[mythtv-users] Glitches in firewire capture from DCT-6200

[Brad DerManouelian]

It does sound like network latency if you're using wireless. Try  
configuring your router to only use G, not B. That helped my network  
issues a TON.

On Dec 17, 2005, at 9:47 PM, Alex Brekken wrote:

> I suppose it's possible, although I would think I would have this  
> problem all the time if it was a network thing, rather than  
> intermittantly.  My "network" consists of a D-Link 802.11G router  
> connecting a 40 ft. run of cat-5 cable to my basement where the  
> slave-backend lives.  The master backend/frontend box is right next  
> to the router.
>
>
> On 12/17/05, Brad DerManouelian <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
> Are you having networking issues?
>
> On Dec 17, 2005, at 9:19 PM, Alex Brekken wrote:
>
>> Thanks guys, yes I changed the speed setting in mythtvsetup to 400  
>> mbps.  Now, plugreport shows that the data_rate=2 and stays  
>> there.  However, it didn't seem to fix my display issues.
>>  It's not a stuttering necessairly, more of a slow-down - like  
>> it's in slow motion for a second or 2.  -it does this every 3 or 4  
>> seconds.  "normal speed, slo-mo, normal speed, slo-mo," etc, etc.   
>> The video itself doesn't break-up at all during this problem.     
>> It doesn't do it all the time, but it can happen on any channel.   
>> I see it both during liveTV viewing as well as on pre-recorded shows.
>> The firewire capture is happening on a slave backend box, which is  
>> an older Dell pentium 3 1gHz machine.  I suppose it's possible  
>> that the machine itself is to blame (issue with PCI bus?) but I  
>> don't think the hard drive is the problem.  It's a newer 7200 RPM  
>> Western Digital drive with 8 mb cache.
>>
>> Any guesses?  I'd love to be able to utilize Firewire capture,  
>> since it's much more reliable now thanks to those pluctl commands  
>> - but if I can't fix this video slow-mo issue than I think I'll  
>> have to ditch it.
>>
>>
>> On 12/17/05, Steve Adeff < adeffs at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> What speed setting do you have set for the firewire capture  
>> device? try
>> increasing it as Myth will change these plug values when you use  
>> firewire as
>> a capture device.
>>
>> Steve
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