Subtitles not visible!

A1944 said:
My understanding from discussions I have previously read on the old Humax forum is that recordings made on a 5000T, SD or HD, can only be played back on the same machine. But I may not have remembered it accurately.
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I think you might be right - up to a point. The decrypted *.ts file should be playable anywhere. The bundle of the recording and sidecar files could be a problem.
 
After some trial and error I have discovered that I can copy a recorded programme from the 5000T in my living room onto a USB stick and when I plug that stick into the 5000T in my bedroom the programme DOES appear under 'Recordings' (it doesn't show under 'Media') and is playable! :)
ps: Apologies for somewhat high jacking this thread from the OP.
 
niknak said:
After some trial and error I have discovered that I can copy a recorded programme from the 5000T in my living room onto a USB stick and when I plug that stick into the 5000T in my bedroom the programme DOES appear under 'Recordings' (it doesn't show under 'Media') and is playable! :)
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Useful to know that a recorded StdDef programme from one 5000T is playable on another.
It probably would show up under Media if the files weren't in the .recordings folder on the USB stick.
 
My understanding from discussions I have previously read on the old Humax forum is that recordings made on a 5000T, SD or HD, can only be played back on the same machine. But I may not have remembered it accurately.
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niknak - I'm happily watching SD recordings transferred from 5000T onto USB stick plugged directly into different TVs
 
Yes it seems that playing a programme directly from the USB stick works, but if the content is instead transferred directly to the Humax machine then it doesn't work.
 
At a tangent, but related to the 'No Subtitles' thread and solution, would anyone like to comment on my chances of using the VLC media player program to play my Humax recordings on a remote TV, via my laptop - and a Chromecast unit rather than the long HDMI (lo- or not-so-lo-tech solution) cable? Cheers, A
 
AyrtomH said:
At a tangent, but related to the 'No Subtitles' thread and solution, would anyone like to comment on my chances of using the VLC media player program to play my Humax recordings on a remote TV, via my laptop - and a Chromecast unit rather than the long HDMI (lo- or not-so-lo-tech solution) cable? Cheers, A
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I just did a test of playing a few unencrypted HD recordings (from a Humax Foxsat-HDR) with VLC Player (on Windows 11), casting to a "Chromecast with Google TV" stick.
Picture and audio fine. But when switching subtitles on, they don't show on the casted picture (they show fine when playing locally).
Some long recordings completely lose their place in the timeline when adjusting the audio track (e.g. changing between AD and normal audio)... probably same things happens when changing other playback setting too. Seems to be a usual side-effect of playing a 'raw' .TS file. Converting to .mp4 (e.g. with Handbrake) will help.
 
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