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What is the best method of getting an SD recording from the FVP4000T onto a DVD (I have burning software on the computer).
When I transferred it by FTP and tried to play it, the pc wouldn’t play the file.
When I copied it to a external HDD, the file itself was not visible from the PC even though it definetely appeared in the recordings section of the FVP under ‘Storage’ external HDD
Firstly you have to decrypt the file on copying. FTP retains the encryption. The samba server should decrypt on copying but from reading other posts the Windows variant you have matters.
Hopefully a box owner will advise further.
If you want to play back in a normal DVD player you have to master a disk in DVD-Video format.
Although rather slow DVD-Flick (It’s free) will do the job.
Does copying onto an external USB drive decrypt it?
mhargreaves – 6 minutes ago »
Does copying onto an external USB drive decrypt it?
It’s supposed to.
grahamlthompson – 3 hours ago »
mhargreaves – 6 minutes ago »
Does copying onto an external USB drive decrypt it?
It’s supposed to.
But it is incredibly slow to decrypt/copy to a USB drive. However, if you are patient it should be OK. If you have a problem playing the resulting file using your chosen player try changing the file extension to .mpg.
Richard
RichardS-UK – 5 minutes ago »
grahamlthompson – 3 hours ago »
mhargreaves – 6 minutes ago »
Does copying onto an external USB drive decrypt it?
It’s supposed to.
But it is incredibly slow to decrypt/copy to a USB drive. However, if you are patient it should be OK. If you have a problem playing the resulting file using your chosen player try changing the file extension to .mpg.
Richard
He want’s to burn the content to a DVD blank, however not quite sure why these days as media players are very cheap. Perhaps to play on a portable DVD car player to keep the kids happy
I copied around 70 gigs of SD material from my 2000T at the weekend onto a USB thumb drive – it did take a few hours though. Once copied they played fine as .ts files on my computer, on my other Humax or via the usb port on my TV. However, the files are quite large in this state.
You could use them like this though as Graham says you will need to author them into a DVD-Video format. I converted a couple of programmes into MP4 files which greatly reduced the file size and TBH I didn’t notice that much of a difference in PQ.
Again as Graham remarks why burn them to DVD when you could simply put them onto either thumb drives or SD cards?
It’s not for me – it’s for an older relative who has a dvd player and wanted something recording. Myself, I tend to only use the device for time shifting, and delete stuff once watched. Anything I want to keep, I put onto my NAS drive and stream via DLNA.
When I copy a recording to an external USB drive, which folder should I find it in when I connect the USB drive to a PC?
mhargreaves – 39 minutes ago »
When I copy a recording to an external USB drive, which folder should I find it in when I connect the USB drive to a PC?
I can’t remember now, possibly Recordings, but the Humax only creates 3 or 4 folders, Video, Photo, Media etc, so just look in them all.
Richard
The file is not in any folder that I can see. I’m wondering if the file is too big. It’s a couple of hours long.
mhargreaves – 11 minutes ago »
The file is not in any folder that I can see. I’m wondering if the file is too big. It’s a couple of hours long.
Size is unlikely to be an issue for a SD recording. FAT32 can hold files up to 4GB. NTFS files up to the capacity of the device. Which channel was the recording from. Normally the file should be exactly where you copied it to. If you didn’t create a folder it should be in the root folder.
In explorer settings check suppress known file extensions isn’t ticked and that hidden files are also displayed.
mhargreaves – 1 hour ago »
When I copy a recording to an external USB drive, which folder should I find it in when I connect the USB drive to a PC?
Should be in recordings folder.
Graham – the recording was from BBC One (SD).
You say “exactly where you copied it to” – I wasn’t given the option of where to copy it to, only the drive name. So I assumed it would be in the root folder, but it doesn’t show up there.
I will check if it is a hidden file.
mhargreaves – 1 minute ago »
Graham – the recording was from BBC One (SD).
You say “exactly where you copied it to” – I wasn’t given the option of where to copy it to, only the drive name. So I assumed it would be in the root folder, but it doesn’t show up there.
I will check if it is a hidden file.
With my 2000T once the thumb drive is in and has been recognised I simply access media as usual then the programme I want to copy. Once I have highlighted prog to copy I select the opt button then follow the copy option. Once that is pressed I am shown two icons, one being the HDD the other USB. Once you see that select USB, you thumb drive will be highlighted and with mine there is a red icon in the corner marked copy – select that and then go and make a brew, do your shopping, whatever. That’s it, when it’s finished remove drive and use where you want to use it.
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