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Usin an External HDD with Foxsat-HDR
Rolandh
15-11-2011
Is it possible to move recordings from the Foxsat-HDR to an External USB HDD plugged into the rear USB Socket and then play the moved recordings back off of the External HDD without having to move them back onto the internal HDD? If it is possible I'd be able to build up a library of Movies and be able to watch them and keep them for future viewing without having to export to an External HDD and then re-import onto the Internal HDD when I want to watch one.

Roland
grahamlthompson
15-11-2011
Yes it is, both SD (not encrypted) and HD (encrypted) will play back directly from the usb drive.

FOR HD movies the drive will need formatting EXT3.
excollier
15-11-2011
How do I format a HDD to EXT3, please.
I am clueless about computers and networks.
grahamlthompson
15-11-2011
Originally Posted by excollier:
“How do I format a HDD to EXT3, please.
I am clueless about computers and networks.”

Various ways, easiest way for a windows user is probably the free version of Easeus Partition Manager.

EXT3 is a Linux FS, any PC booted into Linux from a free boot CD will do it without any extra software.

http://www.partition-tool.com/download.htm
Rolandh
16-11-2011
Originally Posted by grahamlthompson:
“Yes it is, both SD (not encrypted) and HD (encrypted) will play back directly from the usb drive.

FOR HD movies the drive will need formatting EXT3.”

All the Movies are SD recorded off of Film 4 & Horror Channel, but it's good to know for any Movies I may record off of BBC 1HD, BBC HD, Itv1 HD or Channel 4HD.

Roland
grahamlthompson
16-11-2011
Originally Posted by Rolandh:
“All the Movies are SD recorded off of Film 4 & Horror Channel, but it's good to know for any Movies I may record off of BBC 1HD, BBC HD, Itv1 HD or Channel 4HD.

Roland”

If any are exceptionally long you may hit the 4GB file limit.
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