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
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USB copies lack TV program series info
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| Thu 15 May 2014 13:03:07 #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 15:06:50 #2 | -
Thanks for the tip, I'll try to match the .hmt to the video file,
best, joe| Thu 15 May 2014 15:29:06 #3 | -
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
| Thu 15 May 2014 16:21:03 #4 | -
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 12:09:50 #5 | -
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, joeSplashLite 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.
| Tue 27 May 2014 12:23:41 #6 | -
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 14:15:27 #7 | -
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, joeYou most likely forgot to click OK. I normally save them to the desktop.
| Tue 27 May 2014 14:17:51 #8 | -
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 KiBGeneral
Complete name : C:\Users\shantijoe\Videos\Humax Video\Humax-Bert Jansh\The Genius of Bert Jansch_ Folk,____20140328_2201.nts
File size : 8.36 MiBGeneral
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 14:31:46 #9 | -
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 14:35:34 #10 |
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