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    shantijoe

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    Hi All
    I've finally managed to copy TV programmes to USB (FAT32) and play then with VLC. The problem is there is no file info other than the title so for a TV series I don't know which part is which. Can anyone tell me what I've missed?
    thanks, joe

    | Thu 15 May 2014 14:03:07 #1 |
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    Each programme has 3 or more files containing additional programme information and position information. The one containing the data you are interested in has the extension .hmt.
    VLC will not know what a .hmt is.

    | Thu 15 May 2014 16:06:50 #2 |
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    Thanks for the tip, I'll try to match the .hmt to the video file,
    best, joe

    | Thu 15 May 2014 16:29:06 #3 |
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    Easiest way to get the programme info on a PC is to use the Custom Firmware Web Interface. You can copy and paste the info.

    The .hmt has the same name as the recording .ts file just has a different file extention.

    If you know how to read a file you can extract the data from the .hmt.

    File format can be found here

    http://foxsatdisk.wikispaces.com/.hmt+file+format

    | Thu 15 May 2014 17:21:03 #4 |
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    Hi
    thanks for the help though reading the file info will be a learning curve for me.
    Though VLC seems to support .ts files they don't play for me. Could you suggest the simplest way to play the videos (on my PC) I have transferred?
    thanks again, joe

    | Tue 27 May 2014 13:09:50 #5 |
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    shantijoe - 9 minutes ago  » 
    Hi
    thanks for the help though reading the file info will be a learning curve for me.
    Though VLC seems to support .ts files they don't play for me. Could you suggest the simplest way to play the videos (on my PC) I have transferred?
    thanks again, joe

    SplashLite from myrillis should play back .ts files.

    Try dragging a .ts file from windows explorer to a open Windows Media Player window.

    Download and install Mediainfo and open one of the files.

    If you select treeview and export the file information to a text file to see what you actually have. Post the text in a post.

    http://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo

    | Tue 27 May 2014 13:23:41 #6 |
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    Hi Graham
    thanks, I followed the process yet when I exported the text file (carefully choosing the destination)it was not to found anywhere in the MediaInfo folder. I repeated this with the same (non) result,
    best, joe

    | Tue 27 May 2014 15:15:27 #7 |
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    shantijoe - 1 minute ago  » 
    Hi Graham
    thanks, I followed the process yet when I exported the text file (carefully choosing the destination)it was not to found anywhere in the MediaInfo folder. I repeated this with the same (non) result,
    best, joe

    You most likely forgot to click OK. I normally save them to the desktop.

    | Tue 27 May 2014 15:17:51 #8 |
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    Thanks Graham
    here it is:
    General
    Complete name : C:\Users\shantijoe\Videos\Humax Video\Humax-Bert Jansh\The Genius of Bert Jansch_ Folk,____20140328_2201.hmt
    File size : 4.72 KiB

    General
    Complete name : C:\Users\shantijoe\Videos\Humax Video\Humax-Bert Jansh\The Genius of Bert Jansch_ Folk,____20140328_2201.nts
    File size : 8.36 MiB

    General
    Complete name : C:\Users\shantijoe\Videos\Humax Video\Humax-Bert Jansh\The Genius of Bert Jansch_ Folk,____20140328_2201.ts
    File size : 3.42 GiB

    | Tue 27 May 2014 15:31:46 #9 |
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    Hi again
    I find Miriliss Splash Lite plays some files but can't open others. My process for transferring from the Humax is identical...
    The one I sent you (text details of) will not play,
    joe

    | Tue 27 May 2014 15:35:34 #10 |

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