time shift recording setup help

[boxer29]

my vu duo running on vix 2.1 has got a 2 tb hdd in it on which i record programmes
have got a 2 gb usb stick at the back which does my epg
now want to go for time shift ,dont want to do it on the 2 tb hdd cause dont want that to spin
have got another 80gb usb 2.5'' hdd
can i install it and do the time shift recording onto it with the current setup
any comments
thanks

[silverfox0786]

well if you using VIX then just go to

setup system recording location

go down to timeshift press menu

navigate to folder you want but dont click ok

so on the top screen it should show

/media/usb/timeshift

[make a folder timeshift]

then just press green [ok] to save

then activate timeshift

[boxer29]

well if you using VIX then just go to

setup system recording location

go down to timeshift press menu

navigate to folder you want but dont click ok

so on the top screen it should show

/media/usb/timeshift

[make a folder timeshift]

then just press green [ok] to save
then activate timeshift

cant seem to have the option of
recording location in setup/system
do i have to mount the 2.5'' usb hdd first and then look for the folder
if i try to initialize the hdd will it wipe the other internal 2tb hdd
do i have to use the front of rear usb ,im trying it in the front usb
the hdd is in ntfs format
i thought it will format itself to the appropriate format when i connect it to duo box ,am i wrong here ?
any comments

[Stanman]

Its called recording paths.

If you initialise the HDD you will lose the data that is on it so make sure you pick the right one from the list.

[boxer29]

i have mounted the 2.5'' hdd drive its showing as stdc1
stda1 is the internal hdd
stdb1 is the usb stick which is 2 gb for cross epg
and then this 250 gb hdd
when i go into the recording paths
and then try to and then on to the time shift it shows as media /hdd
i cant press the meun button there is a small circle with a line on it in the top right corner as it is not allowed
my time shift is set to no
what am i doing wrong
any comments

[BadBoy]

i have mounted the 2.5'' hdd drive its showing as stdc1
stda1 is the internal hdd
stdb1 is the usb stick which is 2 gb for cross epg
and then this 250 gb hdd
when i go into the recording paths
and then try to and then on to the time shift it shows as media /hdd
i cant press the meun button there is a small circle with a line on it in the top right corner as it is not allowed
my time shift is set to no
what am i doing wrong
any comments

Use the channel +- instead of menu

[Stanman]

Can you press blue button, than VIX, than mount manager and see what the new hdd is mounted as, id its sdc, than change it to hdd2, you will have to restart the box and go back into recording paths.

[boxer29]

Still no luck
In vix/device manager I have
Device/dev/sda1 mount/media/hdd
2usb stick dev/sdb1 mount/media/usb
3)usb hdd dev/sdc1 mount/media/usb 2
They are showing like this

When I go into recording paths time shift location shows media/hdd
So is the default movie location as media/hdd whic tames the recording on the 2tb internal hdd
The time shift is set to on it does do the time shift but not on the usb hdd
what am I doing wrong

[boxer29]

well if you using VIX then just go to

setup system recording location

go down to timeshift press menu oi

navigate to folder you want but dont click ok

so on the top screen it should show

/media/usb/timeshift

[make a folder timeshift]

then just press green [ok] to save

then activate timeshift

How do you make a folder time shift

[boxer29]

any body there

[silverfox0786]

in ftp go to location you want to dreate folder

right click

create folder and name it as you want



file zilla is best

[boxer29]

well creating a folder will not sort my problem of doing the time shift recording to the ext usb 2.5'' hdd
what should i do to start with the time shift recording
any help pls
thanks

[boxer29]

ok created a folder timeshift with filezill
still cant acess this folder from the remote of vu+duo by going in to setting and recording paths
it onlys shows there media/hdd
there is also one more folder there called lost+found what is this folder
what am i doing wrong

[Rob van der Does]

How do you make a folder time shift

Using Windows explorer is a very convenient way to create a directory.

[boxer29]

well i have already set up the folder timeshift with filezilla
still unable to get the time shift going
any help
pls