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Old 10-01-2011, 21:09
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I'm sure this must have been discussed before, but I can't find it.

The USB port of Foxsat only supports FAT32, and will only copy files up to 4GB, I believe this is a limit of FAT32. Rarely a problem before, but now I've started using HD, 4GB is easily exceeded.

I believe the Ethernet port doesn't allow transfer to a PC, so is there any way around this problem ?
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Old 10-01-2011, 21:27
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I'm sure this must have been discussed before, but I can't find it.

The USB port of Foxsat only supports FAT32, and will only copy files up to 4GB, I believe this is a limit of FAT32. Rarely a problem before, but now I've started using HD, 4GB is easily exceeded.

I believe the Ethernet port doesn't allow transfer to a PC, so is there any way around this problem ?
I have transferred the saved programmes onto 4gb stick via the box's USB port, then transferred onto my computer, and then played, although I have found there is only one type of software that allows this.

It's an unnecessarily fiddly process which the boffins at Humax should be looking at.
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Old 10-01-2011, 21:57
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I have transferred the saved programmes onto 4gb stick via the box's USB port, then transferred onto my computer, and then played, although I have found there is only one type of software that allows this.

It's an unnecessarily fiddly process which the boffins at Humax should be looking at.
Yes, that's what I do or use a USB Hard Drive, but what about for files greater than 4GB ?
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Old 10-01-2011, 22:06
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For files larger than 4GB the drive needs to be formatted in Linux EXT3. Not sure where the post about one type of software comes from. Loads of media players will play mpeg2 SD files (try vlc player), no software will play mpeg4 HD encrypted files depending on the PC media players will play H264 HD files (try Splash Lite).
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Old 11-01-2011, 23:16
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For files larger than 4GB the drive needs to be formatted in Linux EXT3. Not sure where the post about one type of software comes from. Loads of media players will play mpeg2 SD files (try vlc player), no software will play mpeg4 HD encrypted files depending on the PC media players will play H264 HD files (try Splash Lite).
So just to clarify (sorry this is all a bit new to me), if I format a USB hard drive with Linux EXT3, it will allow me to transfer files bigger than 4GB (as a few of my SD films are), but for HD files on the Foxsat are they H264 or mpeg4 or are they the same thing ?
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Old 11-01-2011, 23:48
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Try "FTP" as means of transfer instead, see separate thread, you need to load up an unofficial firmware but looks good so far... 2.6Gb transferred in a few minutes

I haven't tried over 4Gb but should be fine if you're on NTFS filesystem on your PC, limit is 16Tb accorfding to wiki.
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Old 11-01-2011, 23:52
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So just to clarify (sorry this is all a bit new to me), if I format a USB hard drive with Linux EXT3, it will allow me to transfer files bigger than 4GB (as a few of my SD films are), but for HD files on the Foxsat are they H264 or mpeg4 or are they the same thing ?
Indeed, ext3 works. The Foxsat HDR is a Linux computer.

HD channels are H.264 in an MPEG2 Transport Stream.

I would not recommend ext3 on a flash drive, as it will wear it out.
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Old 12-01-2011, 07:41
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Try "FTP" as means of transfer instead, see separate thread, you need to load up an unofficial firmware but looks good so far... 2.6Gb transferred in a few minutes

I haven't tried over 4Gb but should be fine if you're on NTFS filesystem on your PC, limit is 16Tb accorfding to wiki.
5.0 Gb file transferred in 17 minutes - HDR still usable whilst transferring.
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