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1. Persistent Pixelation on Playback
  
  "Was" being the operative word. You don't know what the Q figure was at the time. Additional: in my experience, recordings made when the live picture shows pixellation don't just pixellate on replay, they have hiccups.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #8
  
  Oct 18, 2025
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
2. Persistent Pixelation on Playback
  
  That's not entirely true. Excessive system load due to HDD retries (thrashing) is known to affect live reception (the system is late servicing the receiver subsystem). However, a situation like that would result in gross failures in recordings, not just pixellation. If the playback of...
  Black Hole
  
  Post #6
  
  Oct 18, 2025
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
3. Media mistakes
  
  That may well be a case of flimsy vs. chunky (staples and staple gun).
  Black Hole
  
  Post #1,262
  
  Oct 16, 2025
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
4. Media mistakes
  
  I have acquired several if you're stuck!
  Black Hole
  
  Post #1,260
  
  Oct 15, 2025
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
5. Media mistakes
  
  Nope, the former. It was a stapler. The latter would be a staple gun.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #1,257
  
  Oct 15, 2025
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
6. Media mistakes
  
  Sara Davies (crafting entrepreneur / dragon) on Morning Live: called it a "staple gun". It was a stapler, not a staple gun.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #1,255
  
  Oct 15, 2025
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
7. Remotes clash between Fox T2 and new Freesat boxes
  
  For information: they are code groups, not frequencies.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #13
  
  Oct 15, 2025
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
8. Beta [samba] Samba 3
  
  Have you read the notes pinned at the top of the Beta section of the forum (ie this one)? I'm not saying that's necessarily the answer, but it's a pointer.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #93
  
  Oct 13, 2025
  
  Forum: Beta Packages
9. [network-shares-automount] package released
  
  Don't you think that would be more appropriately asked in the Samba 3 thread, where the people who know might see the question?
  Black Hole
  
  Post #765
  
  Oct 13, 2025
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
10. [network-shares-automount] package released
  
  If you don't want to (or can't, but mostly you can) install/enable SMB1 on the remote server, you're in experimental territory. Try googling "synology nas smb1". Security hardly matters if you're running it on a local network. You could try the Samba 3 package (which confers SMB2).
  Black Hole
  
  Post #763
  
  Oct 12, 2025
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
11. Blank BBC Red Button Channel 250
  
  I gave 250 three minutes on HD-FOX, and it was still black.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #10
  
  Oct 12, 2025
  
  Forum: Freeview
12. Humax box keeps crashing with blank screen
  
  There is such a thing as spoon-feeding. Some of us have put an awful lot of time and effort into the CF and forum, and the information is there to see, so we don't really like having to spend more time and effort repeating it (or directing people to it). Not to mention the difficulty of...
  Black Hole
  
  Post #14
  
  Oct 12, 2025
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
13. [boot-settings] Apply settings during boot
  
  Only if you have a Power On Timer set.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #134
  
  Oct 12, 2025
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
14. Humax box keeps crashing with blank screen
  
  WebIF >> Diagnostics >> View Log Files. You see the "clear" button? I wonder what it does... I can think of several ways. Where do you want to back them up to? Nope. "Network" is DLNA. There was a long discussion about the limitations of DLNA many years ago, you can go and find it...
  Black Hole
  
  Post #12
  
  Oct 12, 2025
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
15. Blank BBC Red Button Channel 250
  
  Ditto. Yes, it's blank.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #5
  
  Oct 11, 2025
  
  Forum: Freeview
16. [boot-settings] Apply settings during boot
  
  I was only saying that's where your default of 10 probably comes from.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #132
  
  Oct 11, 2025
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
17. Remote control definitions file anywhere?
  
  @Mjolinor: you seem to be new on the block, jumping in head first and moaning about this and that, without taking cognisance that what we can or can't do in the CF is circumscribed by the limitations of access to hardware functions or that it has taken 15 years to get to where we are now...
  Black Hole
  
  Post #13
  
  Oct 11, 2025
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
18. [boot-settings] Apply settings during boot
  
  Menu >> Settings >> Time >> Power-On Timer >> Volume
  Black Hole
  
  Post #129
  
  Oct 11, 2025
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
19. Humax box keeps crashing with blank screen
  
  The difference is a force-reinstall.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #10
  
  Oct 11, 2025
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
20. Humax box keeps crashing with blank screen
  
  No. If all you did was uninstall and then re-install from the WebIF Packages screen, that won't be enough. Run the fix-flash-packages diagnostic from WebIF >> Diagnostics. I wish people would do what they're told and not make up their own procedures!
  Black Hole
  
  Post #7
  
  Oct 10, 2025
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware

Persistent Pixelation on Playback

"Was" being the operative word. You don't know what the Q figure was at the time. Additional: in my experience, recordings made when the live picture shows pixellation don't just pixellate on replay, they have hiccups.
- Black Hole
- Post #8
- Oct 18, 2025
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Persistent Pixelation on Playback

That's not entirely true. Excessive system load due to HDD retries (thrashing) is known to affect live reception (the system is late servicing the receiver subsystem). However, a situation like that would result in gross failures in recordings, not just pixellation. If the playback of...
- Black Hole
- Post #6
- Oct 18, 2025
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Media mistakes

That may well be a case of flimsy vs. chunky (staples and staple gun).
- Black Hole
- Post #1,262
- Oct 16, 2025
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Media mistakes

I have acquired several if you're stuck!
- Black Hole
- Post #1,260
- Oct 15, 2025
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Media mistakes

Nope, the former. It was a stapler. The latter would be a staple gun.
- Black Hole
- Post #1,257
- Oct 15, 2025
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Media mistakes

Sara Davies (crafting entrepreneur / dragon) on Morning Live: called it a "staple gun". It was a stapler, not a staple gun.
- Black Hole
- Post #1,255
- Oct 15, 2025
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Remotes clash between Fox T2 and new Freesat boxes

For information: they are code groups, not frequencies.
- Black Hole
- Post #13
- Oct 15, 2025
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Beta [samba] Samba 3

Have you read the notes pinned at the top of the Beta section of the forum (ie this one)? I'm not saying that's necessarily the answer, but it's a pointer.
- Black Hole
- Post #93
- Oct 13, 2025
- Forum: Beta Packages
[network-shares-automount] package released

Don't you think that would be more appropriately asked in the Samba 3 thread, where the people who know might see the question?
- Black Hole
- Post #765
- Oct 13, 2025
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
[network-shares-automount] package released

If you don't want to (or can't, but mostly you can) install/enable SMB1 on the remote server, you're in experimental territory. Try googling "synology nas smb1". Security hardly matters if you're running it on a local network. You could try the Samba 3 package (which confers SMB2).
- Black Hole
- Post #763
- Oct 12, 2025
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
Blank BBC Red Button Channel 250

I gave 250 three minutes on HD-FOX, and it was still black.
- Black Hole
- Post #10
- Oct 12, 2025
- Forum: Freeview
Humax box keeps crashing with blank screen

There is such a thing as spoon-feeding. Some of us have put an awful lot of time and effort into the CF and forum, and the information is there to see, so we don't really like having to spend more time and effort repeating it (or directing people to it). Not to mention the difficulty of...
- Black Hole
- Post #14
- Oct 12, 2025
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
[boot-settings] Apply settings during boot

Only if you have a Power On Timer set.
- Black Hole
- Post #134
- Oct 12, 2025
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
Humax box keeps crashing with blank screen

WebIF >> Diagnostics >> View Log Files. You see the "clear" button? I wonder what it does... I can think of several ways. Where do you want to back them up to? Nope. "Network" is DLNA. There was a long discussion about the limitations of DLNA many years ago, you can go and find it...
- Black Hole
- Post #12
- Oct 12, 2025
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
Blank BBC Red Button Channel 250

Ditto. Yes, it's blank.
- Black Hole
- Post #5
- Oct 11, 2025
- Forum: Freeview
[boot-settings] Apply settings during boot

I was only saying that's where your default of 10 probably comes from.
- Black Hole
- Post #132
- Oct 11, 2025
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
Remote control definitions file anywhere?

@Mjolinor: you seem to be new on the block, jumping in head first and moaning about this and that, without taking cognisance that what we can or can't do in the CF is circumscribed by the limitations of access to hardware functions or that it has taken 15 years to get to where we are now...
- Black Hole
- Post #13
- Oct 11, 2025
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
[boot-settings] Apply settings during boot

Menu >> Settings >> Time >> Power-On Timer >> Volume
- Black Hole
- Post #129
- Oct 11, 2025
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
Humax box keeps crashing with blank screen

The difference is a force-reinstall.
- Black Hole
- Post #10
- Oct 11, 2025
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
Humax box keeps crashing with blank screen

No. If all you did was uninstall and then re-install from the WebIF Packages screen, that won't be enough. Run the fix-flash-packages diagnostic from WebIF >> Diagnostics. I wish people would do what they're told and not make up their own procedures!
- Black Hole
- Post #7
- Oct 10, 2025
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware