richsimpson
Member
New to all this, going to set up my new box tonight.
2 questions
1- Is there any benefit to using separate USB for recording and the Timeslip/EPG.
I have 2x 32GB Sandisk USB drives - the ones that are almost invisible, just the size of the USB socket really. I will probably upgrade the recording one in due course to a larger HDD once I know how good these boxes are and if I am using the recording a lot.
2- Which format shoudl I use for the Recording USB/HDD.
I see some difference of opinion, and setup guides saying the opposite of each other. Some say FAT32 is more reliable, others say that a longer recording is no good on FAT32 as its maximum is 4GB so around an hour on some programmes.
I particularly want to back up some recordings and edit the adverts out which I read you can do by FTP the recorded file off the Recording USB/HDD.
2 questions
1- Is there any benefit to using separate USB for recording and the Timeslip/EPG.
I have 2x 32GB Sandisk USB drives - the ones that are almost invisible, just the size of the USB socket really. I will probably upgrade the recording one in due course to a larger HDD once I know how good these boxes are and if I am using the recording a lot.
2- Which format shoudl I use for the Recording USB/HDD.
I see some difference of opinion, and setup guides saying the opposite of each other. Some say FAT32 is more reliable, others say that a longer recording is no good on FAT32 as its maximum is 4GB so around an hour on some programmes.
I particularly want to back up some recordings and edit the adverts out which I read you can do by FTP the recorded file off the Recording USB/HDD.