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Old 31-03-2013, 21:32
grahamlthompson
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The video doesn't meet the specification for a AV2HDR source. From the helpfile

Source Video Specification

SD Video 576
Width 720 pixels
Height 576 pixels


SD Video 720
Width 1280 pixels
Height 720 pixels


HD Video 1080
Width 1920 pixels
Height 1080 pixels


Other sizes have been encoded and successfully played back on the HDR,
(The horizontal, or vertical resolution is then stretched by the HDR to fill the screen area).
However, this is very much a case of trial and error. The above sizes are the only ones guaranteed to work.


Video format MPEG-2 or H264
H264 codec profile max High@L4
Aspect ratio 16/9.
Scan type progressive or interlaced
Frame rate 23.976, 25, or 29.97 frames per second.


Audio SD or HD
MPEG1 layer 2 or Dolby AC3.


Supported containers for A/V streams are .TS .MTS .M2TS .MPG and .VOB.
You can drag and drop your video anywhere in AV2HDR's window. If the container format is supported it will display streams information. However, that does not guarantee playback on the HDR. The video and audio streams must also match the above specifications.


Please Note: For HD playback on the HDR, the source H264 video stream must contain NAL units of type SEI, and in the correct order. i.e the SEI unit must precede the Pic Slice. Video streams created using applications which use the FFmpeg x264 codec are known to be incompatible with the HDR as they are encoded without any SEI units at all.


A freeware application, meGUI has been used successfully to create compatible H264 streams from other video formats.

AV2HDR cannot, and never will, import other video formats such as .AVI .DIVX .WMV .MOV
These must first be re-encoded to the above specifications using the software of your choice. There is an abundance of software re-encoders available for this purpose.
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Old 31-03-2013, 21:55
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Thanks for this.

It looks as though i might be able to change the settings on winx when i convert from the avi to gain compatibility? I'll work on that.

Thanks again!
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Old 15-06-2013, 19:09
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does anyone know why subtitles are displayed if you timeshift a programme that's being recorded?
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Old 15-06-2013, 21:21
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does anyone know why subtitles are displayed if you timeshift a programme that's being recorded?
i've answered my own quesion - please ignore!
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Old 18-06-2013, 08:58
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Firstly I'd like to say a big thank you to Raydon and team for their magnificent work.
Installation went fine and I can see the Humax folder structure using windows explorer on my PC.
Question: What is the best way of deleting multiple programs ? At the moment I use windows explorer because I can do multiple selections and then do the deletion. I select the .ts, .hmt .ts files and also the .<program_name> folder. Is this the quickest way?
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Old 13-01-2014, 09:53
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Wow the Custom firm ware and web interface is great.

It makes working with the HDR so much easier. Being able to copy a large fie over using ethernet and wireless is so much better than USB.

Also being able to add non freesat channels to the Freesat EPG is great, now I have True Drama and PickTV +1 on the list.

The web interface is the best thing.

Why companies don't do this for other things, such as TVs, I don't know. The web based remote control is great if yours is going.
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