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celsius hing,
Are u create 640G Fat32 partition and then use MTV3000 to format it to EXT2?
If yes, what is the final size is 640G or 500G? |
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Thanks for all the feedback!  Many issues should be fixed with more firmware update. 
A few tips:
- we recommand to use a 3.5" harddrive with standalone power supply in EXT2 format for the most stable operation
- if you must use a 2.5" harddrive without standalone power supply, please use a "1 usb to 2 usb" cable and connect both the MTV3000 usb ports, to give the most usb power to the 2.5" harddrive
- when using a 2.5" harddrive, please use a bigger harddrive from 120G and bigger. Old and small 2.5" harddrive such as 20G or 40G actually use more power and run much slower than current bigger size 2.5" harddrive.
- to turn off the "recording", "playback" icons at the upper left corner, go to Setup->Info Format and switch off the blinking icon
- press the power/standby to make the system auto standy after the current recording
- if there is recorded program in 1 second, please play the 1 second recording from the begining, and the recording length may become normal
- recording on a FAT32 format harddrive is not stable with this firmware. We recommand to format the USB harddrive to EXT2 format, under Setup->Recording->Format External Harddrive.
- if the USB harddrive format process does not start or finish in a few minutes, please try the Format process again
- the MTV3000 format function will format a USB harddrive in EXT2 format up to 500G. It can also use a already formatted FAT32/EXT2 harddrive at any size
- many cheap and small size (1G or smaller) USB finger/thumbdrive read/write speed may be too slow for recording/playback. Please use a harddrive instead.
- if you are not sure/understand the operation or setting, please try it!  Please try to use as many functions as possible and post any question/problem here 
Thanks in advance.
regards,
Li On |
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hi, peterlie,
i have one such usb converter, it has a power on/off button at the back, you said it can use the auto power on/off function with mtv3000, so it is a good idea for me to use it instead of the usb external hddjust want to know. but i just want to know: is it that i have to turn on the power of the usb converter before recording, and it will automatically power off after recording, or i need not turn on the usb converter and it will automatically power on when mtv3000 starts recording???
thanks in advance for your kindly instruction |
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Hi Peter,
It may be, but I'm planning to upgrade my home server HD to 640G, it will swap out some 200G, 230G SATA from my Stardom I want to make use of it for MTV3000. If the Century nude USB HD case support auto on/off I' think I will go for it. I think no matter how big is the seagate that will not enough. (In my Vista MCE 500G is already full)
Thank !
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hvgodzilla: Yes, the picture looks exactly like the one we tested. But its price + HDD price is probably higher than simply buying same-capacity Seagate FreeAgent /Buffalo DriveStation External HDD  . |
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Hi Peter,
Is it this one you mention for USB auto on/off function ? I think this one is not bad is support 2.5 & 3.5 with external power and quick swap or the HD |
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Peterlie
Thanks for your detail reply.
Regards. |
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Peterlie, thank for your reply ! |
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I use a Bufallo 640G. It is working OK.
PeterLie is quite right, MTV format it only as a 500G harddisk.
I formatted it in a NAS in ext3 but MTV has problem recognising it so I format it in MTV (after formating it as FAT32 in PC).
I'll see if I can format it again to use all 640G. |
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As my newly bought Seagate FreeAgent is out of order, I am going to change it. If 1TB is O.K., I will get Western Digital My Book 1TB. |
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 It will be great if PM or any users can test and confirm whether up to 1 TB will be fine or not since for home users, this should be pretty enough, and it may even sound like breaking a record...  |
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So anyone successfully uses a harddisk larger than 500GB? |
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Copo and Peter 佬: MagicTV will format up to 500GB only, but it should be able to record more than 500GB if the drive has been pre-formatted as EXT2. Therefore, to use a larger drive (such as 640GB drive), please try formatting it in PC as EXT2 format first (using some third-party software).
laiho: Please refer to Li On's very first post for external HDD recommendations.
hvgodzilla: Although we don't have experience with this particular USB HDD enclosure, we at Pixel Magic have tried a SATA HDD Stand Converter from the same company that does indeed have auto power on/off when used with MagicTV 3000.
kambo008: Our recommendation is to use 3.5" HDD with its own power supply, although quite a number of 2.5" HDD/enclosures may also work. In you case, it is either the USB enclosure is not supporting a high DMA mode when connected to MagicTV 3000 (in such case, please try a different brand of USB enclosure), or the 2.5" HDD itself is too slow.
chun hin: Yes, the feature of recording one channel while watching another (sharing the same frequency) will be added in future firmware upgrade.
toysonline: If (1) you have verified your Maxtor Basics 500GB can be read/written correctly in Windows, and (2) you can really format the Maxtor Basics 500GB by MagicTV 3000 (important), and (3) the resulting format can be mounted in PC as EXT2 via http://www.fs-driver.org/index.html , but recording is not functional, then you may consider taking your drive to our office and leave it for about one week for us to investigate.
secmaster: playback of non-Magic TV-recorded video is not supported by current firmware.
Peter 佬: MagicTV will auto standby after scheduled recording only if (1) recording is started in stand-by mode and (2) during the whole course of recording, the MagicTV remote (or front panel in case of MagicTV 5000)) is not pressed. Note: if you want to force auto standby after recording (even if (1) or (2) are not true), press the standby button during recording, such that the auto standby message flashes on screen, then don't press any remote buttons anymore.
Pixel Magic |
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Hi Li On
I really enjoy the picture quality and the record program.
I am using buffalo 500G fromated as ext2 by MTV 3000. When I use EPG press R to set record.
MTV 3000 will auto on but when record end MTV 3000 do not auto off and making the buffalo remain power on with green light.
Please advise how to do to fix that.
My Suggestion :
Please support hard disk over 500G.
Please allow us to connect 2 external 3.5" hard disk and modify the progam for people to select hard disk 1 or 2 when record or play back.
I will wait for yours TWIN TURNER VERSION instead of purchase Exxon or Txxc.
Regards  |
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I just tried the 2.0 firmware, and it works great
Thanks Li On
But I have a question, I have some ts files collected from other web site
How can I play it from magic tv 3000?
I tried to put into the ts folder, but it will not recognize the file
Many thanks |
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upgrade咗2.0之後, 我用過2.5" 40G HHD- EXT2 或 Buffalo Drive Station 3.5" 試過用"即時錄影", 非常正和好Smooth.... timeshift 都ok.
但係用EPG預錄及定時錄, 睇番就非"姪", 係"姪"到睇唔到.... |
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Kendrew hing
" When i use the MTV-3000 to format the USB finger is that EXT 2 format ???"
Yes, it's EXT2 |
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有時上網睇人嘈交,好睇過一套好戲, 因為你永不會預知
結局,高質素的對奕,精湛的詭辯,確令人生氣,卻有教你
臣服! 遺憾的是------只怕不再遇上, 張國榮2003年4月
1日
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> Thanks for your advice. But anyone tell me how to change the .ts file name to .mpg for playing in PS3? Is that I need to use VLC player to change the file name?
After the driver installed, you could access/play the recorded file even to change the file name. |
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smart924 (58.xxx.xxx.177)
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Thanks for your advice. But anyone tell me how to change the .ts file name to .mpg for playing in PS3? Is that I need to use VLC player to change the file name?
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You should be able to play it in PS3 by just changing .ts to .m2ts
I'll try it and confirm in a minute. |
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> How can I change the record file name in PC from .ts to .mpg, so that I can play in PS3. Is that I rename the file with .mpg at the end of file name? but I fail to play it in PS3.
> Install the following driver to access/play the recorded program in your PC record.
> http://www.fs-driver.org/index.html
Thanks for your advice. But anyone tell me how to change the .ts file name to .mpg for playing in PS3? Is that I need to use VLC player to change the file name?
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Thank you :
Because i just want to try the record fuction is that work or not .
Thank you for your advice ....
P.S. When i use the MTV-3000 to format the USB finger is that EXT 2 format ???
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Kendrew hing,
It's unstable when using flash drive and FAT32 format. You can try EXT2 format. |
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有時上網睇人嘈交,好睇過一套好戲, 因為你永不會預知
結局,高質素的對奕,精湛的詭辯,確令人生氣,卻有教你
臣服! 遺憾的是------只怕不再遇上, 張國榮2003年4月
1日
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USB finger唔夠快的, 用3.5" hard disk啦! |
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Added: How to access (read/write) MTV3000 Formatted (EXT2 Format) USB harddrive in Windows PC? On the PC, please install a EXT2 driver for Windows, such as http://www.fs-driver.org/
Tomorrow (Friday), hopefully, We will try to release a firmware update for the MTV3000 with USB harddrive recording function, for user to have fun with recording over the weekend! This firmware will have some software bugs and may not function 100% perfect. Please treat it as a "beta" release!  After we collect feedback from users, we will release a update version ASAP.
With the recording firmware, it can directly record to a FAT32 harddrive, or it can "format" a USB drive in EXT2 format up to 500G.
We suggest to use a USB harddrive with "auto Power On/Off" function. Some brand name USB harddrives we tested support the auto On/Off function, such as the Buffalo DriveStation, WD (Western Digital) My Book series, and Seagate FreeAgent series. If the USB harddrive support auto On/Off, then the USB harddrive should auto trun off when the MTV3000 finished recording and auto standby, and auto power on when the MTV3000 auto wake up when recording starts.
Generally we recommand a 3.5" USB harddrive with standalone power supply to use on the MTV3000. We also tested a few 2.5" USB harddrive size from 80G to 320G. Those 2.5" USB harddrives also work with the MTV3000 recording, with a "1 USB (harddrive) to 2 USB (MTV3000) cable" for the MTV3000 to supply enough power to the 2.5" USB harddrive. But we can NOT make sure all 2.5" harddrive can work on the MTV3000.
Please post any question about the upcoming MTV3000 recording firmware here! Thanks in advance.
regards,
Li On
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