Humax PVR9200T USB transfer

I've tried to transfer files from the PVR to my PC via USB for the first
time today, and a few smallish radio files have transferred okay, but half
of all attempts to transfer what are still small files fail, and I was
wondering what other people's experience has been of USB transfer with this
PVR?

I've also tried the alternative Humax USB driver, but that doesn't seem to
be much more reliable and it has the added bonus of freezing the PVR if the
transfer fails so I have to cycle the power, so I've gone back to Humax's
own USB driver.


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I've tried to transfer files from the PVR to my PC via USB for the first
time today, and a few smallish radio files have transferred okay, but half
of all attempts to transfer what are still small files fail, and I was
wondering what other people's experience has been of USB transfer with
this PVR?

I used a third party bit of software which worked better , and also bought a
better quality USB cable and it worked fine.
With the standard software and a cheap crap cable it was flaky



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Alex

"I laugh in the face of danger , then I hide until it goes away"

Dr Zoidberg wrote:
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I've tried to transfer files from the PVR to my PC via USB for the
first time today, and a few smallish radio files have transferred
okay, but half of all attempts to transfer what are still small
files fail, and I was wondering what other people's experience has
been of USB transfer with this PVR?

I used a third party bit of software which worked better , and also
bought a better quality USB cable and it worked fine.
With the standard software and a cheap crap cable it was flaky


I've changed the priority of the Media eLinker app to real-time, and the
first 700 MB file I tried it downloaded okay, which I thought was promising,
but I started downloading another file straight after that and that failed
after a few seconds, so it's still flaky.

I did buy a cheapo USB cable actually, so if it doesn't get any better I'll
buy a better one, thanks for the advice - which USB cable did you get that
did the trick and what 3rd party software do you use, BTW?

Also, is there any free software for demultiplexing from MPEG TS to PS
(.mpg) format? I tried ProjectX earlier but it said "can't find sequence" or
something like that.

BTW, did the transfer speed increase after you'd changed the cable?


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Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info

The adoption of DAB was the most incompetent technical
decision ever made in the history of UK broadcasting:
http://www.digitalradiotech.co.uk/da...ion_of_dab.htm

"Dr Zoidberg" wrote in message
...
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I've tried to transfer files from the PVR to my PC via USB for the first
time today, and a few smallish radio files have transferred okay, but
half of all attempts to transfer what are still small files fail, and I
was wondering what other people's experience has been of USB transfer
with this PVR?

I used a third party bit of software which worked better , and also bought
a better quality USB cable and it worked fine.
With the standard software and a cheap crap cable it was flaky


I've been transferring files at weekends for around about seven months now
and a problem I originally had was that (usually towards the end of the file
transfer) it would on occasions fail and I would have to start all over
again.]

However since I installed a software upgraded I haven't experienced any more
problems, I have also been pleased with the quality of the finished DVD's..
however if I do have one complaint it's the length of time it actually takes
transferring files from the Humax to my computer.



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Alex

"I laugh in the face of danger , then I hide until it goes away"

"DAB sounds worse than FM" [email protected] wrote in message
...
Dr Zoidberg wrote:
"DAB sounds worse than FM" [email protected] wrote in message
...
I've tried to transfer files from the PVR to my PC via USB for the
first time today, and a few smallish radio files have transferred
okay, but half of all attempts to transfer what are still small
files fail, and I was wondering what other people's experience has
been of USB transfer with this PVR?

I used a third party bit of software which worked better , and also
bought a better quality USB cable and it worked fine.
With the standard software and a cheap crap cable it was flaky


I've changed the priority of the Media eLinker app to real-time, and the
first 700 MB file I tried it downloaded okay, which I thought was
promising, but I started downloading another file straight after that and
that failed after a few seconds, so it's still flaky.

I did buy a cheapo USB cable actually, so if it doesn't get any better
I'll buy a better one, thanks for the advice - which USB cable did you get
that did the trick and what 3rd party software do you use, BTW?

Also, is there any free software for demultiplexing from MPEG TS to PS
(.mpg) format? I tried ProjectX earlier but it said "can't find sequence"
or something like that.



Try this one Steve, I find it OK and it's also got a simple and 'top and
tail 'editor incorporated.

http://www.midwinter.com/~bcooley/


BTW, did the transfer speed increase after you'd changed the cable?


--
Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info

The adoption of DAB was the most incompetent technical
decision ever made in the history of UK broadcasting:
http://www.digitalradiotech.co.uk/da...ion_of_dab.htm

Ivan wrote:
"DAB sounds worse than FM" [email protected] wrote in message
...
Dr Zoidberg wrote:
"DAB sounds worse than FM" [email protected] wrote in message
...
I've tried to transfer files from the PVR to my PC via USB for the
first time today, and a few smallish radio files have transferred
okay, but half of all attempts to transfer what are still small
files fail, and I was wondering what other people's experience has
been of USB transfer with this PVR?

I used a third party bit of software which worked better , and also
bought a better quality USB cable and it worked fine.
With the standard software and a cheap crap cable it was flaky


I've changed the priority of the Media eLinker app to real-time, and
the first 700 MB file I tried it downloaded okay, which I thought was
promising, but I started downloading another file straight after
that and that failed after a few seconds, so it's still flaky.

I did buy a cheapo USB cable actually, so if it doesn't get any
better I'll buy a better one, thanks for the advice - which USB
cable did you get that did the trick and what 3rd party software do
you use, BTW? Also, is there any free software for demultiplexing from
MPEG TS to
PS (.mpg) format? I tried ProjectX earlier but it said "can't find
sequence" or something like that.



Try this one Steve, I find it OK and it's also got a simple and 'top
and tail 'editor incorporated.

http://www.midwinter.com/~bcooley/


Thanks, but for some reason it only produces 3 KB files each time I try to
convert. It's okay anyway, because I've just tried PVAstrumento (which is
what I've always used to generate PS files but for some reason I didn't
think it could demux TS files) and that worked fine on the only TV programme
I've managed to transfer so far - but it didn't demultiplex radio
programmes.


--
Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info

The adoption of DAB was the most incompetent technical
decision ever made in the history of UK broadcasting:
http://www.digitalradiotech.co.uk/da...ion_of_dab.htm

DAB sounds worse than FM wrote:

Also, is there any free software for demultiplexing from MPEG TS to PS
(.mpg) format? I tried ProjectX earlier but it said "can't find
sequence" or something like that.


Just tried ProjectX again and clicked Quick Start and it does demux both TV
and radio programmes even though it complained that it couldn't find a
sequence header or something.


--
Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info

The adoption of DAB was the most incompetent technical
decision ever made in the history of UK broadcasting:
http://www.digitalradiotech.co.uk/da...ion_of_dab.htm

"DAB sounds worse than FM" [email protected] wrote in message
...
Dr Zoidberg wrote:
"DAB sounds worse than FM" [email protected] wrote in message
...
I've tried to transfer files from the PVR to my PC via USB for the
first time today, and a few smallish radio files have transferred
okay, but half of all attempts to transfer what are still small
files fail, and I was wondering what other people's experience has
been of USB transfer with this PVR?

I used a third party bit of software which worked better , and also
bought a better quality USB cable and it worked fine.
With the standard software and a cheap crap cable it was flaky


I've changed the priority of the Media eLinker app to real-time, and the
first 700 MB file I tried it downloaded okay, which I thought was
promising, but I started downloading another file straight after that and
that failed after a few seconds, so it's still flaky.

I did buy a cheapo USB cable actually, so if it doesn't get any better
I'll buy a better one, thanks for the advice - which USB cable did you get
that did the trick and what 3rd party software do you use, BTW?

http://www.enigma.eclipse.co.uk/huma...Controller.htm for the
software , and I bought a decent Belkin cable

Also, is there any free software for demultiplexing from MPEG TS to PS
(.mpg) format? I tried ProjectX earlier but it said "can't find sequence"
or something like that.

http://www.womble.com/ , for fairly dubious values of "free"

BTW, did the transfer speed increase after you'd changed the cable?

Yes.



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Alex

"I laugh in the face of danger , then I hide until it goes away"

"Ivan" wrote in message
m...

"Dr Zoidberg" wrote in message
...
"DAB sounds worse than FM" [email protected] wrote in message
...
I've tried to transfer files from the PVR to my PC via USB for the
first
time today, and a few smallish radio files have transferred okay, but
half of all attempts to transfer what are still small files fail, and I
was wondering what other people's experience has been of USB transfer
with this PVR?

There does seem to be a suggestion that Humax USB transfers are very
sensitive to the manufacturer of the USB chip in the PC concerned. I can
transfer to my Toshiba laptop with no problems, and no false starts, but the
Humax wont talk to my desktop at all - which I suspect is part of this
effect. If you have an alternative PC to try, then this is worthwhile doing.

Humax's seem fussy about USB cables as well, so short good quality cables
are advised too - try several if you have them.

Charles F

....snip...
There does seem to be a suggestion that Humax USB transfers are very
sensitive to the manufacturer of the USB chip in the PC concerned. I can
transfer to my Toshiba laptop with no problems, and no false starts, but
the
Humax wont talk to my desktop at all - which I suspect is part of this
effect. If you have an alternative PC to try, then this is worthwhile
doing.

Humax's seem fussy about USB cables as well, so short good quality cables
are advised too - try several if you have them.

Charles F

Given the comments about how slow the Humax transfer is, I find the apparent
unreliability bizarre. And the idea that you can't retransmit just the bit
of the file that was corrupted beggars belief. This sort of problem was
being solved decades ago with slow and sometimes unreliable modems.

Paul DS