[mythtv-users] DV Recording via IEEE-1394 Firewire with MythTV

[Tom E. Craddock, Jr.]

Rich Shumaker wrote:

> So the corner is nice this time of year.
> Wallpaper peeling and paint chipping that kind of thing.
>
> Okay so neither of you guys said go away in those words.  You just 
> didn't answer my question and told me to use something else besides 
> MythTV.
> I personally felt that not answering my question and telling me that 
> MythTV isn't the right tool is the same as being told to go away.  It 
> was a question, still unanswered.
>
> Can or does MythTV record DV via the newly supported 
> IEEE-1394(firewire) port?  I know IEEE-1394 was added for cable 
> boxes.  But in none of the posts did anyone say anything about that.  
> Or say "NO" it does not record DV.  Since the original intention of 
> the IEEE-1394 port was DV footage transfer and it is the oldest use 
> for this port I thought the question had some merit.  The IEEE-1394 
> port has expanded over time to be used for a ton of stuff including hi 
> end cameras, hi end audio boards, even networking and now Cable boxes.
>
Rich,

I did a search on the mailing list at gossamer threads, for 'DV 
firewire'.  Here is a quote from the first post that shows up:

> On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 jimbo-mythtv at edwardsclan.net wrote:
> ]implementing. Since libiec61883 also supports *DV* stream capture, 
> using an
> ]almost identical API, I was thinking of creating another patch that 
> uses *DV*
> ]stream instead of MPEG2 TS. This would allow those encrypted channels to
> ]different structure, how might that code have to change? Would the
> ]DTVRecorder class be able to handle *DV* streams with minimal 
> modification?
> ]>From what I can tell, it seems to be very specific to MPEG2.
>
> *DV* streams are significantly different from the MPEG streams that
> dtvrecorder deals with. I would write a new recorder for *DV* streams.
> You might also need to modify the player a little bit, but it's
> basically a wrapper around ffmpeg so this shouldn't be difficult.
>

That should answer your post.  I wont include the obligatory flame for 
not searching the mailing list. Not only does that post show it, the 2nd 
post in the search results talk about adding a recorder to do what you 
want. 

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/engine?list=mythtv&do=search_results&search_forum=all&search_string=DV+firewire&search_type=AND

Tom