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1. HDR-FOX T2 to HDHomeRun, my journey
  
  Just got around to trying this finally! I had some issues with the tuning where the service would die and no channels were tuned. I eventually ran it via the command line to capture the error. It appeared the issue was caused by a channel number search finding no channels... 16:30:57.252...
  sceptic
  
  Post #200
  
  Aug 24, 2021
  
  Forum: DIY PVR Building
2. [schedchk] Check recording schedule and fix problems
  
  It would be nice if schedchk could monitor series which have ended (based on last recorded date) and when that date is over a certain user definable tolerance (number of days) then remove that entry automatically from the scheduled recording list. It would be nice not to have to do that but if...
  sceptic
  
  Post #61
  
  May 15, 2021
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
3. HDR-FOX T2 to HDHomeRun, my journey
  
  Something along the lines of schedchk by @MymsMan Monitoring the recording schedule for a variety of issues and attempting to fix them (if not resolved by a human first) using some built in algorithms. Idealy with the addition of an option to send an email with a link in it which then links back...
  sceptic
  
  Post #193
  
  May 14, 2021
  
  Forum: DIY PVR Building
4. HDR-FOX T2 to HDHomeRun, my journey
  
  Yes agreed when you have free tuners available. Hopefully dvrontime will allocate recordings across its free tuners and only resort to dropping any padding if it runs out of tuners. I will have 8 tuners to play with if multiple HDHomeruns are supported so I'm not expecting that to ever happen...
  sceptic
  
  Post #192
  
  May 12, 2021
  
  Forum: DIY PVR Building
5. HDR-FOX T2 to HDHomeRun, my journey
  
  In your test scenario my preference for single tuner behaviour would be for the 1st and 2nd recordings to start and end at their broadcast times and only the final recording to get the extra 5mins padding time. If each recording was requested with different padding times then add whatever the...
  sceptic
  
  Post #189
  
  May 11, 2021
  
  Forum: DIY PVR Building
6. HDR-FOX T2 to HDHomeRun, my journey
  
  Was the user type Administrator for that test account? Are you sure it definitely has write permissions to that share, you could double check this by doing the following:- 1.Start -> Run -> runas local_username_you_created "%windir%\system32\cmd.exe" 2. Enter the above usernames password when...
  sceptic
  
  Post #148
  
  Apr 27, 2021
  
  Forum: DIY PVR Building
7. HDR-FOX T2 to HDHomeRun, my journey
  
  It should definitely work using a UNC. @tonylon, does the share need a username/password to access? If it does is the username/password the same as a local windows account? If not I would try making it the same and changing the service logon details to that account/password and then restarting it.
  sceptic
  
  Post #145
  
  Apr 24, 2021
  
  Forum: DIY PVR Building
8. HDR-FOX T2 to HDHomeRun, my journey
  
  Just got back around to looking at this again now. I'm converting the innards of an existing noisy NUC into a fanless case to use as the server :-) Just wondering @lc200 if there is a later version of the software now than the one in this thread or is that still the lastest release?
  sceptic
  
  Post #122
  
  Apr 9, 2021
  
  Forum: DIY PVR Building
9. HDR-FOX T2 to HDHomeRun, my journey
  
  This sounds very interesting and many thanks to @lc200 for creating and sharing this. I've been looking for something like this for sometime and had also thought about the possibility of coding something myself, but that would probably have had to wait till retirement as the day job keeps me...
  sceptic
  
  Post #102
  
  Jan 24, 2021
  
  Forum: DIY PVR Building
10. Poorly HDR-Fox T2
  
  If the USB stick does not work I would recommend you reformat it (FAT32) and try again. That has worked for me in the past.
  sceptic
  
  Post #17
  
  Oct 17, 2019
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
11. Another User experience
  
  There are still plenty around if you don't mind purchasing a 2nd hand one...
  sceptic
  
  Post #16
  
  Aug 16, 2019
  
  Forum: FVP-4000T/5000T Freeview Play HD Recorders
12. Dead Handset
  
  I purchased some Duracell AA batteries from Amazon and had a large amount of failures in remotes (of the leaking kind) and now avoid Duracell as a brand as they are the main target for counterfeiters...
  sceptic
  
  Post #10
  
  Jul 24, 2019
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
13. Dead Handset
  
  Counterfeit perhaps? There are a lot around... See HERE
  sceptic
  
  Post #6
  
  Jul 23, 2019
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
14. How bad is the BBC3/4 recording problem?
  
  As Martin mentioned I would definitely trim your finished scheduled recording list. This makes a big difference to EPG navigation speed for me. I must look to see if there is a way to do this automatically via a Sweeper rule perhaps...
  sceptic
  
  Post #6
  
  Apr 23, 2019
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
15. A nice score from a dumped Sky HD+ box
  
  IMO the WD Blue is not a good choice for a PVR...
  sceptic
  
  Post #7
  
  Mar 22, 2019
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
16. Thinking of swapping from FVP5000T to DTR-T2000... the grass is always greener on the other side!
  
  I would also suggest you have a serious look at the HDR-Fox T2 with the customised firmware. You cannot get new boxes these days, but can pickup up decent examples via auction sites etc. If your TV does not have catchup/Netflix/Amazon etc then you could also add a Now TV/Roku or Amazon stick.
  sceptic
  
  Post #4
  
  Mar 19, 2019
  
  Forum: DTR-T1000/1010/2000/2100/2110/4000 (YouView) PVR's
17. A nice score from a dumped Sky HD+ box
  
  I only use WD HDD's in my PVR's too.
  sceptic
  
  Post #4
  
  Mar 10, 2019
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
18. Beta Offline decryption utility
  
  Ah yes I forgot about the log. FYI the actual timings are shown below. To my eye it finished at at 17:53 dead, so I don't know where the extra 36 seconds came from?- 17:49:00 INFO: Processing 1 files. 17:49:00 INFO: Decrypting: E:\testing\The Desert Fox_20171229_1604.ts 17:53:36 INFO: The file...
  sceptic
  
  Post #273
  
  Mar 7, 2019
  
  Forum: Beta Packages
19. Beta Offline decryption utility
  
  Thanks @af123 From the looks of it, it should be possible to build a Windows version from that source which requires no additional depencies. Oh and @prpr, point taken, I'll make sure my images are more user friendly in future!
  sceptic
  
  Post #272
  
  Mar 7, 2019
  
  Forum: Beta Packages
20. Beta Offline decryption utility
  
  Oops my bad, with the /B argument the files are still reported as identical. In either case (stripts or HFODU2) neither process consumed more than 6% of my CPU in task manager.
  sceptic
  
  Post #264
  
  Mar 6, 2019
  
  Forum: Beta Packages

HDR-FOX T2 to HDHomeRun, my journey

Just got around to trying this finally! I had some issues with the tuning where the service would die and no channels were tuned. I eventually ran it via the command line to capture the error. It appeared the issue was caused by a channel number search finding no channels... 16:30:57.252...
- sceptic
- Post #200
- Aug 24, 2021
- Forum: DIY PVR Building
[schedchk] Check recording schedule and fix problems

It would be nice if schedchk could monitor series which have ended (based on last recorded date) and when that date is over a certain user definable tolerance (number of days) then remove that entry automatically from the scheduled recording list. It would be nice not to have to do that but if...
- sceptic
- Post #61
- May 15, 2021
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
HDR-FOX T2 to HDHomeRun, my journey

Something along the lines of schedchk by @MymsMan Monitoring the recording schedule for a variety of issues and attempting to fix them (if not resolved by a human first) using some built in algorithms. Idealy with the addition of an option to send an email with a link in it which then links back...
- sceptic
- Post #193
- May 14, 2021
- Forum: DIY PVR Building
HDR-FOX T2 to HDHomeRun, my journey

Yes agreed when you have free tuners available. Hopefully dvrontime will allocate recordings across its free tuners and only resort to dropping any padding if it runs out of tuners. I will have 8 tuners to play with if multiple HDHomeruns are supported so I'm not expecting that to ever happen...
- sceptic
- Post #192
- May 12, 2021
- Forum: DIY PVR Building
HDR-FOX T2 to HDHomeRun, my journey

In your test scenario my preference for single tuner behaviour would be for the 1st and 2nd recordings to start and end at their broadcast times and only the final recording to get the extra 5mins padding time. If each recording was requested with different padding times then add whatever the...
- sceptic
- Post #189
- May 11, 2021
- Forum: DIY PVR Building
HDR-FOX T2 to HDHomeRun, my journey

Was the user type Administrator for that test account? Are you sure it definitely has write permissions to that share, you could double check this by doing the following:- 1.Start -> Run -> runas local_username_you_created "%windir%\system32\cmd.exe" 2. Enter the above usernames password when...
- sceptic
- Post #148
- Apr 27, 2021
- Forum: DIY PVR Building
HDR-FOX T2 to HDHomeRun, my journey

It should definitely work using a UNC. @tonylon, does the share need a username/password to access? If it does is the username/password the same as a local windows account? If not I would try making it the same and changing the service logon details to that account/password and then restarting it.
- sceptic
- Post #145
- Apr 24, 2021
- Forum: DIY PVR Building
HDR-FOX T2 to HDHomeRun, my journey

Just got back around to looking at this again now. I'm converting the innards of an existing noisy NUC into a fanless case to use as the server :-) Just wondering @lc200 if there is a later version of the software now than the one in this thread or is that still the lastest release?
- sceptic
- Post #122
- Apr 9, 2021
- Forum: DIY PVR Building
HDR-FOX T2 to HDHomeRun, my journey

This sounds very interesting and many thanks to @lc200 for creating and sharing this. I've been looking for something like this for sometime and had also thought about the possibility of coding something myself, but that would probably have had to wait till retirement as the day job keeps me...
- sceptic
- Post #102
- Jan 24, 2021
- Forum: DIY PVR Building
Poorly HDR-Fox T2

If the USB stick does not work I would recommend you reformat it (FAT32) and try again. That has worked for me in the past.
- sceptic
- Post #17
- Oct 17, 2019
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
Another User experience

There are still plenty around if you don't mind purchasing a 2nd hand one...
- sceptic
- Post #16
- Aug 16, 2019
- Forum: FVP-4000T/5000T Freeview Play HD Recorders
Dead Handset

I purchased some Duracell AA batteries from Amazon and had a large amount of failures in remotes (of the leaking kind) and now avoid Duracell as a brand as they are the main target for counterfeiters...
- sceptic
- Post #10
- Jul 24, 2019
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Dead Handset

Counterfeit perhaps? There are a lot around... See HERE
- sceptic
- Post #6
- Jul 23, 2019
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
How bad is the BBC3/4 recording problem?

As Martin mentioned I would definitely trim your finished scheduled recording list. This makes a big difference to EPG navigation speed for me. I must look to see if there is a way to do this automatically via a Sweeper rule perhaps...
- sceptic
- Post #6
- Apr 23, 2019
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
A nice score from a dumped Sky HD+ box

IMO the WD Blue is not a good choice for a PVR...
- sceptic
- Post #7
- Mar 22, 2019
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Thinking of swapping from FVP5000T to DTR-T2000... the grass is always greener on the other side!

I would also suggest you have a serious look at the HDR-Fox T2 with the customised firmware. You cannot get new boxes these days, but can pickup up decent examples via auction sites etc. If your TV does not have catchup/Netflix/Amazon etc then you could also add a Now TV/Roku or Amazon stick.
- sceptic
- Post #4
- Mar 19, 2019
- Forum: DTR-T1000/1010/2000/2100/2110/4000 (YouView) PVR's
A nice score from a dumped Sky HD+ box

I only use WD HDD's in my PVR's too.
- sceptic
- Post #4
- Mar 10, 2019
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Beta Offline decryption utility

Ah yes I forgot about the log. FYI the actual timings are shown below. To my eye it finished at at 17:53 dead, so I don't know where the extra 36 seconds came from?- 17:49:00 INFO: Processing 1 files. 17:49:00 INFO: Decrypting: E:\testing\The Desert Fox_20171229_1604.ts 17:53:36 INFO: The file...
- sceptic
- Post #273
- Mar 7, 2019
- Forum: Beta Packages
Beta Offline decryption utility

Thanks @af123 From the looks of it, it should be possible to build a Windows version from that source which requires no additional depencies. Oh and @prpr, point taken, I'll make sure my images are more user friendly in future!
- sceptic
- Post #272
- Mar 7, 2019
- Forum: Beta Packages
Beta Offline decryption utility

Oops my bad, with the /B argument the files are still reported as identical. In either case (stripts or HFODU2) neither process consumed more than 6% of my CPU in task manager.
- sceptic
- Post #264
- Mar 6, 2019
- Forum: Beta Packages