[mythtv] Who is currently working the firewire code for the Motorola 6100 series STB boxes?

[Kelly Campbell]

Encrypted 5C channels is one problem, but it's a pain to even get the
non-encrypted channels to work consistently. I'm not sure this is
actually a problem with the motorola's or if it's a linux driver/libs
issue. I've never tried capturing on MacOS or windows.

I've been able to get my firewire working mostly consistently by
building from svn for myth, libraw1394, libiec61883, and libavc1394.
They recently made a new release of libraw1394 which included a
segfault bugfix.

For me this is what I've found is required to get a stable connection:

1. The motorola box has to be powered off (power cable unplugged,
firewire is still live even if the) and then plugged back in with the
linux system online and firewire connected.

2. I have to run firewire_tester -B -n <node> until it's stable.

3. configure mythtv to connect in broadcast mode.

Once in a while it will lose stability for some reason, and just
running firewire_tester -B -n once or twice will usually fix it. If
not I have to reset the stb power.

Hope that helps.

-Kelly

On 10/17/07, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/17/07, Joe Borne <joe.borne at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have a very cooperative cable company (Insight) who is willing to help
> > resolve the issues some users have with tuning in HD channels on the
> > Motorola set top boxes. They feel that I should be able to watch every
> > channel I pay for out of the firewire ports on the back, unencrypted. They
> > would like to work with us as testers.
> >
> > Who is currently working on the code used to communicate with these Motorola
> > STBs? I'd like to get them involved so we can work this out. I'm running the
> > current SVN.
>
> all they have to do is turn off 5C in the Motorola software. Normally
> this signal is sent by the cable company in the channel/show's digital
> stream to the cablebox and is passed through from the network but it
> can be intercepted/changed/ignored at any step along that process.
>
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