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On some recordings playback can jump a few or more seconds and the voice sync can go out of line. Playing back repeatedly can mean that this happens in the same place some of the time and in different places other times. I have an important recording that features an actor friend. How can I repair this to be able to record it to DVD for her? Thanks in advance.
A known problem with the 9150 and 9300 machines that has never been resolved although Humax are very aware of the problem. Owners first noticed it on Family Guy and American Dad on BBC3 but other programmes are also affected. One forum member discovered that switching off the audio track allowed the video to play normally but of course that’s not much good to anybody.
Thanks for the reply. If I managed to copy the file onto a new Humax PVR, might the recording pay OK?
richoq – 1 hour ago »
If I managed to copy the file onto a new Humax PVR, might the recording pay OK?
Yes or you could download the recording to a PC (this involves opening the Humax and connecting the drive to the PC) and play it from there.
Thank you. So to be precise – there shouldn’t be a problem with the recording of the program, just that there is a problem with playback on this machine.
What size is the HD – 2.5 or 3.5?
If Humax are never going to solve this problem should I consider buying a new model? Do you have any recommendations?
Thanks to all for the help.
richoq – 6 minutes ago »
Thank you. So to be precise – there shouldn’t be a problem with the recording of the program, just that there is a problem with playback on this machine.
What size is the HD – 2.5 or 3.5?
If Humax are never going to solve this problem should I consider buying a new model? Do you have any recommendations?
Thanks to all for the help.
3.5″ SATA.
richoq – 32 minutes ago »
Thank you. So to be precise – there shouldn’t be a problem with the recording of the program, just that there is a problem with playback on this machine.
I believe so. What is recorded is more or less the digital transmission stream without any modification.
If Humax are never going to solve this problem should I consider buying a new model? Do you have any recommendations?
Obviously the choice of whether you buy a new machine will depend on how much this problem irritates you. The HDR-FOX T2 is a mature machine that doesn’t suffer from this problem and would allow you to play back recordings from the 9300 (providing you can get them off the disk). The HDR-2000T is a new machine that seems to be intended as an HDR-FOX T2 replacement and has some improvements but I don’t have one so can’t comment on whether there are any downsides.
Both Family Guy and American Dad — and only those 2 shows — invariably play back in a corrupted, jumping way. Often to the point that they are unwatchable. Clearly there is something specific to those 2 animated shows from fox TV in the USA as shown on BBC recorded by humax.
But WHY? What is the responsible variable?
The Simpsons — animated show from fox TV (US) shown on channel 4 — is completely fine.
So — is it humax’s fault, BBC’s fault or the producers of the ‘broken’ shows? Does anyone know? It’s only if it is humax’s fault that there’s any hope of a remedy. And if it is humax’s fault then WHAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR!!!!!! IT’S BEEN YEARS!!!!!!
whg – 56 minutes ago »
Both Family Guy and American Dad — and only those 2 shows — invariably play back in a corrupted, jumping way. Often to the point that they are unwatchable. Clearly there is something specific to those 2 animated shows from fox TV in the USA as shown on BBC recorded by humax.
But WHY? What is the responsible variable?
My speculation (and I have no proof) is that the problem is somewhere in the decoding hardware of the Humax. Whether this is fixable with a software update I don’t know but I suspect if it was easy it would have been fixed a long time ago.
A peculiarity I’ve noticed with my 19″ Humax TV and Family Guy is that after a few seconds of switching to a 4×3 aspect ratio episode of Family Guy, or programme start, the aspect ratio switches to square. Momentarily bringing up the info banner or selecting channel 7 again puts the aspect ratio back to 4:3. The aspect ratio setting of the TV is set to Auto.
GF reports that the new series of The Returned on More 4 is also skipping badly to the point of unwatchability on her 9150
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