recording tips

[hawaythelad]

hi i have a couple of questions about recording on the duo.

as the duo is a twin tuner can i watch one channel and tape on another,

also i have set up my hdd, how can i set up the liftshift recording, do i need to add a stick

[Stanman]

You can watch one channel and record another on the DUO with out any problems whatsoever, thats the benefit of having a twin tuner, its been done by some people that you can record up to 8 channels on the same transponder.
The timeshift setting is in the timeshift menu and this enables it permanently, the pause function works automatically and saves to the HDD. The permanent one you can specify a location and it can be HDD or your stick, the stick is preferably as your HDD is than not constantly spinning and generating heat.

[hawaythelad]

cheers just got round to fitting the hard drive.

[hawaythelad]

right i have set hardrive, set up the timers, but do i need to download a plugin to watch them.

[punisher]

no, if you look under the volume down button its the 2nd button across from that on ur remote control press that and it will bring up ur recorded programs

[hawaythelad]

cheers mate will try again

[hawaythelad]

looks like i need to reset the thing back up as not working

[punisher]

whats not working?

[hawaythelad]

i just keep geting a message hddmising or not intilaised, it is showing up, i have intialised but nothing, it is a 2tb, i have repartioned, mounted it, clicked on use it as a hdd, now i am just foramting it again

[hawaythelad]

exact message is missing/hdd/movie/ no hdd found or hdd not intialized

[punisher]

go to menu/setup/system/recording paths and post here what your recording path and timeshift path is ... they should both be pointing to hdd locations

[hawaythelad]

after intializing hard drive i get this erro messaa
intializing storage device erro:or by label,using -l label or by uuid, using U uuid. other options:{-nfFrsvw}{-0 opions}{_p passwordfd}. For many more details,say 8 mount

[punisher]

did you try reformatting it via the devices manager and then see if it mounts to media/hdd and then check recording paths ...

[hawaythelad]

just going to try and partioned it now to see if that make a differenc, just using the partion option in device manager, disk is umounted now

[hawaythelad]

but i will format now, as i started doing the partion option

[punisher]

if thers nuffin on the hdd then just reformat it via the option in device manager and then mount is as media/hdd and see if that fix's it

[punisher]

kool kk :p

[hawaythelad]

did you try reformatting it via the devices manager and then see if it mounts to media/hdd and then check recording paths ...

what should the recrding paths be, as i think i tried media/hd but it would not accept them

[punisher]

default movie location is hdd/movie
if it hasnt created it then go into media/hdd and create a folder called movie in there

[hawaythelad]

yes that has mounted to /media/hddd

[punisher]

right so try recording something and see if it works for ya

[hawaythelad]

yes that file is ther, but all i am getting again is the directory /hdd/movie/is not writable. make sure you select a writable directory instead

[hawaythelad]

just getting missing /hdd/movie/
no hddd found or intialised when i record

[punisher]

right go into that directory via ftp and make sure the permission to the movie folder is set to 755. right click on the movie folder and click on permissions and that will allow u to change it

[punisher]

can you post a screenshot of ur devices manager and also your recording paths too

[hawaythelad]

will do mate

[hawaythelad]

when i ftp into it via dcc i go to hddmedia/hdd the only file is lost & founf movie not there, where can i get it

[punisher]

i dont think it has set the hdd up properly. try creating a new folder called movie in media/hdd so once you have created it, it should look like media/hdd/movie ... then right click on movie and change permission and set it to 755

[hawaythelad]

i will give that ago now mate

[hawaythelad]

done that all i get is media/hdd to get the movie options i need enter media/hdd/movie as a new folder, then change attibutes to 755, but still not working

[hawaythelad]

just trying a full rebot after i put in the path media/hdd/movie , setings to 755

[hawaythelad]

still the same i am going to format again and try again

[hawaythelad]

still doing the same thr hdd/media/movie folder is not there,

[hawaythelad]

the only way i can get the media/hdd/movie , is to create anew folder called media/hdd/movie , if i creat a new folder called media/hdd the movie folder dose not show, after i have ftp & created a folder path called media/hdd/movie , all i can click on is attributes, the 755 is ok. but still the same

[punisher]

ok try this

reflash using the latest original image below


http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?8832-Official-original-image-Ver.-5.9-Duo

then reinitialize the hdd and mount it as media/hdd
try a recording and see if you can play it back. If it works then relfash the vix image and double check in device manager and check the hdd is as media/hdd dont change anything. try a recording and see if u can play it back

[pooface]

This is sounding like the hdd is not being initialised in the box... If the hdd is initialised in the box, then all is done for you...

The fact you couldn't write to the hdd could be because it was formatted in windows?! Try going through the menu -> setup -> system -> hdd -> initialise. If you go through this, it will work perfectly fine!

[hawaythelad]

i will give both another go tonite

[hawaythelad]

going to reflash with that image hope that works,

[hawaythelad]

ok try this

reflash using the latest original image below


http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?8832-Official-original-image-Ver.-5.9-Duo

then reinitialize the hdd and mount it as media/hdd
try a recording and see if you can play it back. If it works then relfash the vix image and double check in device manager and check the hdd is as media/hdd dont change anything. try a recording and see if u can play it back

1st bit work now going to reflash vix image

[punisher]

ok let us know how it goes, dont reinitialize it after you install vix image, just use it as normal

[hawaythelad]

sorted now the reflash worked a treat, back to vix woring now.

[punisher]

glad u finally all sorted mate :p