[mythtv-users] Centos 5, Firewire Capture Success?

Axel Thimm Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
Wed Dec 12 18:31:29 UTC 2007


Hi,

On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 12:42:39PM -0500, Brian Long wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm currently running FC6 + MythTV SVN (via atrpms-bleeding).  I have
> a PVR-500 and a HD-HomeRun.  Now that FC6 is EOL, I'd like to migrate
> to a stable, fairly modern platform.  I'm not currently using firewire
> capture but I'd like to get it working with the centos-plus kernels.
> Is anyone running MythTV SVN + Centos plus?  Are you successfully
> using firewire capture as well?

you will need

http://atrpms.net/dist/el5/ieee1394/

> As a side note, has anyone gotten firewire capture working with the SA
> 4250HDC?  It seems this device has a different internal firewire stack
> than all previous SA STBs since it has the CableCard feature.  Last I
> tried, none of the firewire channel changers worked with this STB.

Can't comment on that, I would check to see if anyone mentions this
working on a 2.6.18 kernel. Or just install the kernel (only) on your
currently FC6 system w/o replacing the old kernel, boot into it and
check whether firewire works or not.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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