Trev
The Dumb One
I have recently bought a T2 manager's special. I have a Humax 9200T on which I have some recordings that I would like to transfer to the T2.
1. Firstly, is this possible. If so how?
2. I have a W7 PC with an IDE bus to which I can connect the 9200 HDD, but suspect that I won't be able to read it in W7 directly? If not, what do I have to do to be able to read it?
3. Which files do I need to copy from the 9200 HDD to the computer (only video, no other stuff, but I haven't studied the file structure etc.)?
4. I also have a SATA to USB caddy for the old 320GiB ext3 disk that came from my FoxsatHDR when I upgraded it to 1TiB. Obviously W7 will not natively read this. What do I need to make it r/w in Windows? Will the T2 read this disc video format? (HWMBO has the TV tied up for hours. Coro, East enders etc.)
5. Assuming that I copy the files to my PC, do I have to do any processing on the files before copying to the USB drive? If so, what?
6. Once the above is done, to where do I need to copy the files to the USB HDD? Or would it be better/more convenient to copy the files directly to the T2 over my network? (T2 Video folder is mapped as a Windows network drive on my computer)
7. Is there a better way than copy to computer, process, copy to USB HDD, copy to T2 HDD? (say process the files form the 9200 HDD directly onto the mapped T2 HDD and cut out the copying to the computer etc? realising that there may be a problem with the various operating systems)
Expert help would be appreciated.
Perhaps humaxrw might help, but I don't have an IDE to USB caddy but I might be able to patch something as I have an IDE to SATA gizmo. (not sure if it works though. I'll try it tomorrow, especially if it will allow me to (indirectly) plug the IDE drive into a USB socket.)
1. Firstly, is this possible. If so how?
2. I have a W7 PC with an IDE bus to which I can connect the 9200 HDD, but suspect that I won't be able to read it in W7 directly? If not, what do I have to do to be able to read it?
3. Which files do I need to copy from the 9200 HDD to the computer (only video, no other stuff, but I haven't studied the file structure etc.)?
4. I also have a SATA to USB caddy for the old 320GiB ext3 disk that came from my FoxsatHDR when I upgraded it to 1TiB. Obviously W7 will not natively read this. What do I need to make it r/w in Windows? Will the T2 read this disc video format? (HWMBO has the TV tied up for hours. Coro, East enders etc.)
5. Assuming that I copy the files to my PC, do I have to do any processing on the files before copying to the USB drive? If so, what?
6. Once the above is done, to where do I need to copy the files to the USB HDD? Or would it be better/more convenient to copy the files directly to the T2 over my network? (T2 Video folder is mapped as a Windows network drive on my computer)
7. Is there a better way than copy to computer, process, copy to USB HDD, copy to T2 HDD? (say process the files form the 9200 HDD directly onto the mapped T2 HDD and cut out the copying to the computer etc? realising that there may be a problem with the various operating systems)
Expert help would be appreciated.
Perhaps humaxrw might help, but I don't have an IDE to USB caddy but I might be able to patch something as I have an IDE to SATA gizmo. (not sure if it works though. I'll try it tomorrow, especially if it will allow me to (indirectly) plug the IDE drive into a USB socket.)
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