[mythtv-users] new computer: can't change channels over firewire?! DCT-6200

[Steve Adeff]

On Sunday 13 November 2005 20:16, Chris Ribe wrote:
> I bought one of these recently, and I have gotten it to work
> intermittently...
>
> http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16815104226
>
> Channel changing works perfectly all the time, I haven't gotten all the
> kinks worked out of video capture, but I don't think it is a hardware
> problem.
>
> On 11/13/05, Steve Adeff <adeffs at gmail.com> wrote:
> > It works fine from my laptop (TI firewire chip) but from my new
> > motherboards
> > firewire chipset (VIA Technologies) I can't for the life of me get it to
> > work. The drivers compiled and loaded fine, but when I run 6200ch I get
> > rom1394_1 warning: read failed: 0x0000fffff0000414
> > error reading config rom directory for node 1
> >
> > the box is connected to node2 as reported by plugreport, and shows the
> > same
> > output as my laptop does (which, like I said works, different chipset).
> >
> > anyone have any ideas? I'm hoping its not the firewire chipset, but if it
> > is,
> > anyone have a pci firewire card they recommend that works with the
> > DCT-6200?
> >
> > thanks!
> >

thanks, I was actually looking at that card, good to know it works.

I'd still like to know if anyone has a VIA Technologies based firewire that is 
able to control their DCT-6200?

thanks,
Steve