What later models of Humax use the same file format as the 9200T (for watching old recordings)

[Jackfruit1000]

Hello,

My 9200T just packed up in the middle of watching something (tripping my electrics at the same time!), and won't power on. My guess is a power supply failure of some kind.

I can extract all my recordings using humaxrw, and I know I can watch them on a PC with VLC, but I'd like to replace the box with a later model and transfer the files onto it for viewing through the TV like normal.

What other Humax models will accept '.ts' files from a 9200T?

Piers.

 

[EEPhil]

Most newer Humax models accept files recorded elsewhere if not encrypted. The user experience will not be the same though. Information about the recording ( time, channel and synopsis) are most likely to be lost.

 

[Black Hole]

9200T data was never encrypted, but I know nothing of the file format. Use VLC or MediaInfo (or FFMPEG/FFPROBE) on an existing file and post what the container and stream formats are.

 

[xyz321]

The HDR-Fox T2 with customised firmware and with the hrwconv package can take the output from humaxrw and convert the files to make suitable files for the HDR. This process can take a few hours depending on how many recordings you have but will result in recordings with full trick play and synopsis etc. To get the full synopsis data it is necessary to include the original sidecar files (i.e. do not use humaxrw recovery mode).

For info see here.

 

[Black Hole]

That's great, but it would restrict the OP's choice to HDR-FOX and does not fully answer the question. What do we know about the 9200T's files?

 

[EEPhil]

The HDR-Fox T2 with customised firmware and with the hrwconv package can take the output from humaxrw and convert the files to make suitable files for the HDR.

I was aware of a PC program (AV2HDR-T2) that can take a .ts and create the sidecar files and the appropriate .ts (m2ts) if the user provides the synopsis. This would then be playable like a native recording on the HDR-Fox T2 and the 1800T/2000T. Whether this would work for this scenario I don't know, which is why I didn't suggest it. Such a conversion would be pointless for later Humaxes (4000T/5000T and Aura).

 

[xyz321]

What do we know about the 9200T's files?

The 9200T .ts file is stored unencrypted and uses 188 byte packets. hrwconv converts it to 192 byte m2ts format using ffmpeg. The CF sidecar package is used to create new .hmt and .nts files from the m2ts file.

The 9200T sidecar files (.epg and .hre) are used by hrwconv to update the channel and synopsis information within the created .hmt file.
I believe the .elu 9200T sidecar file performs a similar function to the HDR .nts file but it is not used in the conversion.

 

[Jackfruit1000]

Hello,

Thanks for the replies so far!

Here's the media info when watching a video with VLC:

To be honest, I'm not really interested in going through a long translation process to make the files work in a modern machine. You can pick up a second hand 9200T on Ebay for less than £20, which would give me a donor PS board and spare (albeit old and tired) HD.

I already extracted the files from the hard drive using humaxrw, with the additional data (.elu .epg .hre). If there's a later model that I can load all the existing files into using humaxrw that's really all I'm after.

Piers.