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Isn't the AC-3 sound locked at 384kbps? I don't know - I haven't grabbed a sample from BBC One HD.
Even so, you don't know anything about the provenance of either stream. Both are probably transcoded - the AC3 from Dolby E, and the mp2 from mp2. Goodness knows how many generations each has been through, the BBC One HD hasn't been sent through regional switching (though hopefully that's mostly "out of circuit" most of the time - at least as much as can be). Cheers, David. General ID : 802 Complete name : E:\TheNativity\Nativity\The Nativity_20101220_1858.mts Format : BDAV Format/Info : BluRay Video File size : 1.41 GiB Duration : 30mn 51s Overall bit rate : 6 524 Kbps Video ID : 5400 (0x1518) Menu ID : 6941 (0x1B1D) Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : High@L4.0 Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames Duration : 30mn 51s Bit rate : 5 807 Kbps Width : 1 440 pixels Height : 1 080 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16/9 Frame rate : 25.000 fps Resolution : 24 bits Colorimetry : 4:2:0 Scan type : MBAFF Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.149 Stream size : 1.25 GiB (89%) Audio #1 ID : 5401 (0x1519) Menu ID : 6941 (0x1B1D) Format : AC-3 Format/Info : Audio Coding 3 Duration : 30mn 51s Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 192 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel positions : L R Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Video delay : -556ms Stream size : 42.4 MiB (3%) Language : English Audio #2 ID : 5402 (0x151A) Menu ID : 6941 (0x1B1D) Format : MPEG Audio Format version : Version 1 Format profile : Layer 2 Duration : 30mn 51s Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 256 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Resolution : 16 bits Video delay : -505ms Stream size : 56.5 MiB (4%) Language : nar Menu ID : 260 (0x104) Menu ID : 6941 (0x1B1D) Format : AVC / AC-3 / MPEG Audio List : 5400 (0x1518) (AVC) / 5401 (0x1519) (AC-3, eng) / 5402 (0x151A) (MPEG Audio, NAR) Language : / eng / NAR As you can see the audio described MP2 track uses a higher bitrate. 5.1 tracks are 384kbps |
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How about using an xbmc plugin to browse recordings and then stream directly over ftp?
The ftp server on the humax doesn't recognise the command so I guess it must be a stripped down ftp server. Rob Edit : xbmc plays the SD ts files fine though once they are copied to my NAS. |
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Just tried setting up an ftp video source from xbmc on xbox and it doesn't work
The ftp server on the humax doesn't recognise the command so I guess it must be a stripped down ftp server. Rob Edit : xbmc plays the SD ts files fine though once they are copied to my NAS. |
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As you can see the audio described MP2 track uses a higher bitrate.
Cheers, David. |
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I know it wont be much help on your xbox but I used netdrive to mount the ftp folder as a drive in windows - this then allowed me to play the files without copying them over first.
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Thanks for the tip as I like the idea of having the Humax as the host and being able to stream off to various clients i.e. without having to move the files around unneccesarily (unless archiving). It will also be interesting to see if this allows further development like a web admin interface to be created to allow for remote scheduling as that seems to be what the original creator of this wanted. Shame we won't be able to stream HD stuff though due to the encryption
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BBC1-Hd has not been encrypted since November 2010. Additionally the time shift buffer file is not encrypted either
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Interesting why they haven't encrypted BBC1HD.
. Incompetence or a deliberate policy change. Strangely the same programme from BBC1-HD and repeated on BBC-HD is in the clear from BBC1-HD and encrypted on BBC-HD- Bizarre
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So is there anyway to change the dolby to Icpm on the FoxSat? don't need dolby as only connected to sony TV (it is aslo quiter than the SD channels)
My HDR is connected to my hifi by a Toslink cable. When I select an HD channel all I get is a series of clicks. The only way I could avoid this is to use an analogue connection. High Definintion picture with Low Definition sound! (My Hifi likely has a better DAC than that in the HDR.) |
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There should be as the signal also includes the normal stereo channel. Unfortunately the Foxsat does not you select this, but Dbviewer on a PC does.
My HDR is connected to my hifi by a Toslink cable. When I select an HD channel all I get is a series of clicks. The only way I could avoid this is to use an analogue connection. High Definintion picture with Low Definition sound! (My Hifi likely has a better DAC than that in the HDR.) Chris. |
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I've been using Filezilla to transfer files from my HDR to my PC.
Initially, when transfering a 2gb file, this kept failing, but since I set the timeout to infinity it now keeps going after the pauses. Has anyone else encountered this problem and found a better solution? I can not get the ftp facility in Windows 7 IE to work. It just hangs after I enter the userid and password. The Humax HDR file structure is quite complex, which I suspect may be one of the reasons that Humax themselves have not implemented ftp. (The structure is much more complex than on my Freeview Toppy.) Has anyone worked out what all the different files are for? I am very grateful to Mogie and look forward to future developments.
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I've been using Filezilla to transfer files from my HDR to my PC.
Initially, when transfering a 2gb file, this kept failing, but since I set the timeout to infinity it now keeps going after the pauses. Has anyone else encountered this problem and found a better solution? I can not get the ftp facility in Windows 7 IE to work. It just hangs after I enter the userid and password. The Humax HDR file structure is quite complex, which I suspect may be one of the reasons that Humax themselves have not implemented ftp. (The structure is much more complex than on my Freeview Toppy.) Has anyone worked out what all the different files are for? I am very grateful to Mogie and look forward to future developments. ![]() All the files starting with a period appear to be for thumbnails and can be ignored. I don't think thats why they didn't implement FTP, I think they were looking to do a streaming solution DLNA etc which "average joe" could just use ... FTP would generate too many support calls I think. Could also be that adding features to a new version generates more sales. Now that the firmware has been cracked, only a matter of time before the HD encryption bites the dust - as we know the signal is transmitted clear and the HDR is encrypting it for some misguided reason. |
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I also can get in via using IE. (IE9 Beta).
I see you can then also use IE's > PAGE > Open FTP site in Windows Explorer. Neat
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Now that the firmware has been cracked, only a matter of time before the HD encryption bites the dust - as we know the signal is transmitted clear and the HDR is encrypting it for some misguided reason.
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Put it this way: What is the basic purpose of a) nts files b) hmt files c) tac files I appear to be able to play ts files transferred to my PC without the above files. I can't get IE FTP to work on my W7 desktop PC, it just hangs after I enter the password. (But it does work on my W7 laptop.) What sort of transfer rates do people get with Filezilla? |
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Thank you, yes that does give some info,
Put it this way: What is the basic purpose of a) nts files b) hmt files c) tac files I appear to be able to play ts files transferred to my PC without the above files. I can't get IE FTP to work on my W7 desktop PC, it just hangs after I enter the password. (But it does work on my W7 laptop.) What sort of transfer rates do people get with Filezilla? To import and play back non native video on the hdr these files have to be synthesised using a free uitility written by Raydon (AV2HDR). Extract from the help file The main video file has the filename extension of .ts and the two support files have extensions of .nts and .hmt The .nts file contains the timing information required to provide seeking, and play from last position functions on the HDR. The .hmt file contains full details of the recording, including Electronic Program Guide information. |
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I think tac files are chapter thumbnails downloaded when the HDR wakes up for maintenance.
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I also can get in via using IE. (IE9 Beta).
I see you can then also use IE's > PAGE > Open FTP site in Windows Explorer. Neat ![]() These things are made to try us! |
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Sorry to disillusion you, but the firmware contains several discrete sections holding Linux kernel, busybox OS, and the Humax custom software. The only part that has been modified is the one that contains the GNU licensed Linux busybox OS. This has had ftp and telnet binaries plus corresponding startup scripts added. All kudos to mogie for achieving this, but It's a completely different ball game to try and reverse engineer MIPS binaries in order to extract encryption algorithms. I just can't see it happening. Best you can hope for is additional services like DLNA server being added.
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Thanks, Switching the Windows Firewall off and on again solved the problem!
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Just wanted to add the comment that I tried the new firmware, and it works great. It took three attempts to find a USB drive that would work properly. A (once-expensive!) Kingston 2GB Datatraveler was recognised as a USB disk but I couldn't do anything with it in the Hummy, but a 1GB SD card in a £2 ebay USB SD card reader worked fine. Weird.
It would be awesome to have this as a permanent feature. I tried copying the .ts files to my Mac and they play great with VLC, now I just have to figure out how to edit them and turn them into DIVX/XVID ...
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Just wanted to add the comment that I tried the new firmware, and it works great. It took three attempts to find a USB drive that would work properly. A (once-expensive!) Kingston 2GB Datatraveler was recognised as a USB disk but I couldn't do anything with it in the Hummy, but a 1GB SD card in a £2 ebay USB SD card reader worked fine. Weird.
It would be awesome to have this as a permanent feature. I tried copying the .ts files to my Mac and they play great with VLC, now I just have to figure out how to edit them and turn them into DIVX/XVID ... |
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A (once-expensive!) Kingston 2GB Datatraveler was recognised as a USB disk but I couldn't do anything with it in the Hummy, but a 1GB SD card in a £2 ebay USB SD card reader worked fine. Weird.
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Has anyone tried and managed to get VLC to play directly from the Humax? I've tried different URLs (encoding for the space) but no luck. For example, in VLC select "Open Network" and use the following URL (the space in the filename presumably needs to be encoded for example with a "+", not 100% sure though):
ftp://HumaxFTP:0000@192.168.1.82/Vid...100111_2237.ts The detailed log from VLC shows that it logged in correctly but it seems like the FTP conversation isn't going right (or it's that bleeding space character again buggering me...). Any idea, anyone? The FTP server on the Humax side doesn't seem to have a log for debugging... access_ftp debug: answer=220 Welcome to i-CORD HD FTP Connection. access_ftp debug: connection accepted (220) access_ftp debug: ftp_SendCommand:"USER HumaxFTP" access_ftp debug: answer=331 Password required for humaxftp. access_ftp debug: password needed access_ftp debug: ftp_SendCommand:"PASS 0000" access_ftp debug: answer=230 User logged in, proceed. access_ftp debug: password accepted access_ftp debug: ftp_SendCommand:"TYPE I" access_ftp debug: answer=200 Port command successful access_ftp debug: ftp_SendCommand:"SIZE Video/The Hours_20100111_2237.ts" access_ftp debug: answer=500 Syntax error, command unrecognized. access_ftp debug: cannot get file size access_ftp debug: will try to get directory contents access_ftp debug: ftp_SendCommand:"CWD Video/The Hours_20100111_2237.ts" access_ftp debug: answer=530 Requested action not taken. access_ftp error: file or directory doesn't exist main debug: no access module matching "ftp" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 435.656 ms - Total 435.656 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 435.656 ms) main debug: waitpipe: object killed main error: open of `ftp://HumaxFTP:0000@192.168.1.82/Video/The Hours_20100111_2237.ts' failed: (null) main debug: thread ended main debug: dead input main debug: changing item without a request (current 7/8) main debug: nothing to play macosx debug: input has stopped, refreshing interface main debug: TIMER input launching for 'ftp://192.168.1.82/Video/The Hours_20100111_2237.ts' : 454.501 ms - Total 454.501 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 454.501 ms) main debug: no fetch required for (null) (art currently (null)) |
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The ftp server on the humax doesn't recognise the command so I guess it must be a stripped down ftp server.
. Incompetence or a deliberate policy change.

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