As another data point, I'm running 18.1 on FC3 and have been using
FireWire on a DCT-6200 for a few months now. I've got a Belkin
FireWire card. The main issue I have is the same that I've seen
many other Firewire users complain about, which is often times when
starting a recording (or LiveTV) it doesn't actually capture
anything. So you get either a zero-size file, or it just times
out. If you keep trying it will work, but I would say that
roughly 40% of the time it doesn't. Once it DOES start capturing
it's great, but it's nowhere near reliable enough for me to use it as
anything more than as an experimental thing. Channel-changing,
however, does work flawlessly all the time. <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/12/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Big Wave Dave</b> <<a href="mailto:bigwavedave@gmail.com">bigwavedave@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><span class="e" id="q_106e69f34892f511_0"><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Big Wave Dave wrote:
<blockquote cite="http://mid8e124f160510121130w35ffc683o3af05e13368e7626@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"><div><span>
<div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>
<div>Was this using Myth from src?... or running the lastest RPMs
posted on ATrpms?
<br>
<br>
I'm running the latest "stable" (non-bleeding) RPMs, and have the same
problems as Curtis. <br>
<br>
My FireWire card:<br>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.kouwell.com.tw/pr-m3.htm#1582v" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Kouwell Model
KW-1582V</a> - (aka BTC 1394 PCI Card)<br>
<a href="http://www.kouwell.com.tw/pr-m3.htm#1582v" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.kouwell.com.tw/pr-m3.htm#1582v</a><br>
<br>
If I recall correctly, it was listed in <a href="http://linux1394.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">linux1394.org</a>
compatibility list at the time I bought it.<br>
<br>
<br>
</font>Thanks,<br>
Dave</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div><br>
Since it will likely be asked:<br>
[root@dolph mythtv]# rpm -qa | grep myth<br>
<a href="http://mythweb-0.18-67.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythweb-0.18-67.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythbrowser-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythbrowser-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythtv-theme-purplegalaxy-0.20031214-3.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythtv-theme-purplegalaxy-0.20031214-3.at</a><br>
<a href="http://myththemes-0.18-104.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">myththemes-0.18-104.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythtv-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythtv-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythweather-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythweather-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythtv-theme-MythCenter-0.17-1.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythtv-theme-MythCenter-0.17-1.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythtv-theme-photo-4-6.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythtv-theme-photo-4-6.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythtv-suite-0.18.1-55.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythtv-suite-0.18.1-55.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythtv-themes-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythtv-themes-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythtv-backend-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythtv-backend-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythtv-setup-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythtv-setup-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythgame-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythgame-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythtv-theme-isthmus-0.20040804-1.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythtv-theme-isthmus-0.20040804-1.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythtv-theme-visor-0.16.2-5.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythtv-theme-visor-0.16.2-5.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythmusic-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythmusic-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythnews-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythnews-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythmkmovie-1.1.4-4.rhfc3.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythmkmovie-1.1.4-4.rhfc3.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythtv-theme-MediaCenter-0.17-4.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythtv-theme-MediaCenter-0.17-4.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythtv-theme-abstract-0.20040910-2.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythtv-theme-abstract-0.20040910-2.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythtv-frontend-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythtv-frontend-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythphone-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythphone-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythplugins-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythplugins-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythtv-theme-sleek-0.35-2.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythtv-theme-sleek-0.35-2.at</a><br>
<a href="http://libmyth-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">libmyth-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythvideo-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythvideo-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythgallery-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythgallery-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at</a><br>
<a href="http://mythdvd-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mythdvd-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at</a><br>
<br>
Dave</div></div></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></div></span></div>I should clarify that mine DOES work about 60-70% of the time. I would obviously like to improve that though. :-)<br><span class="sg">
<br>
Dave<br>
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