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I have a large number of videos on HDD’s … can I put a Video on a USB memory stick, plug that in and watch ?
If so … what format does the video have to be in ? …… for example can I drop a vob file in ? or a DV file ?
Any specifc structure or naming needed ?
Basically Yes. You will need a USB Hub to connect a recording drive and the drive with the recordings on. Most compatible format is .ts (transport stream). AV2HDR-T2 will convert suitable content to give you full navigation capability (same as built in recordings).
Just tried it with a high bitrate 1080p24 ac3 5.1 audio which it plays fine.
I have several 16GB USB memory sticks can I use those direct ? …
If not I have a Belkin 4+2 USB hub FSU-237 http://www.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=428954
Is that the type you mean ?
Not familiar with AV2HDR-T2 … but a quick Google shows it does not support AVI which is the format all my videos are in, either DV or Lagarith.
To transcode them again would be be very lossy, maybe this is not a practical idea.
However I suppose to watch them I would have convert to DVD so maybe I’ll at least try one MPEG-2 and see how it works
Memnon – 12 minutes ago »
I have several 16GB USB memory sticks can I use those direct ? …
If not I have a Belkin 4+2 USB hub FSU-237 http://www.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=428954
Is that the type you mean ?
Not familiar with AV2HDR-T2 … but a quick Google shows it does not support AVI which is the format all my videos are in, either DV or Lagarith.
To transcode them again would be be very lossy, maybe this is not a practical idea.
However I suppose to watch them I would have convert to DVD so maybe I’ll at least try one MPEG-2 and see how it works
Yes DV cameras record to .avi at a relatively high bitrate (around 4GB for 20 minutes of content). If you want to preserve the quality you could match the bitrate and use AVC/H264 to a .ts file. That should degredate your content very little if at all.
Quote:I have a large number of videos on HDD’s …May I ask you what kind of HDD’s are they? I guess they’re not external usb HDD’s? If SATA, where are they? In the PC or some where on the shelf? If on the shelf – wouldn’t it be easier to get some SATA to USB adapter for £5 from ebuy, and connect to your box directly? And if they’re in your PC just share the content on network and your box should see it. Or easier still connect your PC to TV directly via RGB or HDMI cable and play it (videos) with VLC. No transfering to usb stick, no trans-coding, no hassle…
catinaz – 8 hours ago »
Quote:I have a large number of videos on HDD’s …May I ask you what kind of HDD’s are they? I guess they’re not external usb HDD’s? If SATA, where are they? In the PC or some where on the shelf? If on the shelf – wouldn’t it be easier to get some SATA to USB adapter for £5 from ebuy, and connect to your box directly? And if they’re in your PC just share the content on network and your box should see it. Or easier still connect your PC to TV directly via RGB or HDMI cable and play it (videos) with VLC. No transfering to usb stick, no trans-coding, no hassle…
The HDR1000s won’t play AVI’s whether streamed or not.
It will not even list files with a .avi extension. It won’t list .mts files either, in this case changing the extension to .ts makes them visible and playable.
The DLNA client is pretty limited in what the built in chips can handle, it will not play many of the formats a dedicated media player will, and of course it’s simple to add codecs to a proper PC to handle most any format. Not many of have PC’s that will support full 1080p in 5.1 directly to a TV. With a good source the picture and audio streamed to the HDR1000S is as good as a Blu-ray disc.
I put all my videos on usb portable hard disks in original quality. That way I can play them back even on a plane using my Nexus 7 (which has a full-HD screen), it will also connect directly to most of my Humax pvrs (The Foxsat-hdr being the exception).
These are VHS tapes captured to digital as DVD files.
Most are Type2 DV (embedded audio) some which I have been editing are elementary streams of .m2V and .ac3 (same name, same folder)
I have them on a NAS drive on my home network … so if I can connect and play form that all the better for me.
I could convert them to a DVD creation project … so would then be .vob files & structure, if that is required.
catinaz – 9 hours ago »
Quote:I have a large number of videos on HDD’s …May I ask you what kind of HDD’s are they? …
These are on a networked NAS drive, or I can put them on networked PC ..
Output the files to a DVD Folder. Get a copy of Tsmuxergui. Run this software. Open your VIDEO_TS folder in Windows Explorer and drag the first .vob to the add button on Tsmuxergui. Group select the remaining vobs and drag to the join button. Check the vobs are in the correct order. Select .ts and a appropriate filename and location. Click the Start Muxing button (it will only take a short time). The resulting .ts should play OK. If you have lip synch issues, re-open the output file in TSmuxer and input a audio correction factor (+100) works for HD files joined in this way from my HD camcorders.
All the files need to be in VOB format ?
I do do this, using my DVD creation package and create project folder rather than burn
Memnon – 6 minutes ago »
All the files need to be in VOB format ?
I do do this, using my DVD creation package and create project folder rather than burn
I know .vob files are simply mpeg2 programme stream files with additional info, you can usually simply rename them to .mpg. To stream them or play them back on your box you need to join them into one continuous file (and chuck away the unwanted data that is only required for a DVD player to play back the content on a DVD-VIDEO disc). Easiest way is to use them is simply re-contain the existing mpeg2 to a transport stream format. As there is no re-coding involved it’s a very fast process.
The information I posted describes how to do this, if you don’t have the software already to output a VIDEO_TS folder to a standard video container.
If you have videoredo you can do this is one simple operation.
If you have access to this software (not free) I can explain how. If I remember correctly you can open DV files directly in Videoredo.
Does FOX-T2 support only .ts or does it also support .m2ts ?
Many applications support both as an input.
It doesn’t recognise files with a .mts or .m2ts, but if you simply change the extension to .ts it recognises and plays back content. See my post above post re joining HD camcorder files to playback via the unit.
I did not realise it was a simple as changing the file type … I don’t have Videoredo but I can can arrange video to be one single file.
I’ll try it out.
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