Humax 9200 and Windows 8

Has anyone managed to download files from a Humax 9200 to a pc running on
Windows 8?

I tried to connect my Humax to a new laptop today but Windows 8 would not
recognise the driver supplied with Andy Chappell's Media Controller. Nor
would it work with Humax's Media elinker software as, apparently, a
necessary dll file is missing.

Any advice please?

V

"Victor Delta" wrote in message
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Has anyone managed to download files from a Humax 9200 to a pc running on
Windows 8?

I tried to connect my Humax to a new laptop today but Windows 8 would not
recognise the driver supplied with Andy Chappell's Media Controller. Nor
would it work with Humax's Media elinker software as, apparently, a
necessary dll file is missing.

Any advice please?



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I have a program on my W8 pc that would not run so I had to right click on
the program and go to Compatibility and do that, maybe that is what you need
to do in your case.
Regards
David

On Mon, 8 Apr 2013 18:58:31 +0100, Victor Delta wrote:

I tried to connect my Humax to a new laptop today but Windows 8 would not
recognise the driver supplied with Andy Chappell's Media Controller. Nor
would it work with Humax's Media elinker software as, apparently, a
necessary dll file is missing.

Any advice please?

Take the disk out of the 9200 and connect it to the PC.
Then use the Humaxrw software from he
http://humaxdisk.wikispaces.com/HumaxRW

This is a whole lot less grief than trying to get the ****ty USB stuff
to work. It's also at least 10 times faster in terms of transfer rate.

Has anyone managed to download files from a Humax 9200 to a pc running on
Windows 8?

I tried to connect my Humax to a new laptop today but Windows 8 would not
recognise the driver supplied with Andy Chappell's Media Controller. Nor
would it work with Humax's Media elinker software as, apparently, a
necessary dll file is missing.

Any advice please?

******

I have a program on my W8 pc that would not run so I had to right click on
the program and go to Compatibility and do that, maybe that is what you need
to do in your case.
Regards
David

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Thanks for that, David.

Actually after a bit more googling I found the answer in this helpful blog.
For Windows 7 64 bit read Windows 8 64 bit! http://myhumax.org/blog/?tag=pvr

The only problem came when Windows would not installed the unsigned driver,
but following the information here
http://www.nextofwindows.com/how-to-...-in-windows-8/
quickly overcame this problem.

Now all is working fine!

V

I tried to connect my Humax to a new laptop today but Windows 8 would not
recognise the driver supplied with Andy Chappell's Media Controller. Nor
would it work with Humax's Media elinker software as, apparently, a
necessary dll file is missing.

Any advice please?

Take the disk out of the 9200 and connect it to the PC.
Then use the Humaxrw software from he
http://humaxdisk.wikispaces.com/HumaxRW

This is a whole lot less grief than trying to get the ****ty USB stuff
to work. It's also at least 10 times faster in terms of transfer rate.

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Thanks, might get round to doing this one day!

V

On 08/04/2013 20:36, Paul Ratcliffe wrote:
Take the disk out of the 9200 and connect it to the PC.
Then use the Humaxrw software from he
http://humaxdisk.wikispaces.com/HumaxRW

This is a whole lot less grief than trying to get the ****ty USB stuff
to work. It's also at least 10 times faster in terms of transfer rate.

Process 1: Plug in USB cable. Perform slow transfer. Unplug USB cable.

Process 2: Extract HUMAX from under TV. Dismantle. Unplug disc cable,
carefully counting how many times I unplug this limited-cycle connector.
Dismantle PC to expose disc bus. Connect disc. Perform fast transfer.
Disconnect disc. Reassemble PC and put back in proper place. Replace
disc in hummy, replace lid, put back under TV & reconnect.

I wonder how much you have to be transferring before it's worth it?

Andy

"Andy Champ" wrote in message
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On 08/04/2013 20:36, Paul Ratcliffe wrote:
Take the disk out of the 9200 and connect it to the PC.
Then use the Humaxrw software from he
http://humaxdisk.wikispaces.com/HumaxRW

This is a whole lot less grief than trying to get the ****ty USB stuff
to work. It's also at least 10 times faster in terms of transfer rate.

Process 1: Plug in USB cable. Perform slow transfer. Unplug USB cable.

Process 2: Extract HUMAX from under TV. Dismantle. Unplug disc cable,
carefully counting how many times I unplug this limited-cycle connector.
Dismantle PC to expose disc bus. Connect disc. Perform fast transfer.
Disconnect disc. Reassemble PC and put back in proper place. Replace
disc in hummy, replace lid, put back under TV & reconnect.

I wonder how much you have to be transferring before it's worth it?

Andy
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OTOH, there was a "hardware hack" where someone essentially created a "T"
from a USB/IDE adapter to the disk. Using the Humax in "offline" mode to
provide just power, and then the tools to read the disk via the USB
apparently worked quite well and avoided all the issues you raise.

And from my experience, the standard USB interface was expletive deleted
and normally took a number of attempts to download even a relatively short
program. When I upgraded I copied the stuff I hadn't yet watched off my
9200 but a single movie took over 8 hours to copy because of the number of
failure/restarts required. I didn't care because I had it just sat on a
table doing nothing else but it would not have been practical if it was my
"live" system.

Paul DS.

Limited cycle connector?
Are they really that bad then?

Brian

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"Andy Champ" wrote in message
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On 08/04/2013 20:36, Paul Ratcliffe wrote:
Take the disk out of the 9200 and connect it to the PC.
Then use the Humaxrw software from he
http://humaxdisk.wikispaces.com/HumaxRW

This is a whole lot less grief than trying to get the ****ty USB stuff
to work. It's also at least 10 times faster in terms of transfer rate.

Process 1: Plug in USB cable. Perform slow transfer. Unplug USB cable.

Process 2: Extract HUMAX from under TV. Dismantle. Unplug disc cable,
carefully counting how many times I unplug this limited-cycle connector.
Dismantle PC to expose disc bus. Connect disc. Perform fast transfer.
Disconnect disc. Reassemble PC and put back in proper place. Replace disc
in hummy, replace lid, put back under TV & reconnect.

I wonder how much you have to be transferring before it's worth it?

Andy

Brian Gaff wrote:

Limited cycle connector?
Are they really that bad then?

Yes. 50 cycles, isn't it?

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On 09/04/2013 14:06, Steve Thackery wrote:
Brian Gaff wrote:

Limited cycle connector?
Are they really that bad then?

Yes. 50 cycles, isn't it?


Why would it be more? How often do you replace the disc in your PC?

Andy