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I have a new HDR-FOX-T2 upgraded to latest software 1.02.20
The Humax is connected to the LAN via “Home Plugs”, Remote Sony I/P TV via ADSL Modem and PC.
The Humax has stored .JPG files on the hard drive.
Whem connecting to the network from the remote TV the Humax comes up OK, I can go onto the Photo’s section and they work fine all of the Sony “Slide Show” features work fine.
When access the “Video” section all of the “Recorded Media” is there. I can select say “Question of Sport” and I get the Loading message and rotating disc but it does not play. If I select the “i” Button the TV remote all of the details for the programme description is there.
Are there settings that I need to modify to allow them to play??? these Videos? I think I’ve tried them all.
I’m sure that you Humax boffins should be able to help.
Thanks John
Are you trying to playback an HD recording? I don’t think the HDR allows you to do this unless if you have a Humax HD FOX T2 acting as the DLNA client.
No we don’t have HD in the Nottingham area yet, so the only TV recordings we have done will be normal standard.
John
Sorry, I’ve only played about with XMBC as the DLNA client, and apart from it taking a while to ‘index’ the recordings, and that HD recordings can not be played… all is working AFAIK.
I’ve still have to get my XBOX 360 hooked up to both HDRs to see if it works well or at all as a DLNA client… (Maybe time for some experiments and blog post…)
Barry – Can you help out on this one please.
Is the problem related to “Copyright” or perhaps the Sony TV not being able to decode the possibly “Encrypted” video file????
John
Sorry for delay in getting back to you, have been discussing this with Humax Towers. They also have problems with this, on a Sony TV and suspect the TV does not support the video format of the Humax files ie ts streams.
Can you advise the exact model of your TV please.
Hi Barry.
A friend of mine suggested that the problems may be related to “Copyright” or the TV cannot decode video format.
Thats why I posted this.
The Sony TV Model is:-
KDL-32EX523.
Regards John
My parents have an HDR Fox T2, I was going to buy a Sony KDL-24EX320 for their bedroom to stream content from the Humax. But if the 32EX523 doesn’t work it seems very likely the 24EX320 won’t because they’re both 2011 Sony models. The 24EX320 is nice and compact and has builtin wireless plus is true 1920×1080 (unusual for 24 inch screen) which is why I was looking at that model.
Hi Barrie.
Since my last post giving details of the Sony TV model, I was wondering if you have managed to identify any further details for the “Streeming Recorded TV” problems over the LAN.
Your discussions with Humax Towers seemed to identify other Sony TV users experiancing the same problem.
Regards John
If, as suspected, the TV does not support the Humax TS file format then there is very little Humax can do.
Thanks Barry
Could you advise the name or type of the “Humax Format T2”.
so that I can describe it and take up this issue with Sony.
(Don’t hold out much hope though with Sony though).
Thanks for your help.
Regards John
Same problem here on a Toshiba Regza 42RL853B.
I should also add that recordings made on my old PVR-9200T that I copied to the HDR-T2 play ok on the Toshiba via DLNA.
This suggests Humax have changed that recording format in the T2 or that taking the .ts file off the 9200 and loading it via ftp onto the T2 has ‘de-encrypted’ it somehow.
NB. only SD recordings here (no HD).
Notts Humax Man – 6 days ago »
Could you advise the name or type of the “Humax Format T2”.
Barry was referring to a .ts file, which an MPEG2 video packaged as a transport stream (hence .ts) It’s basically the raw MPEG video stream as received by the DTT decoder in the Humax, written straight to disc as it is received. My PC-based DTT recorder also saves recordings in this format, I suspect it’s very common.
I also have a Sony TV and I know, from past experience with recordings made on my PC, that its DLNA client can’t handle MPEG transport streams. I have to re-encode the MPEG transport stream to an MPEG programme stream on the PC before I can stream it to the TV.
I don’t know how other PVRs make this work – if they actually do. One way mght be to transcode the MPEG transport stream on the fly within the DLNA server code, although there is a risk that the processing power needed for that might not be available when the PVR is trying to do other things like record, play back to a TV on the HDMI port, monitor the EIT for accurate recording etc etc.
Bottom line is that I think Barry is right, Humax aren’t going to be strongly motivated to do anything to their box to address your TV’s pickiness over the format of DLNA streamed video.
Neither of the Sony TV’s mentioned on this thread are DLNA certified according to http://www.dlna.org
However, my TV and and HDR-Fox T2 are certified so should work together. I’ll call Toshiba for their help in configuration.
Notts Humax Man – 1 week ago »
Thanks Barry
Could you advise the name or type of the “Humax Format T2”.
so that I can describe it and take up this issue with Sony.
(Don’t hold out much hope though with Sony though).
Thanks for your help.
Regards John
I see an OTA of new software is being broadcast for your TV from Fri 02 Sep, at a quick glance of Sony website can find no details of what is fixed/improved.
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