jpv1960 – 3 hours ago  » 

Martin Liddle – 2 mins ago  » 

I suggest you find a VLC forum and ask the question there. I think it would be interesting for a number of people with a number of different models of Humax but at the moment I don’t have time to pursue it.

Found out few days back by checking all the options. It is quite easy to download a programme from fvp-5000 using VLC on Mac Computer. Once you have opened the ‘library’, main VLC menu on Mac, select ‘local network’ –> ‘Universal Plug and Play’. Select ‘FVP-5000T DMS (IP addr)’ –>Recordings. Now from the Menu Bar at the very top, select FILE –> Convert / Stream.

Select a programme file you wish to download from under the ‘Recordings’ folder and ‘drop’ it into the ‘Convert / Stream’ box. It is important to use the ‘drag and drop’ method, as the ‘open media’ option will not displsy files on fvp-5000t. You can use the ‘open media’ option if you just want to convert the format of an existing video file under your Mac folders, e.g. TS to mp4, or just Sound output file.

The next setting is under ‘Choose Profile’. Click on ‘Customise..’ and select the output. I have been using MPEG-TS. Under the tab ‘Video Codec’, select ‘keep original video track’ and do same under ‘Sound Codec’. Click on ‘Save as new profile’ and give your profile a name, for future use. Now under ‘Choose Destination’ select ‘save as file’ Decide on location and filename.

Lastly, click on ‘Save’. Download takes a few minutes, depending on the network speed and the speed of the Mac as it is doing a ‘conversion’ on the fly.

Interesting to note that one can set the output profile to be just sound, eg, mp3, flac, Wav. Useful if it is a music programme and you just want the sound or for anyone with visual impairment etc..

Barry could this be turned into a FAQ please?

jpv1960 – 6 days ago  » 

Thanks for your tip about VLC, I can see and play all the recorded files on fvp-5000t when running VLC on iMac (OS – Catalina) and works really fast. I now just need to find a way of saving it! (Although not a big issue as I can just transfer using my Windows Laptop)

I did try playing about with saving recordings from VLC. I thought it had failed but to my surprise when looking in the Documents directory on my PC, I found it had saved a recording, so it is possible. Only problem is that there was no sound when played, I guess it is using the wrong sound track. If you are interested in getting this working on the Mac I suggest you find a VLC forum and ask the question there. I think it would be interesting for a number of people with a number of different models of Humax but at the moment I don’t have time to pursue it.

I am probably not expressing myself clearly. You probably have the knowledge to poke around in one of these boxes and find the fault; sadly most of us don’t. If you can identify and fix the fault, you have a number of options:

1. Just publish your findings and leave it to others to do it. User Biggles here took this approach in identifying a problem with the PVR-9200T, where the clock chip used to keep track of time in standby stopped working. Hundreds of people have used the information he put in the public domain to fix their own boxes. I think I was the person who persuaded him to start the project and supplied him with a faulty clock board.

2. Sell instructions to fix the problem for a few quid.

3. Repair boxes for people. Digirepair are currently charging £70 plus shipping to repair this fault. We can’t judge whether this is a fair price as we don’t know the nature of the fault.

I will do what I can to assist you if you do want to give it a shot. I don’t have any direct interest in this as I don’t own an HDR-1000S but I have been interested in the problem since it was first reported. From the outset it smelt like a hardware problem to me but I kept getting told it must be a software problem. I was rather satisfied when it was confirmed as a hardware problem.

tv-tony – 1 hour ago  » 

Hello Martin, would consider it but I have only a single LNB, otherwise I would, if I get a dual LNB receiver in for repair it annoys me that I cannot fully check all the features. I will have to price one up, I know they are cheap so possibly on my list. Ta

As the problem with the HDR-1000S is that the boxes loses the ability to access the hard drive although the hard drive is known to work properly, having only a single LNB would not be a problem. I am sure one of the owners with a faulty box would be happy to send it to you if you were prepared to have a look and see if you could fix the problem. Are you open to me pointing people in your direction?

cjazz – 1 hour ago  » 

Just an update. I am more than delighted with the Manhattan T3-R compared to the FVP-5000T. The design and build quality is far superior, faster loading and navigation, remote control is of a much better design and no niggly problems like the Humax.

Thanks. I have thought it was a decent box for a while now.

Myke – 3 hours ago  » 

Please tell me there are no problems as I would really like one asap.

I would suggest you listen to any advice that brian offers as he is a very experienced PVR user who owns an Aura. Perhaps ask questions about the issues that concern you from the Amazon reviews.

Erich – 14 mins ago  » 

I have downloaded the files, have resurrected an old laptop with a serial port I used for cisco configurations and a USB to serial adapter. I will make an attempt at the upgrade later this week.

Can I politely suggest you use flash900 to do the upgrade rather than the dire WDN4OAK+ , I write Flash9200 as so many people were struggling. It is freeware and can be downloaded from https://tynecomp.co.uk/flash9200.html