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Old 21-09-2011, 09:48
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Channel 4 are rubbish with their timings.

Do they start programs late on purpose to get people to watch an extra ad break?
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Old 21-09-2011, 15:37
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If this is true, then why do channel 4 always mess up the start and stop times of all there programs, it happens on my humax as well as my ps3 playtv.. Everytime I record a program from them I get the whole ad break before the program and miss the last few minuites of the program at the end, it's so anoying!! No other broadcaster seems to have this problem..
Different broadcasters drive the data with different systems. The ones further down the Freesat EPG are even worse - they drive them with the EPG times + a standard clock - which is completely unrelated to programme playout.

BBC TV is the best - the transition data is triggered by the playout suite, so is (almost) always perfect.
BBC radio seems to be EPG+clock-based and hence can be useless.

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Old 23-09-2011, 13:53
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anyone got lipsync issues on itv hd ? or how to resolve it please?.
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Old 23-09-2011, 13:58
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anyone got lipsync issues on itv hd ? or how to resolve it please?.
The news last night was way off, it corrected itself about 10 mins into Emmerdale - typical ITV.
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Old 23-09-2011, 14:11
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lunch time news today was how do you fix it?.
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Old 23-09-2011, 14:21
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lunch time news today was how do you fix it?.
Not easily because any lip synch adjustment you make will put other channels out. You can try using the DD downmix to stereo option in the TV menu.
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Old 02-10-2011, 00:19
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I think it is established that if you, with the channel editor add-on, designate non freesat channels as a freesat channel and tune to watch that channel, that scheduled freesat recordings fail to start. While I agree that the clock could be used thats a big step in the wrong direction.
Have you tried this with the latest version of the bundle? I have managed to make a couple of recordings doing this.
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Old 05-10-2011, 08:44
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The DTG site says that Humax are stopping the current software download on Oct 12th. Presumably we will get the fix for the "EPG waiting" issue then.
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Old 05-10-2011, 10:40
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Have you tried this with the latest version of the bundle? I have managed to make a couple of recordings doing this.
I rather suspect that that it actually depends on which channel you are tuned to (Does it transmit freesat data), the type of recording oprtion (Padding or not) and if the channel is an accurate record one.
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Old 05-10-2011, 10:41
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The DTG site says that Humax are stopping the current software download on Oct 12th. Presumably we will get the fix for the "EPG waiting" issue then.
That would be welcomed - wonder if there will be any other changes.
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Old 05-10-2011, 11:09
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Non freesat is essential next year.

Need it for F1.
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Old 05-10-2011, 12:04
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Non freesat is essential next year.

Need it for F1.
Why not just tune into the traffic reports of the M25... just as entertaining

Now Moto-GP there's a proper motor racing competition, and will still be free-to-view on the BBC.
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Old 05-10-2011, 12:20
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If only the BBC were to use the HD OB unit for the MotoGP weekends when they are not showing F1 live.
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Old 06-10-2011, 08:07
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The DTG site says that Humax are stopping the current software download on Oct 12th. Presumably we will get the fix for the "EPG waiting" issue then.
The date has slipped... it now says 13th Oct !
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Old 06-10-2011, 16:41
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Non freesat is essential next year.

Need it for F1.
Presume this is with a 2nd dish/motorised dish and you're not going to be doing this with a channel on your dish pointed at 28.2e?
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Old 06-10-2011, 20:11
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Why not just tune into the traffic reports of the M25... just as entertaining

Now Moto-GP there's a proper motor racing competition, and will still be free-to-view on the BBC.
They're cutting the sport budget, what's the betting that Moto GP gets the boot
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Old 07-10-2011, 23:25
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Barry , the souce of wisdom on all things Humax has an interesting post on HDR release 1.00.17.
see http://myhumax.org/forum/topic/humax-foxsat-otas
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Old 07-10-2011, 23:39
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Have you tried it, REPASSAC?
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Old 08-10-2011, 00:36
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Confirmed that its working, youll have to do a full EPG download 1st to clear the cache.

After that you can record at any time during the download.
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Old 08-10-2011, 09:26
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Note that Raydon is working on a patch for 1.00.17 firmware, currently if you upograde you will lose the patch functions.

As Flyer 10 says its a little worrying with new firmware if you go straight to EPG to test you may think the recording setting is still not fixed, second time it it was good.
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Old 08-10-2011, 11:35
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Thank you Humax for the EPG fix!

Have got no complaints about the Foxsat now
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Old 08-10-2011, 15:21
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Have got no complaints about the Foxsat now
Well I am not,
they still have not sorted
Subtitles on live pause,
live playback ending when the scheduled record ends
No recording from buffer to the start of the current programme
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Old 08-10-2011, 15:28
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Theres still lots of things wrong, this one thing has taken nearly a year to fix.

They are either inept, undermanned or just do not care.
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Old 08-10-2011, 16:36
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Well I am not,
they still have not sorted
Subtitles on live pause,
live playback ending when the scheduled record ends
No recording from buffer to the start of the current programme
You would have also thought they may have tried implementing some of Raydons idea's that he has in his customised firmware or at least making it so you could reinstall it. Though hopefully a fix will be out soon.
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Old 08-10-2011, 16:55
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You would have also thought they may have tried implementing some of Raydons idea's that he has in his customised firmware or at least making it so you could reinstall it. Though hopefully a fix will be out soon.
Last year they were talking about adding "advanced network functionality", I think thats the wording they used, but then came back to the forum saying that the unit didn't have enough processor power. Well, as we know, there is plenty that can be acheived with the available processing power. They'll be focussing on next generation units now for sure.
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