[mythtv-users] Myth Firewire Capture on Gentoo

Michael Haan michael.haan at gmail.com
Tue May 31 17:43:16 UTC 2005


On 5/31/05, Mario Limonciello <mario.mailing at gmail.com> wrote:
> Michael,
> 
> I hit that same road block as you, but I should have an IR blaster
> later this evening to wrap up setting up this SA3250.
> 
> 
> Elsewise I filed a bug requesting additional use flags to build the
> test app for the ebuild
> 
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94642
> 
> 
> Mario
> 
> On 5/31/05, Michael Haan <michael.haan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 5/30/05, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > File a bug report and ask the ebuild maintiner to make it avalable.
> > > They probably just missed it somehow.
> > >
> > > - Mark
> > >
> > > On 5/30/05, Mario Limonciello <mario.mailing at gmail.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I pulled test-mpeg2 right out of the tarball, since I didn't get it from
> > > > the ebuild either.  Try different stations, only certain ones will even
> > > > put out data for me.  My cable box also can show me on the diagnostics
> > > > screen (channel 999), which channels will be able to be output.  It
> > > > indicates the ones that won't work are copy protected.
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> > I had test captures working from the command-line.  But I stopped
> > trying to go further with this b/c I couldn't use firewire to change
> > the channel on the SA 3250.
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I ended-up just getting a HD3000 working in the box since the
available channels are roughly the same.  Now, if I could get HBOHD
over firewire, THAT would be useful.  Unofrtunately, it's blocked for
me (even though I pay for it).


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