[mythtv-users] interesting dct-3416 firewire issue

Steven Adeff adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com
Mon Jan 26 05:36:46 UTC 2009


On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Steven
> Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> At my parents, trying to get their computer recording from their cable
>> box. they only have DVR's so I'm stuck testing with a DCT-3416.
>
>
> I have a DCH-3416 here in Omaha Nebraska (COX Cable) and was never able to
> get anything through the firewire.  The FW utils would see something to talk
> with, but I couldn't get it to respond, pass video, or even switch channels.
>  I even had the cable tech out who worked with me on it.  Since we needed
> the DVR feature we couldn't just swap out a different box either.
> This was about 9 months ago so maybe the FW on Linux and/or the DCH3416 has
> progressed since then.
> Good luck - if you get it to work I might petition my provider to give me a
> DCT-3416 if it has DVR.  Do you know the differences between my DCH and your
> DCT?
> Dan

Cool, so it may just be this box. I'll have to get my dad to get a
non-DVR box from his cable company and plug it in to see how that
plays out. His two DCT- boxes both show 5c=0 for all the channels he
subscribes to so hopefully he can find a box that works for more than
just the local channels.

thanks!

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