Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - digital TV recorder (Humax) free software.....

2011-07-06 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 3 July 2011 16:26, alan c wrote: > I continued thumbing through to the appendices, and suddenly saw lots of > free software stuff. > > '.. The licences for most software are designed to take away your > freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public Licence > is intende

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - digital TV recorder (Humax) free software.....

2011-07-03 Thread Simon Greenwood
The recent update to Sky+ boxes, which enables networking among other things, also has an open source subsystem, based around busybox. The package can be downloaded from Sky's website. On 3 Jul 2011 18:36, "Rob Beard" wrote: > On 03/07/11 16:26, alan c wrote: >> I have just purchased a new Humax t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - digital TV recorder (Humax) free software.....

2011-07-03 Thread Rob Beard
On 03/07/11 16:26, alan c wrote: I have just purchased a new Humax tv recorder (FOX T2), it has a USB port which can be used to connect to a LAN and router for tv internet use, with things like iplayer (bbc) etc. I am using a wifi usb dongle. I noticed that the first file system the User's Manua

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - digital TV recorder (Humax) free software.....

2011-07-03 Thread Bill Cumming
All of humax's boxes are linux based, but the hd boxes are mostly binary blobs, since the HD recording must have drm as a requirement for it to be certified. Which is a shame, check out http://hummy.tv for help, tips and tricks for your box On Jul 3, 2011 4:26 PM, "alan c" wrote: > I have just pur

[ubuntu-uk] OT - digital TV recorder (Humax) free software.....

2011-07-03 Thread alan c
I have just purchased a new Humax tv recorder (FOX T2), it has a USB port which can be used to connect to a LAN and router for tv internet use, with things like iplayer (bbc) etc. I am using a wifi usb dongle. I noticed that the first file system the User's Manual lists compatibility for, in