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    loxley2000

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    Hi

    Firstly I wanted to say hi to everyone. Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve enjoyed scouring through the forum whilst setting up my HDR T2 box – it’s been very helpful.

    I changed from a Panasonic PVR as I found the media list very bulky looking, the interface clumsy and the lack of control limiting (I owned a Topfield before). I was hoping the Hummy, with custom firmware would be the answer.

    Anyhow – I have installed the latest firmware for it, added packages like Sweeper etc. but still find the media list very big looking – I normally have to scroll through lots of pages to find what I am looking for. I have tried putting recordings into folders, but then the newer episodes still go at the top level unless I set Sweeper up (which I haven’t yet).

    I got VERY excited when my Panasonic TV picked up the Hummy content via DLNA as I use the TV to stream from the WD My Book hard drive and the interface is clean. However I soon realised the TV doesn’t play the Hummy .ts files, even after setting up auto-decrypt.

    This is very frustrating and I have spent hours scouring the internet to find an answer with no joy. I thought I’d found the answer with the Convert Files plug in but it only works for the Freesat box L

    I would like to do it all on the box if possible (although I did play around with the All Case app last night to avoid the Hummy media list).

    Has anyone else had any luck with this – or is it possible to change the listing format of the media list? Or is there an alternative Humax machine that will stream to a TV? Or would an alternative to Twonky, like Plex or Serviio, work better?

    Apologies for all the questons.

    Many thanks and all the best

    | Mon 6 Jul 2015 10:10:06 #1 |
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    Martin Liddle

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    loxley2000 - 2 minutes ago  » 
    Anyhow – I have installed the latest firmware for it, added packages like Sweeper etc. but still find the media list very big looking – I normally have to scroll through lots of pages to find what I am looking for. I have tried putting recordings into folders, but then the newer episodes still go at the top level unless I set Sweeper up (which I haven’t yet).

    If you are using single recording then the behaviour is as you describe; using series recording then programs should automatically go into the appropriate folder even with standard firmware.

    I got VERY excited when my Panasonic TV picked up the Hummy content via DLNA as I use the TV to stream from the WD My Book hard drive and the interface is clean. However I soon realised the TV doesn’t play the Hummy .ts files, even after setting up auto-decrypt.

    You would do much better asking this question over at hummy.tv where discussion of the custom firmware is welcome.

    | Mon 6 Jul 2015 10:17:50 #2 |
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    loxley2000

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    Apologies - will try over there.

    Re. folders. If a folder is created by the system, with recordings in it, and then moved to another folder (to keep it tidy) - are new recordings added to the new folder location or is a new folder created at the top level? This would be series record.

    Thanks

    | Mon 6 Jul 2015 10:20:32 #3 |
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    loxley2000 - 1 hour ago  » 
    Apologies - will try over there.
    Re. folders. If a folder is created by the system, with recordings in it, and then moved to another folder (to keep it tidy) - are new recordings added to the new folder location or is a new folder created at the top level? This would be series record.
    Thanks

    If you have a series recording set up and move the folder, the folder will be recreated in 'My Video' the next time an episode is recorded.

    | Mon 6 Jul 2015 12:05:23 #4 |

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