Hi
most (but not all) of the progs on my 9200T fail to transfer using Media Linker 2.5 and windows XP, can anyone sugest a reason why and a fix?

Chris

Either invalid characters in the file name or your PC hard drive is formatted with FAT32 (rather than NTFS) and you are hitting the file size limit or some other weirdness. One option would be to try Humax Media Controller. Read carefully the instructions for removing Media Linker first.

Thanks, I had afeeling it could be a file name problem. If the disk was the wrong format I would expect none of the files to transfer.
I was going to try humaxGui, could this help?

Thanks

It's about 2GB filesize limit on FAT32. So many (shorter, or broadcast on a more highly compressed channel) films would still transfer.

Quite, and your average James Bond film on ITV comes in at about 2.8GB. I've never had a single failure with Media Linker. (Unlike recordings with AR and SR). I've gone back to AP, I may even go back to .15.

I have checked and my PC is NTFS, so file size should not be an issue (though the ones that have been sucesfully transfered are <1G)
There appear to be no ilegeal characters in the names.

and I have just tried to copy a film that was sucesfull, with no luck...so I guess reinstall and try again.

FYI Dr No (ITV) is just over 3 gig

and what does AR/SR and AP refer to.

Thanks for the help

AR Accurate Recording: recording starts and ends when the broadcaster updates the "now/next" programme info.
SR Series Record (SL, Series Link): When a reservation includes series data, the PVR will update events upon completion with the next occurence in the series/found in the EPG.
AT Auto Tracking: changes in event broadcast time/channel are updated in the schedule.
AP Auto Padding: the Humax starts and ends all recordings a fixed amount before/after the scheduled times. This cannot be combined with any of the Freeview Playback features above.

Actually the limit is 1 byte below 4GB.

OK Thankyou. Too small for a DVD image file or 2hr video at DVD bitrate. Wonder where 2GB came from

I believe 2GB is the maximum filesystem size for a FAT (FAT16) filesystem. Not really relavent for most PCs these days but significant for memory card devices which, until recently, tended to use FAT16 and have a 2GB maximum size. It's also the maximum size of an SD card (before SDHC came along).