restored to the original Humax for playback. If you want to play recorded video on your iMac, you can turn on content...
- sooty83
- Post #5
- Aug 14, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
S
Foxy - An HD recording backup utility for the HDR-Fox T2 now released !

Try MPlayerX from the Mac App Store. Set the audio channels to Stereo.
- sooty83
- Post #102
- Aug 13, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
S
HD-FOX T2 freezing after recording.

Would definitely recommend a shorter cable if it has to power a USB hard drive. Most (cheap) USB extension cables are thin and therefore have significant internal resistance. As BH says, the voltage drop will be substantial.
- sooty83
- Post #8
- Aug 11, 2012
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
S
cant watch TV if a recording has started while TV is turned off

Sometimes if cycling through different HDMI inputs doesn't work, unplugging and reconnecting the HDMI cable does.
- sooty83
- Post #3
- Aug 11, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
S
Humax HDR-FOX T2 and JVC TV

The strange thing about Bill's problem is that he was having trouble with ITV4, an SD broadcast which uses MP2 audio only. The Humax always outputs PCM in that case regardless of the audio preference (p.50 of the manual). Strange.
- sooty83
- Post #31
- Jul 27, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
S
Humax HDR-FOX T2 and JVC TV

Hi Black Hole, It's my turn to get confused. Shouldn't the video signal down the HDMI wire be locked to whatever is set in the Humax V.FORMAT setting, 1080i or whatever? As for audio, if you set it to stereo, shouldn't the Humax always decode it to 2-channel linear PCM regardless of the input? I...
- sooty83
- Post #29
- Jul 27, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
S
ITV4,Film4 etc (ARQB) up the creek!

If you can persuade the ower of the communal aerial to turn the aerial 90 degrees to pick up the Rowridge VP transmission, everyone should get better reception as 1) Rowridge VP transmits all muxes at full power (200kW) whereas ARQ B in the horizontal polarisation is only at quarter power...
- sooty83
- Post #7
- Jul 1, 2012
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
S
DLNA to Smart TVs

I have MediaTomb from the MacPorts distribution running on the Mac. Some TVs, notably Samsungs, require extra DLNA headers from the server. Google transfermode.dlna.org and contentfeatures.dlna.org. Don't know what Panasonic TVs require. There is one type of file that my Toshiba TV will play...
- sooty83
- Post #14
- Jun 30, 2012
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
S
Raspberry Pi DLNA Client

Software decoding of SD (mpeg-2) video generally works quite well on Android tablets and iPads, both of which share similar CPUs with the Raspberry Pi. I wonder if it is just an absence of codec and not a lack of CPU power that is stopping SD video from working in this case?
- sooty83
- Post #15
- Jun 30, 2012
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware