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Ummm, how do I roll back to the previous version?

Even if I had it on a USB wouldn't the system reject it because there is a newer version installed? Pretty disappointing for a multinational to perform like this. As a sponsor Dave must sometimes want to scream.

Doc.

I'm shooting from the hip here but because something is effecting both the tv and the Humax, is it possible you have a dodgy HDMI cable? Perhaps the change from the Toppy to the Hummy was enough disruption to expose an intermittent fault in the cable.

Doc.

Not sure about Ice but on standard tv guide you press the record button a second time and there is an option to extend the end time.

Mine is wired and Media Player sees it immediately.

Doc.

Ah I see. I have a mixture so DHCP is turned on. I'm pretty sure I tried the Static IP setting on the Humax first (LAN connected) and kept having trouble, but it could have been something else.

Doc.

I assume you did that using the Humax MAC? I have never had to play with router settings for any Wi-Fi device before, they have all had that option in their own settings.

Yes that's right. So setting static IP in the device means it never requests an IP from the host? I just felt that my method was a better way to stop the router having an anxiety attack.

Doc.

No expert but I have set the static IP for the Humax in the router settings, not on the Humax. That way every time the Humax requests a new IP the router gives it the same one. Most routers have the ability to set at least one static IP and usually several. It works for me.

Having said that, I don't really understand why a client device has this menu setting in the first place.

Cheers,

Doc.

Don't see why not. You would not have the encryption issues associated with playing Humax files on other devices so would not have to copy to a USB first. Would just need to be able to see and copy between the hard drives, and copy the group of files associated with each recording. I've not done this so only my best guess.

Doc.

Try the FTP discussion:

http://forum.icetv.com.au/iceforum/index.php/topic,3725.0.html

I'm not sure how widespread this capability is in routers. Mine certainly has it and I use it to keep some of the IP addresses in my network "nailed down".

Pretty common I think. My old Netcomm had one reserved address space and my new Netgear has several (that is until it crapped itself after one week).

The thing that took me a while to get a handle on is that it is the client (Humax) that 'asks' for a new IP address and the host (router) that responds. If the client does not ask in a fixed period of time it is disconnected by the host. My mistake was that I turned DHCP off on the Humax, and I could never see it on the routers connected devices list. The correct way (I think) is to leave the Humax DHCP 'on', and use its MAC address to assign a static IP in the router. So every time it asks it gets the same IP back. That way the router knows it's there and everything is hunky-dory.

Now, why does the Humax need a static IP? The only reason I know of is that to create a nework FTP connection to the Humax you need to enter an IP address as part of the FTP path, so a static IP means you don't need to change the path every time you use it. Is this correct or am I missing something else?

What I can't quite get to grips with is why my machine isn't smart enough in situations where there are successive shows programmed on the same channel to think "OK - I'll ignore the padding on the first and leave it on the last". What mine seems to be doing is leave the padding on the first and removing it from the last.

I always thought it would use the other tuner for the second program. Or do you mean you have another program recording also? I don't think I've ever done that.

I haven't had a problem with same channel overlap, and I also have padding.

Strange..

I can only state what happens on a non-IceTV unit. I've never had a failure on recording overlap. If there is a recording overlap and you are watching a third channel you get an on-screen warning that the tuner is about to change. If I remember correctly the default is that the channel will change unless you intervene.
In no way am I inferring this is an IceTV issue, I don't know. The downside of using the channel guide for series recording is that you never know if it will work or not (mostly not). This is more to do with how the channels populate the guide I think. I just set the recorder by individual show.

Doc.

No worries DC. The problem is not so much the drive size as the fact that FAT32 can only manage a maximum file size of 4GB. (or something like that). Utilities that store large files on FAT32 (including Windows) break the files up into chunks to allow for this. The Humax copy function spits out one complete file. Yes I thought ext3 was something to do with Linux, I had to download a utility (EaseUS Partition Master) that would format the drive in ext3 from within Windows. The FTP manager I was using in Windows XP (Free FTP from CoffeeCup Software) could read it no worries. I've now got Windows 8 which has an FTP function and is reading it ok also.

You make a good point though, if you transfer the thumb drive to your computer instead of using FTP you will need something that reads ext3 formatted drives.

Doc.

I thought it was username - humaxftp, and password - 0000

You also need to make sure the Humax's IP address is reserved or static in your router. Otherwise the router will periodically try to change it and lose the connection. Another little quirk is that the Humax files are encoded so VLC won't be able to read them. To get around this put a usb thumb drive in the Humax (I have one permanently) and copy the file to the thumb drive using the Humax menu. The file is now un-encoded and you can use FTP to transfer from the thumb drive. You only need copy the .ts file and ignore the other associated files. FTP is veeery slow, an option is to take the thumb drive and plug it in your computer.

Not to mention if the thumb drive is formatted in FAT32 the files will often be too big to fit. Change to NTFS? No worries except the Humax cannot write to NTFS. I had to format the drive in ext3. Sorry not sure how this relates to Mac stuff.

So, you can do FTP or you can smash your head against the wall a few times, I'm not sure which is more satisfying.

Doc.