These can be dealt with in the same way as AVCHD camcorder movies which can be played back and also copied to the internal hard drive. Ideally, the ethernet connection could be used to create a home network and play back files from your PC.
Thought you all might be interested in THIS document on the www.freeviewshop.co.nz page for the Magic TV. It outlines a method to get video files to play off the hard drive.
magictv: hi maccrazy, the Freeview EPG, well, is a Freeview thing! In order to have Freeview approval, the EPG must be the Freeview way. A regular EPG is not allowed by Freeview rule.
I'm curious as to why you need to be Freeview certified? Tivo appears to be overcoming these issues (I suspect by being Freeview HD compatible rather than certified), which I would say puts MagicTV at somewhat of a disadvantage does it not?
I tried the freeviewshop document and converted a couple of music vids to *.m2ts format. No joy. Magic TV found the USB drive but no files. Tried updating the firmware as per the manual. No probs there, worked a treat. Tried again but still no joy. Anyone else had success with this.
I am also curious about the EPG. i currently have a Kaon satellite receiver that isn't Freeview certified, yet i still get a 7 day EPG in the same format as all the other menus. so why not let the EPG on the Magic TV come through in its original format?
hi yellow15, using firmware 3.07NZ firmware, in the AVCHD movie list, highlight a title on USB HDD (in blue color), press "OK" to bring up the Option menu. There is a "Copy to System HDD" option. AVCHD title stored in the internal HDD will show in Black color. Press "OK" on an internal HDD title will show a "Copy to USB HDD" option.
About Freeview approval, we were told in New Zealand market, people will only buy Freeview approved product. And store will only sell Freeview approved product. To officially market and sell a OTA PVR, we must have Freeview approval. We have no other choice.
About EPG presentation, for the OTA system, the 8 days EPG and "series" recording function is only available with a Freeview approved system, aka MHEG5 format. The satellite system may be different.
magictv: hi yellow15, using firmware 3.07NZ firmware, in the AVCHD movie list, highlight a title on USB HDD (in blue color), press "OK" to bring up the Option menu. There is a "Copy to System HDD" option. AVCHD title stored in the internal HDD will show in Black color. Press "OK" on an internal HDD title will show a "Copy to USB HDD" option.
there is a common problem here in that the magictv will not read from a usb device so how can one hilite what cant be seen ? i have tried all the options including getting the magic to format a usb stick but my computer says there is no file system on the usb so i cant transfer an m2ts to the usb stick , and the magic will not read a fat32 usb . so how ??????????
magictv: hi yellow15, using firmware 3.07NZ firmware, in the AVCHD movie list, highlight a title on USB HDD (in blue color), press "OK" to bring up the Option menu. There is a "Copy to System HDD" option. AVCHD title stored in the internal HDD will show in Black color. Press "OK" on an internal HDD title will show a "Copy to USB HDD" option.
Thanks! yes i managed to copy to System HDD. but can't manage to copy to USB HDD yet..
magictv: About Freeview approval, we were told in New Zealand market, people will only buy Freeview approved product. And store will only sell Freeview approved product. To officially market and sell a OTA PVR, we must have Freeview approval. We have no other choice.
About EPG presentation, for the OTA system, the 8 days EPG and "series" recording function is only available with a Freeview approved system, aka MHEG5 format. The satellite system may be different.
Thanks for that magictv, how about the jpeg and mp3 formats? will these ever be able to be played. also home networking through the ethernet port?
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