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Is my hard drive dying?
That's why my friend had his fixed, but he lost all his recordings. Also, I don't think it's related to the other intermittent problems, and I've had so many failed boxes that I no longer have any confidence in their products. All I want is a way to watch what I recorded - but it doesn't look...- rbrian
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- Forum: HDR-1000S/1010S/1100S <freetime> Freesat Recorders
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Is my hard drive dying?
Oops, I meant .HTS not .HTM - that's the big one, many of them gigabytes. I think you're right about the encryption; at least that's what I've read everywhere I've looked. Would it work if I copied the files to a USB stick?- rbrian
- Post #12
- Forum: HDR-1000S/1010S/1100S <freetime> Freesat Recorders
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Is my hard drive dying?
Well, it finally died. Not the hard drive, the box. It forgot it had a hard drive, losing all my recordings. I replaced the drive, and it didn't recognise it had one - must be a hardware fault with the motherboard. Both drives work perfectly in my PC, and the recordings are all there - but...- rbrian
- Post #9
- Forum: HDR-1000S/1010S/1100S <freetime> Freesat Recorders
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Is my hard drive dying?
It's not my first choice, but my experiences with faulty set top boxes have driven me to try something - anything! - else. What annoys me most about this is that it didn't have to be that way. I'm a natural optimist; an idealist, and therefore permanently disappointed.- rbrian
- Post #7
- Forum: HDR-1000S/1010S/1100S <freetime> Freesat Recorders
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Is my hard drive dying?
Yep, you're right. That's why I'm going for an open Linux based system, with plenty of enthusiasts fixing problems as they go along. Designers could make better decisions though, this problem with the remote app causing lockups, for instance - I had custom firmware years ago which used a...- rbrian
- Post #5
- Forum: HDR-1000S/1010S/1100S <freetime> Freesat Recorders
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Is my hard drive dying?
Nothing else electronic has died! Not even my PC, which is on all day, running BOINC, so working hard, and even a really impressive lightning storm which caused a power cut didn't worry it. No overhead lines, I live in a new build estate. My original box did move house, I thought that might...- rbrian
- Post #3
- Forum: HDR-1000S/1010S/1100S <freetime> Freesat Recorders
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Is my hard drive dying?
I had an HDR2000T, whose hard drive died. I replaced it with an HDR-FOX T2 - whose hard drive died. I replaced the hard drive, and installed custom firmware, so I can access recordings on my home network. Then the HDMI port developed a loose connection, so it only worked if it was waggled just...- rbrian
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- Replies: 15
- Forum: HDR-1000S/1010S/1100S <freetime> Freesat Recorders
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Using more than 1 Humax box in the same room
I turned off my freeview box before changing the channel on my new freesat box. I should have turned it off at the wall, because I managed to change both boxes into channel 2! Ok then, thought I, I'll turn off the freesat box at the wall, and use the freesat remote to put the freeview box back...- rbrian
- Post #30
- Forum: FOXSAT-HDR Freesat Recorder
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Is my hard drive failing or something else?
Live TV is and always has been OK. I found encheck, which runs from WebIF, and reports 3 files with the wrong flag. All 3 of them are old, and play ok. There are actually around 50 which fail to play! I seem to remember a fix to do with sidecar files which worked in the past with those...- rbrian
- Post #12
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Is my hard drive failing or something else?
I upgraded to 1.03.12/3.00 this morning, and the only HD recording today works fine. I guess that would do much of the same stuff as a factory reset. Now, assuming new recordings will be ok, how can I recover the old ones?- rbrian
- Post #9
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Is my hard drive failing or something else?
Thanks! It's easy when you know how! The output looks fine to me. I also attached some more details about the hard drive, but I don't really understand what it's saying. I have to go to work now, I'll do some more testing this evening. I discovered last night that SD recordings play...- rbrian
- Post #7
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Is my hard drive failing or something else?
Now it keeps saying the channel is unavailable or scrambled. How do I do more advanced testing? Is that a command line thing? I couldn't find anything else in WebIF. I did indeed fit the drive myself. It's the model recommended on a guide I found, but I didn't do anything special - plugged it...- rbrian
- Post #5
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Is my hard drive failing or something else?
For the last two weeks, my box has had trouble playing back both recordings and delayed live tv. After about 15 minites, it'll freeze for a couple of seconds, and then carry on playing, but not from the point where it froze - it'll jump forward however long it froze. Live tv is ok, which to my...- rbrian
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- Replies: 12
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Can't update, my attempts made things worse...
It'll be ok for a while - 500gb was enough before HD became commonplace. 2tb should suffice until 4k replaces HD, except if I'm away for more than a week, in which case I transfer existing recordings to an external drive.- rbrian
- Post #7
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Can't update, my attempts made things worse...
I changed the hard drive for a new 2Tb one a couple of months ago, because 500Mb just isn't enough. I really hope that isn't failing already! It seems to be working ok now, touch wood. I need to configure Sweeper again and then I'll be all set.- rbrian
- Post #4
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Can't update, my attempts made things worse...
I just figured out what was wrong with my stick - I'd used it to transfer some greater than 4GB HD movies between Mac and Windows, so it was formatted as ExFAT. Reformatting to FAT32 allowed the box to read it, and now the firmware is updating. That still doesn't explain the problems I'd had...- rbrian
- Post #2
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Can't update, my attempts made things worse...
I noticed that the EPG wasn't showing anything later than tonight, and several of my recordings this week failed. I tried retuning, and that fixed it - but all my scheduled recordings vanished. I was sure I installed a package to fix that, but I couldn't log onto WebIF to find out. I read...- rbrian
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- Replies: 6
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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2Tb hard drive
Would there be logs of this? If so, I'd be happy to supply them if it helps update the wiki.- rbrian
- Post #13
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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2Tb hard drive
I did the alignment first, following the first part of af123's instructions - but if the numbers are different, does that mean it undid all of that and started again from scratch? So I actually could have just bunged the drive in and hoped for the best? ;)- rbrian
- Post #12
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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2Tb hard drive
Disk /dev/sdb: 2000 GB, 2000396321280 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907024065 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 8 2104510 1052226 83 Linux Warning: Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary...- rbrian
- Post #8
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Is my hard drive dying?
That's why my friend had his fixed, but he lost all his recordings. Also, I don't think it's related to the other intermittent problems, and I've had so many failed boxes that I no longer have any confidence in their products. All I want is a way to watch what I recorded - but it doesn't look...- rbrian
- Post #13
- Forum: HDR-1000S/1010S/1100S <freetime> Freesat Recorders
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Is my hard drive dying?
Oops, I meant .HTS not .HTM - that's the big one, many of them gigabytes. I think you're right about the encryption; at least that's what I've read everywhere I've looked. Would it work if I copied the files to a USB stick?- rbrian
- Post #12
- Forum: HDR-1000S/1010S/1100S <freetime> Freesat Recorders
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Is my hard drive dying?
Well, it finally died. Not the hard drive, the box. It forgot it had a hard drive, losing all my recordings. I replaced the drive, and it didn't recognise it had one - must be a hardware fault with the motherboard. Both drives work perfectly in my PC, and the recordings are all there - but...- rbrian
- Post #9
- Forum: HDR-1000S/1010S/1100S <freetime> Freesat Recorders
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Is my hard drive dying?
It's not my first choice, but my experiences with faulty set top boxes have driven me to try something - anything! - else. What annoys me most about this is that it didn't have to be that way. I'm a natural optimist; an idealist, and therefore permanently disappointed.- rbrian
- Post #7
- Forum: HDR-1000S/1010S/1100S <freetime> Freesat Recorders
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Is my hard drive dying?
Yep, you're right. That's why I'm going for an open Linux based system, with plenty of enthusiasts fixing problems as they go along. Designers could make better decisions though, this problem with the remote app causing lockups, for instance - I had custom firmware years ago which used a...- rbrian
- Post #5
- Forum: HDR-1000S/1010S/1100S <freetime> Freesat Recorders
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Is my hard drive dying?
Nothing else electronic has died! Not even my PC, which is on all day, running BOINC, so working hard, and even a really impressive lightning storm which caused a power cut didn't worry it. No overhead lines, I live in a new build estate. My original box did move house, I thought that might...- rbrian
- Post #3
- Forum: HDR-1000S/1010S/1100S <freetime> Freesat Recorders
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Is my hard drive dying?
I had an HDR2000T, whose hard drive died. I replaced it with an HDR-FOX T2 - whose hard drive died. I replaced the hard drive, and installed custom firmware, so I can access recordings on my home network. Then the HDMI port developed a loose connection, so it only worked if it was waggled just...- rbrian
- Thread
- Replies: 15
- Forum: HDR-1000S/1010S/1100S <freetime> Freesat Recorders
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Using more than 1 Humax box in the same room
I turned off my freeview box before changing the channel on my new freesat box. I should have turned it off at the wall, because I managed to change both boxes into channel 2! Ok then, thought I, I'll turn off the freesat box at the wall, and use the freesat remote to put the freeview box back...- rbrian
- Post #30
- Forum: FOXSAT-HDR Freesat Recorder
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Is my hard drive failing or something else?
Live TV is and always has been OK. I found encheck, which runs from WebIF, and reports 3 files with the wrong flag. All 3 of them are old, and play ok. There are actually around 50 which fail to play! I seem to remember a fix to do with sidecar files which worked in the past with those...- rbrian
- Post #12
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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R
Is my hard drive failing or something else?
I upgraded to 1.03.12/3.00 this morning, and the only HD recording today works fine. I guess that would do much of the same stuff as a factory reset. Now, assuming new recordings will be ok, how can I recover the old ones?- rbrian
- Post #9
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Is my hard drive failing or something else?
Thanks! It's easy when you know how! The output looks fine to me. I also attached some more details about the hard drive, but I don't really understand what it's saying. I have to go to work now, I'll do some more testing this evening. I discovered last night that SD recordings play...- rbrian
- Post #7
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Is my hard drive failing or something else?
Now it keeps saying the channel is unavailable or scrambled. How do I do more advanced testing? Is that a command line thing? I couldn't find anything else in WebIF. I did indeed fit the drive myself. It's the model recommended on a guide I found, but I didn't do anything special - plugged it...- rbrian
- Post #5
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Is my hard drive failing or something else?
For the last two weeks, my box has had trouble playing back both recordings and delayed live tv. After about 15 minites, it'll freeze for a couple of seconds, and then carry on playing, but not from the point where it froze - it'll jump forward however long it froze. Live tv is ok, which to my...- rbrian
- Thread
- Replies: 12
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Can't update, my attempts made things worse...
It'll be ok for a while - 500gb was enough before HD became commonplace. 2tb should suffice until 4k replaces HD, except if I'm away for more than a week, in which case I transfer existing recordings to an external drive.- rbrian
- Post #7
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Can't update, my attempts made things worse...
I changed the hard drive for a new 2Tb one a couple of months ago, because 500Mb just isn't enough. I really hope that isn't failing already! It seems to be working ok now, touch wood. I need to configure Sweeper again and then I'll be all set.- rbrian
- Post #4
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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R
Can't update, my attempts made things worse...
I just figured out what was wrong with my stick - I'd used it to transfer some greater than 4GB HD movies between Mac and Windows, so it was formatted as ExFAT. Reformatting to FAT32 allowed the box to read it, and now the firmware is updating. That still doesn't explain the problems I'd had...- rbrian
- Post #2
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Can't update, my attempts made things worse...
I noticed that the EPG wasn't showing anything later than tonight, and several of my recordings this week failed. I tried retuning, and that fixed it - but all my scheduled recordings vanished. I was sure I installed a package to fix that, but I couldn't log onto WebIF to find out. I read...- rbrian
- Thread
- Replies: 6
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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2Tb hard drive
Would there be logs of this? If so, I'd be happy to supply them if it helps update the wiki.- rbrian
- Post #13
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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2Tb hard drive
I did the alignment first, following the first part of af123's instructions - but if the numbers are different, does that mean it undid all of that and started again from scratch? So I actually could have just bunged the drive in and hoped for the best? ;)- rbrian
- Post #12
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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2Tb hard drive
Disk /dev/sdb: 2000 GB, 2000396321280 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907024065 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 8 2104510 1052226 83 Linux Warning: Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary...- rbrian
- Post #8
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware