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  HDR-FOX T2 HDD Replacement
  
  ...sorry - ignore my previous post...a reboot has restored the web IF phew.....
  Ian Manning
  
  Post #141
  
  Mar 29, 2023
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
2. I
  HDR-FOX T2 HDD Replacement
  
  Ah sorry I'd forgotten than you specified cp -R rather than rsync. I've just tried this and got errors: humax# cd /media/drive2 humax# ls My Music My Photo My Video Tsr dms_cds.db lost+found mod thumbnail virtual_disk humax# cp -R mod /mnt/hd2 cannot create regular file...
  Ian Manning
  
  Post #140
  
  Mar 29, 2023
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
3. I
  [youtube-dl] Download files from youtube.com or other video platforms
  
  Thanks - I managed to find it in the "Available" list of the web IF after following Black Hole's advice and turning on the "Advanced" option
  Ian Manning
  
  Post #564
  
  Mar 29, 2023
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
4. I
  [youtube-dl] Download files from youtube.com or other video platforms
  
  Aaaahhh...thank you!
  Ian Manning
  
  Post #561
  
  Mar 29, 2023
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
5. I
  [youtube-dl] Download files from youtube.com or other video platforms
  
  Are there any up-to-date instructions for how to install the youtube-dl package? It's not listed in the "Available" list in the web IF, and the instructions from Github give this error: humax# wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl wget: not an http or...
  Ian Manning
  
  Post #559
  
  Mar 29, 2023
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
6. I
  HDR-FOX T2 HDD Replacement
  
  I think I must have misunderstood - I thought that restoring the mod folder from the old drive would restore the packages that I had installed. I just tried diag fix-flash-packages (followed by a reboot), but pretty much none of the packages were restored. I'll re-install them all manually.....
  Ian Manning
  
  Post #138
  
  Mar 29, 2023
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
7. I
  HDR-FOX T2 HDD Replacement
  
  Ok.....I realised that the Humax was still in Safe Mode, so I rebooted and was able to install rsync. I've now copyied the mod folder from the old drive to the new: rsync -av --exclude Tsr/ /media/drive2/mod/ /media/mod/ Should I have expected this to have restored the WebIF and other...
  Ian Manning
  
  Post #136
  
  Mar 29, 2023
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
8. I
  HDR-FOX T2 HDD Replacement
  
  No I haven't - should I have done that first?
  Ian Manning
  
  Post #135
  
  Mar 29, 2023
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
9. I
  HDR-FOX T2 HDD Replacement
  
  So I have now installed the new disk, connected the old drive in a USB caddy, and was planning to use rsync to copy the contents to the new drive. I've fallen at the first hurdle, trying to install rsync: humax# opkg update Collected errors: * make_directory: Cannot create directory `/mod/'...
  Ian Manning
  
  Post #133
  
  Mar 29, 2023
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
10. I
  HDR-FOX T2 HDD Replacement
  
  Thanks - I'll try that
  Ian Manning
  
  Post #131
  
  Mar 23, 2023
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
11. I
  HDR-FOX T2 HDD Replacement
  
  I'm planning to replace the 2TB drive on my HDR-Fox T2 (running Custom FW and web IF). I've noted that the mod folder needs to be copied from the old drive to the new in order to restore the web IF and config/status of the installed packages, but has anyone been able to confirm whether the...
  Ian Manning
  
  Post #129
  
  Mar 23, 2023
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
12. I
  HDR-Fox T2 with Home Assistant?
  
  Thanks for the feedback. My instinct is that querying the status only when required would be a more efficient method than firing off MQTT requests all day, when they're not actually used 99% of the time. Assuming that there's no way of getting Humax events like "playback" to trigger commands, is...
  Ian Manning
  
  Post #20
  
  Feb 27, 2023
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
13. I
  HDR-Fox T2 with Home Assistant?
  
  Thanks for the feedback. I already have the casting of the doorbell video to the TV working (via Chromecast). I'd just prefer it to pause Humax playback before it switches to the Chromecast if we're watching something. When you say "send an IR PAUSE command to the Humax" - what method/protocol...
  Ian Manning
  
  Post #16
  
  Feb 26, 2023
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
14. I
  HDR-Fox T2 with Home Assistant?
  
  Thanks - I'll take a look at jimTCL. I suppose my first project would be to enhance the HA automation I currently have for my video doorbell. So for example, when someone presses the doorbell: check whether the TV is turned on If so, and the humax is in playback mode - Pause playback -...
  Ian Manning
  
  Post #13
  
  Feb 26, 2023
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
15. I
  HDR-Fox T2 with Home Assistant?
  
  Ah OK thanks. Unfortunately I don't have the smarts to work out how to get the Humax to start publishing MQTT topics. So I guess there isn't much I'll be able to do to get it talking to HA :0(
  Ian Manning
  
  Post #10
  
  Feb 25, 2023
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
16. I
  HDR-Fox T2 with Home Assistant?
  
  I'd like to have a go at installing it, so if you could direct me to it that would be great. What functions/information on the Humax does it give access to?
  Ian Manning
  
  Post #8
  
  Feb 25, 2023
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
17. I
  HDR-Fox T2 with Home Assistant?
  
  Thanks - I already run a Mosquitto service on another machine. Does the Humax/Custom FW publish or subscribe to MQTT topics? If so, does anyone know of a guide for it?
  Ian Manning
  
  Post #6
  
  Feb 25, 2023
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
18. I
  HDR-Fox T2 with Home Assistant?
  
  Yes HA works well with MQTT. But not sure how/if the Humax does?
  Ian Manning
  
  Post #3
  
  Feb 25, 2023
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
19. I
  HDR-Fox T2 with Home Assistant?
  
  Are any other Fox T2 users out there using Home Assistant? If so, I was wondering if you had any useful automation ideas to share? It would be useful to detect the current operational state of the Humax from within HA (i.e. playback, recording, idle, which channel is selected), but I have no...
  Ian Manning
  
  Thread
  
  Feb 25, 2023
  
  Replies: 24
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
20. I
  5 seconds video/audio playback dropouts
  
  4 days with the new cable and so far no recurrence of the problem. Fingers crossed... Thanks again for the suggestion, and for the explanation re. the HDMI handshake - it makes alot more sense now
  Ian Manning
  
  Post #5
  
  Feb 23, 2023
  
  Forum: HD-FOX T2 Freeview Receiver

I
HDR-FOX T2 HDD Replacement

...sorry - ignore my previous post...a reboot has restored the web IF phew.....
- Ian Manning
- Post #141
- Mar 29, 2023
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
I
HDR-FOX T2 HDD Replacement

Ah sorry I'd forgotten than you specified cp -R rather than rsync. I've just tried this and got errors: humax# cd /media/drive2 humax# ls My Music My Photo My Video Tsr dms_cds.db lost+found mod thumbnail virtual_disk humax# cp -R mod /mnt/hd2 cannot create regular file...
- Ian Manning
- Post #140
- Mar 29, 2023
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
I
[youtube-dl] Download files from youtube.com or other video platforms

Thanks - I managed to find it in the "Available" list of the web IF after following Black Hole's advice and turning on the "Advanced" option
- Ian Manning
- Post #564
- Mar 29, 2023
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
I
[youtube-dl] Download files from youtube.com or other video platforms

Aaaahhh...thank you!
- Ian Manning
- Post #561
- Mar 29, 2023
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
I
[youtube-dl] Download files from youtube.com or other video platforms

Are there any up-to-date instructions for how to install the youtube-dl package? It's not listed in the "Available" list in the web IF, and the instructions from Github give this error: humax# wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl wget: not an http or...
- Ian Manning
- Post #559
- Mar 29, 2023
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
I
HDR-FOX T2 HDD Replacement

I think I must have misunderstood - I thought that restoring the mod folder from the old drive would restore the packages that I had installed. I just tried diag fix-flash-packages (followed by a reboot), but pretty much none of the packages were restored. I'll re-install them all manually.....
- Ian Manning
- Post #138
- Mar 29, 2023
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
I
HDR-FOX T2 HDD Replacement

Ok.....I realised that the Humax was still in Safe Mode, so I rebooted and was able to install rsync. I've now copyied the mod folder from the old drive to the new: rsync -av --exclude Tsr/ /media/drive2/mod/ /media/mod/ Should I have expected this to have restored the WebIF and other...
- Ian Manning
- Post #136
- Mar 29, 2023
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
I
HDR-FOX T2 HDD Replacement

No I haven't - should I have done that first?
- Ian Manning
- Post #135
- Mar 29, 2023
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
I
HDR-FOX T2 HDD Replacement

So I have now installed the new disk, connected the old drive in a USB caddy, and was planning to use rsync to copy the contents to the new drive. I've fallen at the first hurdle, trying to install rsync: humax# opkg update Collected errors: * make_directory: Cannot create directory `/mod/'...
- Ian Manning
- Post #133
- Mar 29, 2023
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
I
HDR-FOX T2 HDD Replacement

Thanks - I'll try that
- Ian Manning
- Post #131
- Mar 23, 2023
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
I
HDR-FOX T2 HDD Replacement

I'm planning to replace the 2TB drive on my HDR-Fox T2 (running Custom FW and web IF). I've noted that the mod folder needs to be copied from the old drive to the new in order to restore the web IF and config/status of the installed packages, but has anyone been able to confirm whether the...
- Ian Manning
- Post #129
- Mar 23, 2023
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
I
HDR-Fox T2 with Home Assistant?

Thanks for the feedback. My instinct is that querying the status only when required would be a more efficient method than firing off MQTT requests all day, when they're not actually used 99% of the time. Assuming that there's no way of getting Humax events like "playback" to trigger commands, is...
- Ian Manning
- Post #20
- Feb 27, 2023
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
I
HDR-Fox T2 with Home Assistant?

Thanks for the feedback. I already have the casting of the doorbell video to the TV working (via Chromecast). I'd just prefer it to pause Humax playback before it switches to the Chromecast if we're watching something. When you say "send an IR PAUSE command to the Humax" - what method/protocol...
- Ian Manning
- Post #16
- Feb 26, 2023
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
I
HDR-Fox T2 with Home Assistant?

Thanks - I'll take a look at jimTCL. I suppose my first project would be to enhance the HA automation I currently have for my video doorbell. So for example, when someone presses the doorbell: check whether the TV is turned on If so, and the humax is in playback mode - Pause playback -...
- Ian Manning
- Post #13
- Feb 26, 2023
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
I
HDR-Fox T2 with Home Assistant?

Ah OK thanks. Unfortunately I don't have the smarts to work out how to get the Humax to start publishing MQTT topics. So I guess there isn't much I'll be able to do to get it talking to HA :0(
- Ian Manning
- Post #10
- Feb 25, 2023
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
I
HDR-Fox T2 with Home Assistant?

I'd like to have a go at installing it, so if you could direct me to it that would be great. What functions/information on the Humax does it give access to?
- Ian Manning
- Post #8
- Feb 25, 2023
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
I
HDR-Fox T2 with Home Assistant?

Thanks - I already run a Mosquitto service on another machine. Does the Humax/Custom FW publish or subscribe to MQTT topics? If so, does anyone know of a guide for it?
- Ian Manning
- Post #6
- Feb 25, 2023
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
I
HDR-Fox T2 with Home Assistant?

Yes HA works well with MQTT. But not sure how/if the Humax does?
- Ian Manning
- Post #3
- Feb 25, 2023
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
I
HDR-Fox T2 with Home Assistant?

Are any other Fox T2 users out there using Home Assistant? If so, I was wondering if you had any useful automation ideas to share? It would be useful to detect the current operational state of the Humax from within HA (i.e. playback, recording, idle, which channel is selected), but I have no...
- Ian Manning
- Thread
- Feb 25, 2023
- Replies: 24
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
I
5 seconds video/audio playback dropouts

4 days with the new cable and so far no recurrence of the problem. Fingers crossed... Thanks again for the suggestion, and for the explanation re. the HDMI handshake - it makes alot more sense now
- Ian Manning
- Post #5
- Feb 23, 2023
- Forum: HD-FOX T2 Freeview Receiver