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Is it possible.....
...to transfer recordings from the HDR on to a laptop and then back on to a different HDR ?
If so could someone please explain how. Thanks bsw |
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...to transfer recordings from the HDR on to a laptop and then back on to a different HDR ?
If so could someone please explain how. Thanks bsw |
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Thanks for that Tern, have you any idea how big an hour of SD recording is ?
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Thanks for that Tern, have you any idea how big an hour of SD recording is ?
Edit: But don't go and get a 2GB pen drive. Formatted, these come to 1.8/1.9GB anyway. 1hr progs from the higher resolution, and higher bitrate channels, will come to slightly over 2GB. Rgds. Les. |
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Cheers Les, could be a tedious job then.
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Cheers Les, could be a tedious job then.
Rgds. Les. |
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Cheers Les, could be a tedious job then.
Can make a big difference in transfer times. I am very happy with my corsair voyager 8 gb - I was timing a transfer the other day it was averaging about 3.5 mins per gig of transfer from the HDR and was quite satisfied with that. Not sure how it happened but mine is listed as fat32 too - how did that work? Patrick |
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Don't forget as well that all USB drives are not created equal.
Can make a big difference in transfer times. I am very happy with my corsair voyager 8 gb - I was timing a transfer the other day it was averaging about 3.5 mins per gig of transfer from the HDR and was quite satisfied with that. Not sure how it happened but mine is listed as fat32 too - how did that work? Patrick |
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FAT32 has a 4Gb individual file size limit not a volume size limit of 4Gb
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Since I've currently got two episodes of FlashForward on my 4GB USB stick at the moment, I thought I'd share the file sizes:
1 episode with recording padding set to 2 minutes before and 5 minutes after programme is 1.834GB and another episode with padding set to "Auto" is 1.636GB. Both copied onto this stick no problem. |
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Thanks for all. I'll not bother. I was hoping it might be possible via the ethernet port and a spot of peer-to-peer networking or via a cable into my router.
I seem to remember years ago transfering files between a laptop and a Digifusion STB using either a serial cable or USB cable and thought the HDR might have inherited / built on this feature. |
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Since I've currently got two episodes of FlashForward on my 4GB USB stick at the moment, I thought I'd share the file sizes:
1 episode with recording padding set to 2 minutes before and 5 minutes after programme is 1.834GB and another episode with padding set to "Auto" is 1.636GB. Both copied onto this stick no problem. If my maths is correct that gives a bitrate of approx 3813 Kbits/sec, which looks about right for Fiver according to Linowsat.If you had recorded an hour from ITV West Country at an average from the last 10 days of approx 6800 Kbits/sec, you would get a file of 2.92GB, quite a difference. Rgds. Les. |
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Thanks for all. I'll not bother. I was hoping it might be possible via the ethernet port and a spot of peer-to-peer networking or via a cable into my router.
I seem to remember years ago transfering files between a laptop and a Digifusion STB using either a serial cable or USB cable and thought the HDR might have inherited / built on this feature. (I haven't looked to see whether you can tell the HDR to record to somewhere other than the internal drive). |
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(I haven't looked to see whether you can tell the HDR to record to somewhere other than the internal drive).
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If I put a FAT32 formatted 80GB IDE HD into an external drive caddy and connect it to the HDR via USB will I be able to transfer SD files on to it ?
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If I put a FAT32 formatted 80GB IDE HD into an external drive caddy and connect it to the HDR via USB will I be able to transfer SD files on to it ?
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Thanks Graham, I knew someone would have the answer. Saves me spending ages setting it up and then finding it doesn't work.
Cheers bsw |
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that gives a bitrate of approx 3813 Kbits/sec, which looks about right for Fiver according to Linowsat.