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grahamlthompson – 4 hours ago »
The DLNA media server has write access.
As a matter of interest, why does the DLNA media server need write access to the USB port?
Martin Liddle – 1 hour ago »
grahamlthompson – 4 hours ago »
The DLNA media server has write access.
As a matter of interest, why does the DLNA media server need write access to the USB port?
It doesn’t. OP wanted to upload/download files from USB. If the file is available on a usb stick or PC it can be uploaded without using the box usb ports.
Files can be downloaded to a PC using the webif.
grahamlthompson – 57 mins ago »
Martin Liddle – 1 hour ago »
grahamlthompson – 4 hours ago »
The DLNA media server has write access.
As a matter of interest, why does the DLNA media server need write access to the USB port?
It doesn’t. OP wanted to upload/download files from USB. If the file is available on a usb stick or PC it can be uploaded without using the box usb ports.
Files can be downloaded to a PC using the webif.
The OP didn’t want to download files to the PC using the webif service (can the config files be downloaded that way? I’ve not tried)
He wanted to download to USB. And it can’t. References to the DLNA server’s write access missed the point, surely?
larkim – 1 hour ago »
grahamlthompson – 57 mins ago »
Martin Liddle – 1 hour ago »
grahamlthompson – 4 hours ago »
The DLNA media server has write access.
As a matter of interest, why does the DLNA media server need write access to the USB port?
It doesn’t. OP wanted to upload/download files from USB. If the file is available on a usb stick or PC it can be uploaded without using the box usb ports.
Files can be downloaded to a PC using the webif.
What does config files mean ?
The OP didn’t want to download files to the PC using the webif service (can the config files be downloaded that way? I’ve not tried)
He wanted to download to USB. And it can’t. References to the DLNA server’s write access missed the point, surely?
Downloading content like HD recordings has to transcoded to at best 940 x 540. The Freeview Play spec does not allow full-HD exporting. So if it was allowed it would have same limitations as the exporting using the Webif. So not sure what the point is.
SD content can be copied directly to a PC. Either using the Webif or filezilla
Your own Media files on a usb stick can already be played back from USB using VLC on the unit.
So why duplicate what already works ? It’s just as easy to connect a usb stick to a PC as to a Aura usb port. Not even sure if exporting to the USB ports is allowable.
Geez, looks like a right can of worms opened.
All I was suggesting was that the usb ports were granted both read and right access.
At the end of the day its an android os, and you can do alot more with the aura than just use it as a media / pvr.
barrados – 36 mins ago »
Geez, looks like a right can of worms opened.
All I was suggesting was that the usb ports were granted both read and right access.
At the end of the day its an android os, and you can do a lot more with the aura than just use it as a media / pvr.
Indeed but the Freeview Play spec precludes most of them. Not clear what you want to do with read/write access. A lot more does not answer the question. If you do perhaps Humax may be able to consider the options.
grahamlthompson – 13 mins ago »
barrados – 36 mins ago »
Geez, looks like a right can of worms opened.
All I was suggesting was that the usb ports were granted both read and right access.
At the end of the day its an android os, and you can do a lot more with the aura than just use it as a media / pvr.
Indeed but the Freeview Play spec precludes most of them. Not clear what you want to do with read/write access. A lot more does not answer the question. If you do perhaps Humax may be able to consider the options.
You can read from the usb port either from a hard drive or USB thumb stick etc, but you can not write to it.
I personally have apps installed with config files that are stored on the internal drive (not the 2tb) my kodi backup file is 1.5gb all of which takes up a big chunk of the internal. Yes there are other ways to back them all up, but would be so much easier if I had write access to the usb port, and send the files away copying and get on with something else.
Nothing more nothing less, just a simple suggestion,
Enable wite access to the usb port
I’m also interested in the usb storage side of things. The only downfall of the Aura is the 8gb android space. Anyway of formatting the usb stick to act as extended storage space?
Also, if using an app like tivimate and setting the record location to the internal harddrive, it just stops recording after a minute. Could be an app problem, but it feels like the 1tb internal hardrive could be put to better use (for myself, personally)
Add an undelete option.
In recordings where there are a group of episodes of a program, make the oldest episode the default rather than latest.
Allow full customisation of the Home screen so services not subscribed to don’t show recommendations unless wanted.
ShaunIOW – 1 min ago »
Add an undelete option.
In recordings where there are a group of episodes of a program, make the oldest episode the default rather than latest.
Allow full customisation of the Home screen so services not subscribed to don’t show recommendations unless wanted.
Undelete is tricky to do on Linux. And I imagine it would make the auto delete oldest when HDD is nearly full awkward.
grahamlthompson – 26 mins ago »
ShaunIOW – 1 min ago »
Add an undelete option.
In recordings where there are a group of episodes of a program, make the oldest episode the default rather than latest.
Allow full customisation of the Home screen so services not subscribed to don’t show recommendations unless wanted.
Undelete is tricky to do on Linux. And I imagine it would make the auto delete oldest when HDD is nearly full awkward.
I don’t know about linux issues, but it worked OK on my Sky+HD box where recordings on delete were deleted automatically before oldest ones.
grahamlthompson – 28 mins ago »
Undelete is tricky to do on Linux.
Why do you think it is tricky? The custom firmware for the HDR-FOX T2 has an undelete capability.
And I imagine it would make the auto delete oldest when HDD is nearly full awkward.
I would implement it as the buffer holding items that the user has marked as deleted would start actually deleting them after a user specified number of days.
ShaunIOW – 1 min ago »
grahamlthompson – 26 mins ago »
ShaunIOW – 1 min ago »
Add an undelete option.
In recordings where there are a group of episodes of a program, make the oldest episode the default rather than latest.
Allow full customisation of the Home screen so services not subscribed to don’t show recommendations unless wanted.
Undelete is tricky to do on Linux. And I imagine it would make the auto delete oldest when HDD is nearly full awkward.
I don’t know about linux issues, but it worked OK on my Sky+HD box where recordings on delete were deleted automatically before oldest ones.
The issue with Linux is journalling file system deletes the entire file data completely. To stop this you would need to create a copy of the entire file somewhere on the HDD and recover this data. This will reduce the recording capability. For those with the smaller HDD it fills up very rapidly. I suppose you could add these to to the to be deleted list.
It’s very simple on windows. You just need to copy the file system pointers that identify where the bits of the file are located (a tiny amount of data). If the delete process deletes the actual data it’s gone for ever as in a Linux deletion . Basically you want a linux version of the Windows recycle bin.
It’s similar to a non linear video editing package. When you create a video compilation on a timeline. By chopping off bits and adding transistions between clips the original source clips are not changed. A edit data list is created that also uses a small amount of data.
Martin Liddle – 11 mins ago »
grahamlthompson – 28 mins ago »
Undelete is tricky to do on Linux.
Why do you think it is tricky? The custom firmware for the HDR-FOX T2 has an undelete capability.
Because the file is not actually deleted it is copied to a seperate area. If you have a lot it’s wasted space on the HDD.
For those of us who watch and delete immediately after viewing it’s going to leave a lot of data we don’t actually want. How would you handle the deletion of a folder with many recordings in it ?
Simple Example of this. I have a ITV-HD Tipping Point folder with 12 episodes. In it and just 8% Free Space.
And I imagine it would make the auto delete oldest when HDD is nearly full awkward.
I would implement it as the buffer holding items that the user has marked as deleted would start actually deleting them after a user specified number of days.
grahamlthompson – 1 min ago »
Martin Liddle – 11 mins ago »
grahamlthompson – 28 mins ago »
Undelete is tricky to do on Linux.
Why do you think it is tricky? The custom firmware for the HDR-FOX T2 has an undelete capability.
Because the file is not actually deleted it is copied to a seperate area. If you have a lot it’s wasted space on the HDD.
For those of us who watch and delete immediately after viewing it’s going to leave a lot of data we don’t actually want. How would you handle the deletion of a folder with many recordings in it ?
Simple Example of this. I have a ITV-HD Tipping Point folder with 12 episodes. In it and just 8% Free Space.
And I imagine it would make the auto delete oldest when HDD is nearly full awkward.
I would implement it as the buffer holding items that the user has marked as deleted would start actually deleting them after a user specified number of days.
Is that per recording or set by programme ?
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