chasedecrypt not working

[rodp]

Hi All,

I have installed chasedecrpyt and set a folder flag



I can confirm sharing is on via the humax menu and via the boot

I've had this setup for a number of weeks but still it won't do a chasedecrypt on F1.

Please can you confirm I should see an extra file / set of files in the folder if it is working?

This is my ftp view showing all files in the folder whilst it's recording:


the log says this:

[td]1773[/td][td]26/07/2026 18:29:16 RM(27731)- Unrecognized option: 0[/td] [td]1772[/td][td]26/07/2026 18:29:16 RM(27731)- ChaseDecrypt: Checking /media/My Video/F1 Miami GP Sprint and___/F1 Hungarian GP Highlights_20260726_1829.ts (Channel 4) for inclusion[/td]

What does 'Unrecognized option: 0' mean? I went to the setup and I noticed there was no extra option (based on the wiki screenshot) so I added the -d to see if that would help but I wouldn't have thought that that would have made a difference as that's just for extra debug info?



I don't have any channels setup for chasedecrypt nor detectads setup. I have simply installed chasedecrypt and let it install what it needs and then flagged the folder.

I have also tried uninstalling and reinstalling but that doesn't seem to have made a difference either.

Please can someone help me diagnose this issue?

Thanks

 

[MymsMan]

I have installed chasedecrpyt and set a folder flag

WHY?

What do you hope to achieve?

chasedecrypt is essentially a failed experiment to see if it would allow you watch a programme across the home network whilst it was being recorded, but the way vlc and the humax interact you can only view up to the point recorded when you started watching

chasedecrypt is essentially detectads without the add detection so was simple to create.


I have set Antiques Roadshow to Chasedecrypt and it appears to have started decrypting correctly

I think the stray 0 option occurs as the default value for options if they have never been set, so -d should solve the problem even if you now remove the -d

 

[rodp]

Thanks for the reply MymsMan,

I wanted to watch the F1 grand prix remotely before it had finished recording and decrypting as per the normal process. Can you share the folder and contents of your chasedecrypt test so that I know what to expect?

I guess I will do some more tests, perhaps add other recordings but if you say it's a 'failed experiment' does that mean it isn't likely to work now?

Thanks

 

[prpr]

What does 'Unrecognized option: 0' mean?

It does it for me too.

I think the stray 0 option occurs as the default value for options if they have never been set, so -d should solve the problem even if you now remove the -d

Yes, I had just come to the same conclusion. It is what's known in the trade as sub-optimal programming i.e. it never worked, because of this "initial conditions" bug.
It's easy enough to fix of course:

humax /mnt/hd2/mod/webif/plugin/chasedecrypt # diff chasedecrypt.jim~ chasedecrypt.jim
--- chasedecrypt.jim~
+++ chasedecrypt.jim
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     }

     # Handle text setting for oher options
-    set otheropts [$settings _tval_setting "chasedecrypt_otheropts"]
+    set otheropts [$settings _tval_setting "chasedecrypt_otheropts" -1 ""]

     # Parse argument lists
     foreach argl [list $otheropts $argv] {

 

[MymsMan]

Thanks for the reply MymsMan,

I wanted to watch the F1 grand prix remotely before it had finished recording and decrypting as per the normal process. Can you share the folder and contents of your chasedecrypt test so that I know what to expect?

I guess I will do some more tests, perhaps add other recordings but if you say it's a 'failed experiment' does that mean it isn't likely to work now?

Thanks

You should have a set of files (.ts, .nts, .hmt) with a -dec suffix on the file names

If for example you start playing the -dec.ts file with VLC half an hour into the recording you can watch the first 30 minutes of the programme, you can then start playing it again, skip the first 30 minutes and watch the next thirty minutes and so on. Not ideal! Playback is very patchy with freezes

I now use a HDHomerun for when I want to watch live TV on my PC