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The new OFCOM Guidance (available at http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/tv/Guidance_on_the_use_of_targeted_advertising_replacement.pdf) doesn’t concern targeted ads inserted into VoD catchup streams such as those offered by the ITV Hub. The Guidance is about the insertion of targeted ads (delivered by IP) to replace the normal ads that form part of a linear broadcast programme slot on a commercial channel like ItTV.
The question is whether modifying the broadcast by introducing variablle ads, might require changes to broadcasting licenses.
OFCOM has decided no, provided the insertion of the ads is under the control of the channel, not (for instance) a platform operator such as Sky or, presumably, Freesat. So the platform operators and commercial broadcasters must be able to prove that all such inserts are under the control of the channel, though actually carried out by the platform operator.
This is what (I speculate) could conceivably create a need for firmware/server changes which could lead to more frequent HDD problems related to box-server communication.
JamesB – 5 hours ago »
mikey101 – 18 hours ago »
I mentioned earlier I’ve never downloaded the app, but also noticed for past year+ how the disc keeps ‘firing up’ every few minutes day and night
Did you ever sign up for an account at myhumax.net?
hmmm … yes I may well have done at the time. I don’t have anything to have this app on anyway since they don’t do a windows phone app for this to my knowledge. I remember tho … earlier this year I was ‘selected’ by freesat to send them some sort of user data – to do this I had to download a file on a flash drive and upload it onto the HUMAX 1010S … needless to say I DIDN’T do this at the time. Maybe it’s retribution for not following orders. So that kinda answers the question that I registered something somewhere. I can’t believe that such an innocuous piece of kit that sits out the way under the tv it’s whole life can cause so much waste of time! It’s a good job HUMAX don’t make phones, tablets, laptops … and thanks to everyone for the advice / feedback. No thanks to HUMAX …
mikey101 – 45 minutes ago »
JamesB – 5 hours ago »
mikey101 – 18 hours ago »
I mentioned earlier I’ve never downloaded the app, but also noticed for past year+ how the disc keeps ‘firing up’ every few minutes day and night
Did you ever sign up for an account at myhumax.net?
hmmm … yes I may well have done at the time. I don’t have anything to have this app on anyway since they don’t do a windows phone app for this to my knowledge.
I doubt if that would matter for registering on the Freesat/Humax websites.
I spoke to Humax today after having the same issue with it not recognising the hard drive and saying I had no recordings. I was told they were looking into this issue as many customer’s had now experienced it and I was to keep checking for a new update for the box. No date mentioned as to when, but it should be in the pipeline.
I’m glad I rang because I nearly went ahead and bought a new one.
Well after reading all the the latest comments here i checked my 1000s and still no Hard Drive recognized so i UN-paired the app from within the 1000s menu and then turned the box off for 10 mins and rebooted, but still no Hard Drive recognized, So i pulled the Hard Drive from the 1000s and put it in my PC but that does not see the Hard Drive either. Has this Humax box destroyed my Hard Drive?
simonf1 – 22 minutes ago »
…… Has this Humax box destroyed my Hard Drive?
Very unlikely.
Using the Computer management admin tool select the disk management snap-in. Do you see anything then?
I’ve put the HD back in the 1000s and just hoping it will fire up one day like others have and if not i will try what you said and thanks for the advice, i’ve brought an openbox v8s to be getting on with and OMG how good these are. i only have 1 tuner on the openbox so can only record 1 channel at a time so if the Humax ever does work again it will be 2nd to the openbox and if not then i can use the HD on the PC and bin the Humax.
simonf1 – 5 hours ago »
Well after reading all the the latest comments here i checked my 1000s and still no Hard Drive recognized so i UN-paired the app from within the 1000s menu and then turned the box off for 10 mins and rebooted, but still no Hard Drive recognized, So i pulled the Hard Drive from the 1000s and put it in my PC but that does not see the Hard Drive either. Has this Humax box destroyed my Hard Drive?
No your hard drive will be formatted EXT3/4 which is a format a Windows PC can not read. You will need a Linux machine to read it.
Billibob – 37 minutes ago »
simonf1 – 5 hours ago »
Well after reading all the the latest comments here i checked my 1000s and still no Hard Drive recognized so i UN-paired the app from within the 1000s menu and then turned the box off for 10 mins and rebooted, but still no Hard Drive recognized, So i pulled the Hard Drive from the 1000s and put it in my PC but that does not see the Hard Drive either. Has this Humax box destroyed my Hard Drive?
No your hard drive will be formatted EXT3/4 which is a format a Windows PC can not read. You will need a Linux machine to read it.
There is a couple of drivers available for windows, the most common is EXT2FSD (which has read and write capability). As Repassac says a EXT2/3 volume will appear in Windows Disk Management.
grahamlthompson – 1 hour ago »
Billibob – 37 minutes ago »
simonf1 – 5 hours ago »
Well after reading all the the latest comments here i checked my 1000s and still no Hard Drive recognized so i UN-paired the app from within the 1000s menu and then turned the box off for 10 mins and rebooted, but still no Hard Drive recognized, So i pulled the Hard Drive from the 1000s and put it in my PC but that does not see the Hard Drive either. Has this Humax box destroyed my Hard Drive?
No your hard drive will be formatted EXT3/4 which is a format a Windows PC can not read. You will need a Linux machine to read it.
There is a couple of drivers available for windows, the most common is EXT2FSD (which has read and write capability). As Repassac says a EXT2/3 volume will appear in Windows Disk Management.
Yes sorry. I hadn’t seen Repassac’s more complete and more accurate answer before I left my hasty reply. I was simply trying to point out Windows will not recognise EXT3 natively. Thanks
Billibob – 1 hour ago »
grahamlthompson – 1 hour ago »
Billibob – 37 minutes ago »
simonf1 – 5 hours ago »
Well after reading all the the latest comments here i checked my 1000s and still no Hard Drive recognized so i UN-paired the app from within the 1000s menu and then turned the box off for 10 mins and rebooted, but still no Hard Drive recognized, So i pulled the Hard Drive from the 1000s and put it in my PC but that does not see the Hard Drive either. Has this Humax box destroyed my Hard Drive?
No your hard drive will be formatted EXT3/4 which is a format a Windows PC can not read. You will need a Linux machine to read it.
There is a couple of drivers available for windows, the most common is EXT2FSD (which has read and write capability). As Repassac says a EXT2/3 volume will appear in Windows Disk Management.
Yes sorry. I hadn’t seen Repassac’s more complete and more accurate answer before I left my hasty reply. I was simply trying to point out Windows will not recognise EXT3 natively. Thanks
Other than confirming the hard disk is not faulty, it wouldn’t help much in the case of a freetime unit, because the recording partition is itself encrypted.
Thanks for the info guy’s.
Great that the drive is ok as its always useful for storing things if nothing else, but i will leave it in the 1000s and just hope that it will work one day soon, I emailed Humax 2 days ago but still no reply.
I’m having no end of trouble with my 1000S and it continually “dropping” the HDD…
I don’t use the box too frequently, but when I power it up out of standby most of the time the recordings are unavailable, checking in the settings seems to show that the disk is not detected.
If I unplug it and leave it for about 10-15 minutes I can coax it back into seeing the HDD, although I had to reformat it last time.
So basically, if I want to watch TV I need to carry out a 30 minute process to get it to work!
I was an early adopter so the box is well out of warranty. I’ve tried a different HDD in the box, it has been no different.
Not too impressed
another one with the same issue here! Froze last night, no recordings on restart and no HDD visible. Haven’t had any error messages; spoke to Humax this morning who told me to reset to factory defaults… made no difference. Pfffffftt….. don’t make me go back to Sky, please!!!!
comrademureth – 12 minutes ago »
another one with the same issue here! Froze last night, no recordings on restart and no HDD visible. Haven’t had any error messages; spoke to Humax this morning who told me to reset to factory defaults… made no difference. Pfffffftt….. don’t make me go back to Sky, please!!!!
You could for a much smaller fee try BT TV – Humax box that will get replaced if it goes tits up – just a suggestion. My 1000s will be 3 years old come March and although it does have a habit of occasionally bluffing me that I have no recordings etc. a diet of no electricity for about 10 minutes is usually enough to show it whose is boss.
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