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1. Adding video
  
  There's a long and bitter history to that, as a forum search will reveal. sidecar, on the other hand, was (I think) written by God.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #18
  
  Nov 20, 2025
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
2. iplayer Subtitles issue
  
  How long did you wait before you decided it was not responding? I have found my HDR-FOXes sometimes get a bit stuck, and sort themselves out if I wait long enough. Inputting a series of commands during that state may result in a crash/reboot.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #2
  
  Nov 20, 2025
  
  Forum: FVP-4000T/5000T Freeview Play HD Recorders
3. Audio Signal Definitions
  
  My iPad produces an output from its headphone/line-out socket which measures 3V peak-to-peak on my 'scope. For a sine wave, that equates to near enough 1V RMS. Would somebody with an audio engineering background please expound on how that relates to dBV etc etc. I particular, if a piece of...
  Black Hole
  
  Thread
  
  Nov 19, 2025
  
  Replies: 1
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
4. Persistent Pixelation on Playback
  
  Surely under those circumstances, with no masthead amplifier needed to get a signal, it would be better not to have the masthead and use a distribution amplifier. And in situations where a masthead amplifier is essential, the only point of having it pass through when unpowered is to be able to...
  Black Hole
  
  Post #59
  
  Nov 19, 2025
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
5. Persistent Pixelation on Playback
  
  I wonder how the heck that works then. I would have thought providing any kind of passive bypass would simply produce a feedback loop around an amplifier! Maybe there's a depletion-mode FET acting like a relay.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #57
  
  Nov 19, 2025
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
6. Persistent Pixelation on Playback
  
  Relay?
  Black Hole
  
  Post #55
  
  Nov 18, 2025
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
7. Persistent Pixelation on Playback
  
  Is it though? If the big box is the amp and the small box is the filter, it looks OK to me.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #50
  
  Nov 18, 2025
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
8. Is hummy.tv feeling unwell
  
  I didn't notice any loss of forums because of it!
  Black Hole
  
  Post #13
  
  Nov 18, 2025
  
  Forum: Site/Forum Issues
9. Adding video
  
  Well, it used to be, but YouTube are currently winning the battle with the downloaders. Not sure what the current situation is with iPlayer downloads. Either way, you seem remarkably uninformed of what's available in the CF ecoverse.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #11
  
  Nov 18, 2025
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
10. Adding video
  
  You definitely can, although whether they play will depend on the codecs in the MP4. Have you never played with QTube (WebIF Queue Video Download facility)? The YouTube downloads are MP4...
  Black Hole
  
  Post #7
  
  Nov 18, 2025
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
11. Persistent Pixelation on Playback
  
  If a signal is strong enough to saturate the input, the electronics are driven into non-linear operation and all bets are off. Demodulation (extraction of the digital bit stream from the UHF carrier wave) produces either a perfect signal or nothing at all (unlike analogue). The problem with...
  Black Hole
  
  Post #39
  
  Nov 18, 2025
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
12. Is hummy.tv feeling unwell
  
  Two forums I use have instigated anti-bot measures because the servers are being hammered and causing delays in the user experience. I wonder whether the same is the cause here. "Measures" are a CloudFlare thing where you have to present as human before being allowed access.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #8
  
  Nov 18, 2025
  
  Forum: Site/Forum Issues
13. Adding video
  
  This is a typical example of somebody wanting all the i's dotted and t's crossed for them before they get out of bed. It's not hard, it doesn't even require much experimentation... just do it! If it plays off an external drive it will play when copied into the internal drive. You can copy it...
  Black Hole
  
  Post #5
  
  Nov 18, 2025
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
14. Is hummy.tv feeling unwell
  
  It's not your browser trying to download the packages by http, the browser is presenting a control panel running on the HDR-FOX and the software is running on the HDR-FOX. If anything's getting in the way of the http it will be the firewall restrictions on your modem-router, but I doubt that's it.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #7
  
  Nov 17, 2025
  
  Forum: Site/Forum Issues
15. Is hummy.tv feeling unwell
  
  No sorry, it's sporadically within the information event horizon for me too.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #4
  
  Nov 17, 2025
  
  Forum: Site/Forum Issues
16. News about myhumax.org forum
  
  Perhaps the Wayback Machine captured a grab?
  Black Hole
  
  Post #56
  
  Nov 16, 2025
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
17. 4000t Recording problems
  
  Reseating the connections.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #8
  
  Nov 12, 2025
  
  Forum: FVP-4000T/5000T Freeview Play HD Recorders
18. Cant connect using SAMBA from Windows 11 anymore
  
  I use "googling" (with a lower-case 'g') the same way as anyone might refer to "hoovering" (as "web searching" is to "vacuum cleaning").
  Black Hole
  
  Post #7
  
  Nov 12, 2025
  
  Forum: FOXSAT-HDR Customised Firmware
19. Cant connect using SAMBA from Windows 11 anymore
  
  Yes, and you originally posted in the HDR-FOX custom firmware section (in case you didn't realise; now moved by the moderators).
  Black Hole
  
  Post #6
  
  Nov 12, 2025
  
  Forum: FOXSAT-HDR Customised Firmware
20. 4000t Recording problems
  
  I can't see as that would achieve anything at all. Formatting is formatting. I would only worry if the formatting process seemed to take too little time.
  Black Hole
  
  Post #6
  
  Nov 12, 2025
  
  Forum: FVP-4000T/5000T Freeview Play HD Recorders

Adding video

There's a long and bitter history to that, as a forum search will reveal. sidecar, on the other hand, was (I think) written by God.
- Black Hole
- Post #18
- Nov 20, 2025
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
iplayer Subtitles issue

How long did you wait before you decided it was not responding? I have found my HDR-FOXes sometimes get a bit stuck, and sort themselves out if I wait long enough. Inputting a series of commands during that state may result in a crash/reboot.
- Black Hole
- Post #2
- Nov 20, 2025
- Forum: FVP-4000T/5000T Freeview Play HD Recorders
Audio Signal Definitions

My iPad produces an output from its headphone/line-out socket which measures 3V peak-to-peak on my 'scope. For a sine wave, that equates to near enough 1V RMS. Would somebody with an audio engineering background please expound on how that relates to dBV etc etc. I particular, if a piece of...
- Black Hole
- Thread
- Nov 19, 2025
- Replies: 1
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Persistent Pixelation on Playback

Surely under those circumstances, with no masthead amplifier needed to get a signal, it would be better not to have the masthead and use a distribution amplifier. And in situations where a masthead amplifier is essential, the only point of having it pass through when unpowered is to be able to...
- Black Hole
- Post #59
- Nov 19, 2025
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Persistent Pixelation on Playback

I wonder how the heck that works then. I would have thought providing any kind of passive bypass would simply produce a feedback loop around an amplifier! Maybe there's a depletion-mode FET acting like a relay.
- Black Hole
- Post #57
- Nov 19, 2025
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Persistent Pixelation on Playback

Relay?
- Black Hole
- Post #55
- Nov 18, 2025
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Persistent Pixelation on Playback

Is it though? If the big box is the amp and the small box is the filter, it looks OK to me.
- Black Hole
- Post #50
- Nov 18, 2025
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Is hummy.tv feeling unwell

I didn't notice any loss of forums because of it!
- Black Hole
- Post #13
- Nov 18, 2025
- Forum: Site/Forum Issues
Adding video

Well, it used to be, but YouTube are currently winning the battle with the downloaders. Not sure what the current situation is with iPlayer downloads. Either way, you seem remarkably uninformed of what's available in the CF ecoverse.
- Black Hole
- Post #11
- Nov 18, 2025
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
Adding video

You definitely can, although whether they play will depend on the codecs in the MP4. Have you never played with QTube (WebIF Queue Video Download facility)? The YouTube downloads are MP4...
- Black Hole
- Post #7
- Nov 18, 2025
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
Persistent Pixelation on Playback

If a signal is strong enough to saturate the input, the electronics are driven into non-linear operation and all bets are off. Demodulation (extraction of the digital bit stream from the UHF carrier wave) produces either a perfect signal or nothing at all (unlike analogue). The problem with...
- Black Hole
- Post #39
- Nov 18, 2025
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Is hummy.tv feeling unwell

Two forums I use have instigated anti-bot measures because the servers are being hammered and causing delays in the user experience. I wonder whether the same is the cause here. "Measures" are a CloudFlare thing where you have to present as human before being allowed access.
- Black Hole
- Post #8
- Nov 18, 2025
- Forum: Site/Forum Issues
Adding video

This is a typical example of somebody wanting all the i's dotted and t's crossed for them before they get out of bed. It's not hard, it doesn't even require much experimentation... just do it! If it plays off an external drive it will play when copied into the internal drive. You can copy it...
- Black Hole
- Post #5
- Nov 18, 2025
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
Is hummy.tv feeling unwell

It's not your browser trying to download the packages by http, the browser is presenting a control panel running on the HDR-FOX and the software is running on the HDR-FOX. If anything's getting in the way of the http it will be the firewall restrictions on your modem-router, but I doubt that's it.
- Black Hole
- Post #7
- Nov 17, 2025
- Forum: Site/Forum Issues
Is hummy.tv feeling unwell

No sorry, it's sporadically within the information event horizon for me too.
- Black Hole
- Post #4
- Nov 17, 2025
- Forum: Site/Forum Issues
News about myhumax.org forum

Perhaps the Wayback Machine captured a grab?
- Black Hole
- Post #56
- Nov 16, 2025
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
4000t Recording problems

Reseating the connections.
- Black Hole
- Post #8
- Nov 12, 2025
- Forum: FVP-4000T/5000T Freeview Play HD Recorders
Cant connect using SAMBA from Windows 11 anymore

I use "googling" (with a lower-case 'g') the same way as anyone might refer to "hoovering" (as "web searching" is to "vacuum cleaning").
- Black Hole
- Post #7
- Nov 12, 2025
- Forum: FOXSAT-HDR Customised Firmware
Cant connect using SAMBA from Windows 11 anymore

Yes, and you originally posted in the HDR-FOX custom firmware section (in case you didn't realise; now moved by the moderators).
- Black Hole
- Post #6
- Nov 12, 2025
- Forum: FOXSAT-HDR Customised Firmware
4000t Recording problems

I can't see as that would achieve anything at all. Formatting is formatting. I would only worry if the formatting process seemed to take too little time.
- Black Hole
- Post #6
- Nov 12, 2025
- Forum: FVP-4000T/5000T Freeview Play HD Recorders