New feature or did I just not notice this before?
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Accidently pressed the record buttonwhilst watching a recording the other day and the box has made a duplicate and placed it in my programme list.
Is this something new or has the box always had this feature?
Is this something new or has the box always had this feature?
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Must be because it's of no use lol
The copy function efffectively allows you to make an unencrypted copy of a previously encrypted file, which may be necessary if you want to work with it on a PC, or to watch it when your subscription has expired.
It's also handy, of course, if you just want to extract a certain portion from a recording, like one performance from a concert - it can be a lot more straightforward than trying to use the edit functions.
Nigel.
Well it's the only way to make a copy of a recording that I know of.
I believe that all pay recordings are encrypted on the Hummy.
I don't think they are - I experimented with this soon after I got TopUpTV working and from memory they are decrypted before they are saved to disk. That means you can record using a CAM/Card - take the card out then watch a recording from say TCM - or transfer to a PC and watch there. If anyone's interested I'll check when I get home tonight...
Nigel.
Quick update - my memory was correct.
Can you record two TUTV channels at the same time and see if both recordings are saved in an unencrypted form?
nwhitfield is suggesting that the CAM can only decrypt one recording on the fly and that the other recording will be saved in encrypted form... so if this is the case (one encrypted and the other not) could you test out the copy function and see if it is now decrypted?