[mythtv-users] 6200 Firewire issues

[Devan Lippman]

I have been seeing the lock on channel change well.  I suspect it
might be related to the cable box closing the stream and reopening it
for the next channel and how long that takes is confusing mythtv...
haven't really tested it yet tho.  Recording goes fine tho, I've heard
a lot of people complaining about the cable box not always sending the
show out but I have not had to experience this yet.

On Apr 12, 2005 9:33 AM, Chris Nelson <crnelson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, seems very similar to my issues.  I'm on an AMD as well (3000+)
> nforce2 chipset my box is also node2.  Where do you see the p2p /
> broadcast setting in mythsetup?  I don't recall seeing it in the
> latest CVS build, perhaps I missed it.
> 
> On Apr 12, 2005 8:30 AM, Byron Poland <wpoland at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Apr 12, 2005 11:16 AM, Chris Nelson <crnelson at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hello All,
> > >
> > > I've been using MythTV for a while now with a pvr-250 and it's been
> > > exceedingly stable, however I've recently got a 6200 cable box from
> > > Adelphia so I figured I'd check out the firewire support.  Since I've
> > > started that I'm running into nothing but trouble.  I've tried 0.17
> > > and the latest cvs version.
> > >
> > > I can dump video from the box with no issues with test-mpeg2, and
> > > change channels with 6200ch so I'm sure the box is connected
> > > correctly. When I try to record a progrem with myth, or watch live TV
> > > I usually get a bit of video (anywhere from a few frames, to maximum 1
> > > minute) and then the recording will stop.  I see messages like the
> > > following in the backend log
> > >
> > > 2005-04-12 07:10:05.839 Firewire: No Input in 15 seconds [P:0 N:2] (select)
> > >
> > > After this happens the backend still thinks it's recording, but no
> > > more data is being captured.  When the program is supposed to end I
> > > get the standard Finished Recoding message in the log, but there's
> > > only that small inital bit of data in the file.
> > >
> > > Additionally if trying to watch Live TV changing channels usually
> > > fails and the frontend either locks up, or drops back to the main menu
> > > after ~ 30 seconds of a black screen
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > -Chris
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> >
> > Not that I can help, but I'm seeing some similar issues too.  I just
> > got a 6200 from comcast, and am able to record using test-mpeg2 and
> > change channels with 6200ch.  If I restart everything, re-run
> > mythtv-setup and change the start channel for the cablebox input to a
> > channel I know I can get with it, restart the backend and frontend,
> > and tune to the firewire input I can see live tv, and even record it
> > fine.  the trouble starts when I try to change the channel.  using the
> > up and down arrows is out of the question, I just go black and the
> > frontend locks up.  tuning with a channel number changes the channel
> > on the cable box, but the front end still locks up.  I'm trying to
> > figure out if I should be using the p2p or broadcast setting in
> > mythtv-setup.  plugreport shows my box at host 0 and node 2.  (note on
> > this system I couldn't even get it to work until I disabled the
> > onboard ieee1394 controller this is an amd64 ASUS AV8 board).
> >
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Thanks,
Devan Lippman <devan at lippman.net>