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MikeSh

Well-Known Member
I've started copying recordings from an old disc to new via USB using just the Humax interface - no CFW involved.

After being copied a couple of recordings have acquired an extra icon on the right in the media list in addition to the HD and Enc. It's a silver disc (like a DVD) with a red cross on the lower left.
This appears on both the source and copy versions.
The files appear to play OK.
So far the ones that have this are non-BBC (ITV HD & C5 HD).

I dug out the user manual but can't find it there. I've had a trawl through the forum but also without success.
Anyone know what it means?
 
Copy protection - you've copied the file as many times as is allowed.
I'm refreshing my memory on how it works - we can certainly reset the count with the CFW.
 
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It doesn't look like there's a way to specifically clear the flag using the standard hmt options, although you could do it with one of the patch commands. Possibly it will go away if you remove protection from the recording using auto-unprotect or hmt -protect from CLI.
I'm not near my Humax at the moment but let us know if you need help.
 
af123 said:
Copy protection - you've copied the file as many times as is allowed.
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Well I'll be damned. I thought it suggested something like that, but as it just copied them it seemed unlikely. I had no idea there was a counter in the system to do that.
Presumably the broadcaster sets whether this happens, since the BBC files aren't marked. Or do they just have a higher permit value than once?

af123 said:
I'm not near my Humax at the moment but let us know if you need help.
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No, it's fine. This is just a one off (I hope) move from an old disc showing signs of confusion to a new one. Once SWMBO has watched them they'll be deleted.

Thanks for the info.
 
Code: 
HDRFOX1# hmt Turbo_20160101_0900                                                                   
Format:SD                                                                                         
Title:Turbo                                                                                       
ITitle:Turbo                                                                                       
Channel:1 (BBC ONE West)                                                                           
Episode:0,0/0                                                                                     
Folder:/mnt/hd2/My Video/[Unclassified]/                                                           
Filename:Turbo_20160101_0900                                                                       
Genre:Film (16)                                                                                   
EPG:Colourful family animation that sees a lowly garden snail get to live his Indy racing dream whe
n his DNA is supercharged with nitrous oxide. Also in HD. [2013] [AD,S]                           
                                                                                                  
Recording Status: Valid (OK)                                                                       
Flags: SD,New,Unlimited Copies,                                                                   
Copy count:0                                                                                       
...
Note "Unlimited Copies" and "Copy count".
 
MikeSh said:
Well I'll be damned. I thought it suggested something like that, but as it just copied them it seemed unlikely. I had no idea there was a counter in the system to do that.
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The FOX and 2000T hmt files certainly contain a counter as detailed in https://wiki.hummy.tv/wiki/HMT_File_Format . 0x03dc and 0x0431 are the relevant offsets. I think I have seen the icon turn up before, but maybe that was when I was poking around in the hmt file to see what happens. Resetting 0x03dc to 0x04 should bale you out of the poo. Isn't that what Foxy does?
af123 said:
Possibly it will go away if you remove protection from the recording using auto-unprotect or hmt -protect from CLI.
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If that does the same as Foxy then I think it might.
 
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