You can also copy them over a network but my 1000T uses Samba 1.0, which Windows 10 disabled in a recent update as it's a security exposure. I'll just list the steps as I got it working & others may find this of use. You can install Samba 1.0, but probably wise to revoke it when finished, Samba 3 or later is fine but the PVR won't talk to it (I think the current version is 5). Samba is used for Linux & Microsoft systems to talk to each other, Linux to Linux doesn't require it (the Humax OS is some form of Linux).
Windows 10 Samba 1 removed in 2019 update
Oddly, both old & new versions of Windows Media Player loads the content over the network without Samba, even though a file expolorer rejects the Samba version. This is handy to identify filenames. The Win10 media player is called 'Film & TV' and while it will play the rfiles form the Humax, it doesn't provide file properties, so the older version is more useful.
I'd recommend copying your files & then switch back to only a later version of Samba. I have a QNAP NAS and this is quite easy to toggle. I copied the files using a NAS tool (DownloadStation) but this might also work with an FTP or SSH client. After a bit of experimenting, I found the files to be in two formats and could be copied using the address:
http://(your Humax device IP on your home LAN):9000/web/media/(filename).ts
For *.hum file properties in Windows Media Player, copy the name from properties up to the '?', ignore from the '?' on. Then paste the path but remove the '.HUM' extension and change it to '.ts'.
eg If the PVR address is 192.168.1.20, Media player propeties for a recording were
http://192.168.1.20/web/media/0_2781.HUM?WMHME=etc..etc..
So to copy, use:
http://192.168.1.20/web/media/0_2781.ts
The other format were dlna file names and you can use the above format and substitue the file number found in the properties. eg Media Player properties of a recording were:
dlna-playsingle://uuid:etc..etc..:ContentDirectory&iid=0_0\1\8\9874&WMQ=etc ..etc..
You only need the 3 or 4 digit number from this, 9874 in this example:
http://192.168.1.20/web/media/0_9874.ts
I'm unclear what the other numbers are, so some testing may be needed for larger libraries etc. GB files copied over the home lan to the NAS in a few minutes. The QNAP NAS has built in hardware transcoding but wasn't needed here, unless you want it to cut the resolution (& file size) down for you automatically.
FYI there have been legions of issues & complaints over the past few years with issues in retaining Windows user drive mapping to Linux/Unix network servers & NAS hosts, and these issues are largely related to mixed Samba versions. If you have these issues, the Samba note from MS is worth bookmarking.
| Sun 18 Aug 2019 8:13:14
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