In October last year I purchased a Humax FVP-5000T/500 500GB Freeview Play TV Recorder.
Overall I am pleased with it but have some problems.
1. Catch-Up TV.
From the Humax website: Catch-Up TV is indeed available and can be accessed directly via the EPG
Catch-Up TV is not available through the EPG. For anything before what is on at the moment all that is shown is No Program Information.
2. Following on from 1 above,
From the Humax website: Holding in the left directional arrow while viewing the EPG will allow you to choose from the previous seven days
(broadband connection required to view available content).
This is not possible as in 1 above, for anything before what is on at the moment. All that is shown is No Program Information. I do have a broadband connection.
3. From the Humax website: Using the Humax dedicated Live TV app available on Android & iOS you will be able to set your favourite programmes to record while on the go.
No you cannot, Android Live TV app useless. I use VLC to stream recorded content to my tablet over my broadband.
4. Schedule recordings.
What is the limit for the number of recordings that may be scheduled? I had 15 programs scheduled, and when I tried to schedule another the recording was not set. I received the message about whether to record SD or HD but no message that the schedule could not be set, only the schedule not being among those listed. The new schedule was not at the same time or channel as any other.
5. When I schedule a recording it is not guaranteed to actually occur correctly. I have scheduled a half-hour program which was recorded correctly, but the following program was also recorded even though not set.
I scheduled a recording which was replaced by another program at transmission time. The set recorded the different program.
If I schedule a recording the recording may start at the beginning of that requested, part way through the preceding program, half way through the set recording and following on till half way through the next one etc.
6. Last December I purchased a Samsung S8 tablet, which I have used with VLC to stream from the FVP-5000T and watch on the tablet. I watched
a recording on the tablet yesterday morning, then shut it down to do other things. I then went back on the tablet after about an hour and
since then every time I try to stream a recording, even though they are
all listed I get a message eg:
The location: 190.168.1.70:9000/web/pvr/CONTENT:773.ts.....
cannot be played. If I then try another recording I get the message Multiple media cannot be played. If I try using LiveTV I get an Unknown Error message
and nothing else, or if I get the list of recordings and select one then
nothing happens, no messages, nothing. Pinging 190.168.1.70 give the message
Request timed out.
Trying to access the FVP-5000T through a browser fails with a timeout error.
Trying to access using FTP leads to the error in the log
Opening Connection 190.168.1.70:9000
FD_CONNECT - WSAETIMEDOUT: Connection timed out
Cannot Connect to Site. Also an error dialog stating
An error occurred reading folder.
Cannot connect to site.
See FTP log for more details.
As I said, overall I am pleased, but these problems are really aggravating. The FVP-5000T was bought to replace a TalkTalk set top box, on which I had none of these problems.
Are the programs due to software ? If so, does anyone know if there any
plans to update the software so that it actually works as Humax says
that it does ? Are there any plans to update the Live TV app ?
Are there some settings on the recorder of which I am unaware that would address these problems ?
Why should the streaming suddenly stop working ?
Can anyone help ?
