[mythtv-users] Suggested firewire cards

[Bryan Mayland]

I have an ASUS M2NPV-VM microATX Socket AM2 motherboard and use the 
firewire to control a Pace 550 cable box (recording doesn't work due to 
a lack of PAT/PMT in the stream).  I've never had a problem with it 
other than the orginal bios didn't support the my memory's voltage.  
That has since been fixed. 

Anyway the onboard firewire works fine, and I can record just fine using 
the test-mpeg2 application up to 1080i/AC3 so it even seems to work on 
higher load tasks.

Chris Weiland wrote:
> I should probably add that I'm looking at AMD Socket AM2 
> motherboards.  This is so that I can upgrade my existing computer to a 
> dual core cpu and use my "old" 3800+ in my mythtv box.  I also like 
> having an nvidia IGC because of nvidia's linux driver support.
>
> On 2/20/07, *Willy Boyd* <willyboyd at gmail.com 
> <mailto:willyboyd at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     The ASUS M2NPV-VM is microATX and has one onboard FireWIre port, along
>     with internal headers for expansion.  NewEgg carries it, so they
>     likely have others as well.  Though I have posted my own problems, I
>     don't blame the board (yet) because there are so many other variables
>     that are more likely at fault (cable signal, networking, running SVN,
>     etc).
>
>     On 2/20/07, Chris Weiland <hobbiticus at gmail.com
>     <mailto:hobbiticus at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > The motherboard that I'm getting for my mythtv box does not have
>     a firewire
>     > port.  (Apparently none of the microATX motherboards from newegg
>     do)  So,
>     > I'm going to have to get a firewire card.  The firewire wiki
>     page implies
>     > that not all firewire makes are equal, and some will work well
>     and some will
>     > not work at all.  Is this still the case these days?
>     >
>     > There are only a few chipsets listed on the page, and it's often
>     difficult
>     > to figure out which chipset is on firewire cards.  If anyone
>     could suggest a
>     > working (and cheap) card, that would be great.  I'm going to be
>     using it
>     > with an SA 3250, so if you have experience with that particular
>     cable box,
>     > that would be even better.
>     >
>     >
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