On 07/09/2017 22:19, RS wrote:
Glad to hear you’ve got it working, so I’ll just make a couple of even
further off topic comments.
A few weeks ago we were talking about HE-AAC and SBR support. Out of
curiosity I looked through descriptions and reviews on Amazon to see
if any satellite receivers supported HE-AAC. Some of the Humax ones
do. It seems from the reviews that some Humax models encrypt their
recordings so they can only be played back on the machine that made
them. It sounds as though you have been lucky with your choice of model.
Actually the Humax Foxsat-HDR is no longer being made. HD is encrypted
but there is Custom Firmware and a patch that enable you to access HD
recordings without problem and do all sorts of other wonderful things.
(For example, you can set up a recording schedule using your PC or
indeed a mobile phone - as I can access my home PC during my annual 4
months in the Philippines I am able to organise recording schedules from
over 7000 miles away!) AFAIK this isn't possible with any other Humax. I
certainly wasn't aware of all this when I got it 6 years ago. I recently
saw a Linux based quad-tuner PVR on the net and I guess when my Hummy
dies, I'll have to look to something like that.
As the Humax records some programmes with two audio streams (the
standard plus a Narrative stream), following Vangelis' advice I spent an
hour or so this afternoon making sure that ffmpeg remuxes the correct
audio stream. Lifelong learning! Great fun!
A
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