[mythtv-users] firewire capture freezes fairly often - Motorola DCT 6200

[Curtis Stanford]

On 20-Mar-08, at 6:18 PM, Damen Cole wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am using MythTV 0.21 release on a high end server (a dedicated  
> master backend) with a PCI firewire card (NEC chipset I believe)  
> connected to a Motorola DCT 6200. I am experiencing a problem where  
> periodically (~once every 4 hours of watched/recorded TV - more  
> frequent with HD) the backend and cable box stop talking. In order  
> to fix the problem I have to fiddle with the firewire speed settings  
> (i.e. broadcast -> p2p -> broadcast and back). Sometimes I even have  
> to shutdown the cable box and server in order to get the data  
> flowing again.

Hi Damen, I have the same box as you and am running 100% stable right  
now with 0.21. I use to run broadcast without much problem but then I  
followed the wiki at http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/FireWire and  
followed the instructions for p2p setup. It's been working perfectly  
ever since. I think the kernel is important, also. This firewire stuff  
has some bugs in earlier versions. Try to run at least a 2.6.24 kernel.

Curtis