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Copy files to Aura

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frenchscottie

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I am right in assuming that you can't copy video files from a USB Drive to the Aura to play as you could with The HDR- Fox?
I have read posts on here stating that it can't be done and that I have to use VLC to play directly from the USB.
The posts were from 2022 and 2023, I was wondering if anyone has found a way.
 
frenchscottie said:
I am right in assuming that you can't copy video files from a USB Drive to the Aura to play as you could with The HDR- Fox?
I have read posts on here stating that it can't be done and that I have to use VLC to play directly from the USB.
The posts were from 2022 and 2023, I was wondering if anyone has found a way.
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Good question; I am not aware of a way of doing it but perhaps someone else has found a way?
 
If Humax have not provided/permitted a file manager app for their "play store" in the mean time, then it seems unlikely. And if they have, then the capabilities it offers are what you're stuck with.
 
I've not found a way.

You can transfer the contents of the USB drive to a PC and then use FTP (using a LAN connection, I can't get WiFi to allow the FTP connection) to copy to the Aura disk. I think the only folders you can write to on the "Internal HDD" that are useful are Movies, Music and Pictures. It's a real pain! I'm not convinced that VLC plays well with some videos, but I haven't found anything better.

Black Hole said:
If Humax have not provided/permitted a file manager app
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I use Cx file explorer. BUT it won't let you write to the internal disk. You can write to "Main storage" but that's only 11GB, half of which is in use. You can read the contents of the internal disk and FTP files (StdDef not encrypted) to a suitable server on your PC. Why? Because you can get files called content.jh (I think) which has the programme's EPG entry in it. If you use your PC to download a recording, just a .ts file appears (not compatible with previous Humax versions). The content.jh and various index and thumbnail files are embedded in the file - in such a way that a player ignores them.
 
Thanks guys, I think i'll just have to stick with using VLC and hope there is no buffering.
I'm using the USB3 port and a good USB pen.
 
frenchscottie said:
Thanks guys, I think i'll just have to stick with using VLC and hope there is no buffering.
I'm using the USB3 port and a good USB pen.
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Have you had trouble with buffering? Even modest USB data rates are well within video rate (compressed data), unless you're using UHD or something.
 
Black Hole said:
So why were you worrying about it then??? :confused:
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Don't be confused, I wasn't worried. Although I had right to be as the video plays ok but sound is way out when using VLC on Aura. Although it plays ok on my PC.
Found setting for Audio speed but it slows or speeds up video not the audio. Now that's confusing. I'm waiting on an answer from Videolan.
I did convert the files from mkv to mp4 first as I did with the HDR-Fox, i'll try to see if it will play mkv files as vlc does on my PC.
 
frenchscottie said:
I wasn't worried
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So why mention it then? Jeez, I wish people would think about what they post.
frenchscottie said:
i'll just have to stick with using VLC and hope there is no buffering
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frenchscottie said:
Although I had right to be as the video plays ok but sound is way out when using VLC on Aura.
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That's not a question of buffering, that's audio sync. My TV loses audio sync with my HD-FOX if I switch between eg radio and STDef TV; cycling the TV source (so that the HDMI renegotiates) pulls it back. You might find something similar. Nobody else has posted problems with the VLC app.
 
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I did think about what I posted and I meant it. If you don't like it ignore it.
I know it's audio sync and I'll try the switching back and forth the source and see if it helps thanks.
 
frenchscottie said:
I did think about what I posted and I meant it. If you don't like it ignore it.
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If you don't like my advice then ignore it.

Saying you "hope there is no buffering" implies you think there might be, and I was pointing out there shouldn't be when the source is USB. Buffering is something one associates with content delivered over a network. To then say you were not worried is a contradiction.

Misrepresenting your situation means I waste time and effort trying to understand and advise. Don't.
 
frenchscottie said:
Although I had right to be as the video plays ok but sound is way out when using VLC on Aura. Although it plays ok on my PC.
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I've had similar problems with the Aura. One of the reasons I'm looking for something (free!) that plays better. No luck so far. I thought I had the same problem with VLC on my phone (and tablet), but that could be the Bluetooth headphones. Wired ones no problem.
 
Good morning all, I'm resurrecting this thread to find out if anything has changed in the past 18 months since the last post?
I've just replaced my tired FoxT2 with an Aura. Prior to swapping I copied the T2 internal drive contents to an external hdd. Has a way been discovered to copy them back to the Aura internal drive? My apologies if this been covered elsewhere but I haven't the thread.
But if it's not possible, how can I play my old recorded content? As they're .ts files VLC or CX won't recognise the file format.
Cheers
 
Bilkodog said:
As they're .ts files VLC or CX won't recognise the file format
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VLC will play HDR-FOX .ts files so long as they are not encrypted, so that implies you have not decrypted them. Copy to USB should automatically decrypt recordings unless they are HiDef. That, however, presumes you're transporting from a HDR-FOX ("T2" is not explicit). Anything else, all bets are off.
 
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Bilkodog said:
Has a way been discovered to copy them back to the Aura internal drive? My apologies if this been covered elsewhere but I haven't the thread.
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In theory the .ts files, if they have been decrypted by the copy to external drive, could be uploaded to the Aura. They may also be playable by connecting the external USB drive to the Aura and using VLC. If they won't play with VLC it may be worth checking the file(s) with ffprobe or MediaInfo. If they report no video/audio streams they are either encrypted or corrupted.

To copy playable files to the Aura's internal drive is more complicated. See post #4 above.
"copy them back" suggests to me that you would like the full experience you had with the recordings on the previous Humax. You won't get this. If you are lucky you will be able to play them in the same way as a YouTube video or your own camera recordings. No stored summary and you'd have to use VLC or similar.
 
I was the original poster of the question and I didn't find a suitable way to copy files to Aura to play from it. I just plugged my USB drive into my TV and I can play them from there.
As for converting the .TS files i'm not sure but there might be a video converter prog out there that would do it.
 
Easy enough to use the free ffmpeg to convert .ts to .mpg (for StdDef usually not a conversion, more a re-packaging), .mkv or mp4 (H264 or H265) or anything else within reason.
It is possible to copy files to an Aura and play them. I've got many foreign programmes liberated from various sources on mine and they play with VLC. I can't say there are no problems, VLC can be a bit temperamental sometimes.
 
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