Many recordings have wrong synopsis

grahamlthompson said:
There is something wrong with your box. It should correct the time near instantly when you boot it. Try a reset to factory defaults.
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I would lose all scheduled recordings after a factory default reset, correct? What about the CF and all installed packages and their configuration?
 
MofTot said:
I would lose all scheduled recordings after a factory default reset, correct? What about the CF and all installed packages and their configuration?
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You can backup the schedule from the web interface and restore it after the factory reset. CF and all installed packages/configurations will not be affected by the reset.
 
grahamlthompson said:
Of course it is, all you need to do is turn on auto padding and go on holiday for two weeks. If you have no other boot ups programmed like a watch reservation or power on/off timer, when you return the clock will be way out and will have stopped recording after 7 days. Not everyone has the CF installed.
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Humax fixed that in 1.03 though - providing you leave the daily software update wake-up period in place (which you would have to without CFW)
 
I tried AR on the Foxsat-HDR with a few recordings and they all started late (some 5-10s, others a lot more) so that's not an option for me. It seems that AR works a lot better on the HDR-FOX T2, which has also become a better at keeping the system clock after a factory default - not perfect (can still be over 30s fast), but a lot better.

This one has the synopsis of the previous program on this channel and only one - it's a series recording:

Code: 
hexdump -C "Tomorrow's Food_20151123_2055.hmt"
00000000  00 00 00 01 02 00 23 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 23 00  |......#.......#.|
00000010  00 00 6c 00 00 00 00 00  00 56 53 7d 24 56 53 8d  |..l......VS}$VS.|
00000020  7f 2f 6d 6e 74 2f 68 64  33 2f 56 69 64 65 6f 2f  |./mnt/hd3/Video/|
00000030  54 6f 6d 6f 72 72 6f 77  27 73 20 46 6f 6f 64 2f  |Tomorrow's Food/|
00000040  54 6f 6d 6f 72 72 6f 77  27 73 20 46 6f 6f 64 5f  |Tomorrow's Food_|
00000050  32 30 31 35 31 31 32 33  5f 32 30 35 35 00 00 00  |20151123_2055...|
00000060  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
*
00000220  00 15 54 6f 6d 6f 72 72  6f 77 27 73 20 46 6f 6f  |..Tomorrow's Foo|
00000230  64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |d...............|
00000240  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
*
00000320  00 42 42 43 20 4f 6e 65  20 48 44 00 00 00 00 00  |.BBC One HD.....|
00000330  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000340  00 00 00 10 69 37 42 42  43 31 20 48 44 00 00 00  |....i7BBC1 HD...|
00000350  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000360  00 00 00 00 00 05 50 00  80 20 00 dc d3 00 00 00  |......P.. ......|
00000370  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
*
00000400  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 ff 16 20  |............... |
00000410  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1b  1d 01 04 15 18 15 19 15  |................|
00000420  18 15 1b 15 1b 08 02 00  02 00 00 00 00 01 00 00  |................|
00000430  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
*
00000500  46 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |F...............|
00000510  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
*
00001000  00 00 00 01 ec 0c 00 00  56 53 77 48 00 00 07 08  |........VSwH....|
00001010  00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00  15 54 68 65 20 56 57 20  |.........The VW |
00001020  45 6d 69 73 73 69 6f 6e  73 20 53 63 61 6e 64 61  |Emissions Scanda|
00001030  6c 20 2d 20 50 61 6e 6f  72 61 6d 61 00 00 00 00  |l - Panorama....|
00001040  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
*
00001110  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  15 56 6f 6c 6b 73 77 61  |.........Volkswa|
00001120  67 65 6e 20 66 6f 6f 6c  65 64 20 74 68 65 20 77  |gen fooled the w|
00001130  6f 72 6c 64 20 77 69 74  68 20 61 20 73 63 61 6d  |orld with a scam|
00001140  20 74 6f 20 72 69 67 20  70 6f 6c 6c 75 74 69 6f  | to rig pollutio|
00001150  6e 20 74 65 73 74 73 2e  20 52 69 63 68 61 72 64  |n tests. Richard|
00001160  20 57 65 73 74 63 6f 74  74 20 69 6e 76 65 73 74  | Westcott invest|
00001170  69 67 61 74 65 73 20 68  6f 77 20 74 68 65 20 63  |igates how the c|
00001180  6f 6d 70 61 6e 79 20 75  73 65 64 20 63 6c 65 76  |ompany used clev|
00001190  65 72 20 63 6f 6d 70 75  74 65 72 20 73 6f 66 74  |er computer soft|
000011a0  77 61 72 65 20 74 6f 20  68 69 64 65 20 6a 75 73  |ware to hide jus|
000011b0  74 20 68 6f 77 20 64 69  72 74 79 20 74 68 65 69  |t how dirty thei|
000011c0  72 20 63 61 72 73 20 61  72 65 2e 20 5b 48 44 5d  |r cars are. [HD]|
000011d0  20 5b 53 5d 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  | [S]............|
000011e0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
*
00001210  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 01 00 00 05 00 00 00  |................|
00001220  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 8c  00 00 00 8c 00 00 00 03  |................|
00001230  05 0b 0b 00 75 6e 64 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |....und.........|
00001240  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00001250  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  01 2d 28 10 04 42 08 00  |.........-(..B..|
00001260  65 6e 67 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |eng.............|
00001270  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00001280  00 00 00 00 01 2d 28 3c  03 14 05 00 65 6e 67 00  |.....-(<....eng.|
00001290  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
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I think you have just proven that the "bug" is with the Humax Settop application and not the Web Interface or the HMT file parser which the Web Interface uses. If there is only one synopsis in the HMT file then this is all the Web Interface/HMT parser can pick out. Basically if the Humax application isn't putting the correct information in the HMT file then there's not really any way to get it back afterwards.

Somehow I doubt that Humax will be fixing their application any time soon ;)
 
Thanks, not great news. I guess I have to develop a tool that backs up the synopsis from the scheduled recordings and patches that into the .hmt file when it's incorrect there.

Seen that the FOXSAT-HDR's hmt command doesn't support changing the synopsis (the HDR-FOX T2's version does) which tool would you recommend for binary patching the synopsis in the .hmt file? The FOXSAT-HDR doesn't have bspatch for instance. I wouldn't like to go down the route of writing a C program since it would take a lot of effort getting a compilation environment up and running. Currently, I'm only using shell scripts and SQLite.
 
I need to know what I've recorded. Doesn't work for me if title and synopsis don't reflect what I've recorded. Doesn't this annoy other users?
 
MofTot said:
Thanks, not great news. I guess I have to develop a tool that backs up the synopsis from the scheduled recordings and patches that into the .hmt file when it's incorrect there.

Seen that the FOXSAT-HDR's hmt command doesn't support changing the synopsis (the HDR-FOX T2's version does) which tool would you recommend for binary patching the synopsis in the .hmt file?
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AV2HDR can edit synopsis and guidance text in hmt files. Open your hmt via its 'Edit HMT' menu option, or just drag the hmt into AV2HDR's window. If there is more than one synopsis entry, you can edit them all, or cut and paste between them if you wish, so that they all read the same.
 
raydon said:
AV2HDR can edit synopsis and guidance text in hmt files. Open your hmt via its 'Edit HMT' menu option, or just drag the hmt into AV2HDR's window. If there is more than one synopsis entry, you can edit them all, or cut and paste between them if you wish, so that they all read the same.
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Thanks, but I need a program that runs without manual intervention on the box itself, this would be scripted to run upon startup like convertfiles, Newk etc.

Perhaps I should try to convince adrianf36 to extend hmt with a "+setsynopsis" command line parameter :).
 
MofTot said:
Thanks, but I need a program that runs without manual intervention on the box itself, this would be scripted to run upon startup like convertfiles, Newk etc.

Perhaps I should try to convince adrianf36 to extend hmt with a "+setsynopsis" command line parameter :).
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If the information required isn't created by the Humax built in software (The settop app), it's not there to be recovered as already posted.
 
grahamlthompson said:
If the information required isn't created by the Humax built in software (The settop app), it's not there to be recovered as already posted.
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Work in progress but this is what I'm trying to develop: My script makes a "join" between scheduled events and the EPG database and keeps title+synopsis plus various keys in a backup (either one/more file(s) or a database). Then another script checks all .hmt files and for those with only one EPG block it checks whether the title and synopsis verify against the EPG backup. If they don't, the script patches the .hmt file using hmt +settitle= for the title and hexpatch for the synopsis.
 
MofTot said:
Work in progress but this is what I'm trying to develop: My script makes a "join" between scheduled events and the EPG database and keeps title+synopsis plus various keys in a backup (either one/more file(s) or a database). Then another script checks all .hmt files and for those with only one EPG block it checks whether the title and synopsis verify against the EPG backup. If they don't, the script patches the .hmt file using hmt +settitle= for the title and hexpatch for the synopsis.
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Good luck with that, seems to be a good idea. If you wan't to do AR test post a few recording reservations, I have a HDR FOX T2 that doesn't have much of a recording schedule. Interesting to swap results (I am on Lark Stoke incidentally). Most of my recordings are using a freesat HDR1000S.
 
grahamlthompson said:
Good luck with that, seems to be a good idea. If you wan't to do AR test post a few recording reservations, I have a HDR FOX T2 that doesn't have much of a recording schedule. Interesting to swap results (I am on Lark Stoke incidentally). Most of my recordings are using a freesat HDR1000S.
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Thanks, it's only on my FOXSAT-HDR AR doesn't work (and that's where I'm developing the solution), seems to work fine on my HDR-FOX T2.
 
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