Foxsat-HDR USB Transfer Speeds

grahamlthompsongrahamlthompson Posts: 18,486
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Having a Humax 9200 and a Toppy 5800 both of which transfer more quickly to USB with the aerial out (also in Games Mode which is not as quick as removing the aerial), I wondered if it's possible to speed up transfers on the hdr by relieving the cpu load. (Currently clearing space for Xmas). There's no games mode on a hdr and disconnecting the lnb feeds is a bit impractical :eek:

I recorded a 15 min clip of BBC-HD in non freesat to avoid not being able to copy multiple times and tried the following
	Time	x Real Time	Time For 5Hrs
BBC-HD	00:02:44	5.49	00:54:40
BBC1	00:02:44	5.49	00:54:40
BBC4 (offline)	00:02:10	6.92	00:43:20
Teletext	00:02:29	6.04	00:49:40
Freesat Info	00:02:29	6.04	00:49:40
Radio 4	00:03:08	4.79	01:02:40
NonFreeesatEncrypted	00:02:21	6.38	00:47:00
Replaying SD Recording	00:02:10	6.92	00:43:20

Tuning to a currently not available channel in Freesat mode gave the fastest results, (sadly the increase in speed is not dramatic)

Anyone got any other ideas ?

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 148
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    I usually do the "BBC4 (offline)" option if possible.

    The other day, I was recording 2 HD shows, watching a 3rd HD from disk and doing a transfer, and it was at least 3 times slower than normal!
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 22
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    No ideas, but that's very interesting. I'll try the 'BBC4' option in future, though I've a feelling mine runs slower than anything you've listed (not measured it). Maybe my (cheap) USB flash drive is the limiting factor though.....
  • grahamlthompsongrahamlthompson Posts: 18,486
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    ipl wrote: »
    No ideas, but that's very interesting. I'll try the 'BBC4' option in future, though I've a feelling mine runs slower than anything you've listed (not measured it). Maybe my (cheap) USB flash drive is the limiting factor though.....

    Allmost certainly, the drive being written to is a WD 1TB sata drive formatted EXT3
  • GaseousClayGaseousClay Posts: 4,313
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    ipl wrote: »
    No ideas, but that's very interesting. I'll try the 'BBC4' option in future, though I've a feelling mine runs slower than anything you've listed (not measured it). Maybe my (cheap) USB flash drive is the limiting factor though.....

    Not necessarily. This issue was raised nearly two years ago and the difference between the HDR and a laptop showed to be quite significant.

    http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=29967471#post29967471
  • grahamlthompsongrahamlthompson Posts: 18,486
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    Not necessarily. This issue was raised nearly two years ago and the difference between the HDR and a laptop showed to be quite significant.

    http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=29967471#post29967471

    When the box has finished recording I will transfer the test file to a usb stick under the BBC4 off air scenario.

    The transfer was the slowest recorded (DaneElec 8GB stick)

    To Usb Stick (BBC4 off line ) Transfer Time 00:02:55 Times Real Time 5.14 Time for 5hrs 00:58:20
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