There have been some interesting developments with the Humax Foxsat HDR and a custom firmware released in the last few months.

A good few years ago there were stories floating around to the effect that Humax would provide a firmware update giving FTP access to recordings. Users were excited but the update never arrived.

I am pleased to announce that a custom firmware is now available here http://myhumax.org/blog/ which has certainly rekindled my interest in the box. Installation was easy and worked first time.

I am now able to navigate the HDR's internal hard drive via FTP or network file sharing. The device now sports a handy web interface which allows navigation of recordings, access to the EPG, scheduling of recordings and package management.

[Edit] Updates to packages are published here http://hummypkg.org.uk

There are plenty of articles on http://myhumax.org/ and http://www.avforums.com/ so I won't go into too much detail.

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