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

[Mark Knecht]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Curtis Stanford
<curtis at stanfordcomputing.com> wrote:
> 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
>

Curtis,
   What 1394 OHCI controler are using? I've had problems with NEC
controllers in the past. Much better luck with TI. So so with Via.

- Mark