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Why wont a Humax 1000s accept a USB flash drive for recording?
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<blockquote data-quote="archive10" data-source="post: 992576"><p>It's fully plausible that the software checks the device type and only accepts HDDs.</p><p>During recent discussions on this topic they highlighted that they specifically discourage the use of USB flash-sticks.</p><p></p><p>In any case, most flash drives arrive formatted as exFAT or FAT32, which are not optimal for use on video recorders.</p><p>exFAT and FAT32 are great for copying files to, and reading from, but not good for continous write-cycles as found on video recorders.</p><p>The software stacks used on the Humax STBs are Linux-based and can therefore use ext-2 and 3 file system format for the recording partitions.</p><p>USB sticks don't work very well with things like journalling file systems, although it is often possible to format them as such.</p><p></p><p>Furthermore, many USB sticks are designed with circuitry and cell arrangements that mean they work best with exFAT or FAT32.</p><p>So formatting them with something else can be tricky, as outlined in earlier post.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="archive10, post: 992576"] It's fully plausible that the software checks the device type and only accepts HDDs. During recent discussions on this topic they highlighted that they specifically discourage the use of USB flash-sticks. In any case, most flash drives arrive formatted as exFAT or FAT32, which are not optimal for use on video recorders. exFAT and FAT32 are great for copying files to, and reading from, but not good for continous write-cycles as found on video recorders. The software stacks used on the Humax STBs are Linux-based and can therefore use ext-2 and 3 file system format for the recording partitions. USB sticks don't work very well with things like journalling file systems, although it is often possible to format them as such. Furthermore, many USB sticks are designed with circuitry and cell arrangements that mean they work best with exFAT or FAT32. So formatting them with something else can be tricky, as outlined in earlier post. [/QUOTE]
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