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<pre wrap="">When you hit that encrypted channel, are you able to change channel to
another one and have it working again?
When this happens to mine, it seems to lock things up. Meaning I cant
change to another channel, and a test-mpeg2 results in no data either.
That is why I was wondering if it was something firewire related.
I do have it set to broadcast and 400 for speed.
What does broadcast and P2P mean? I am not familiar with it.
Thanks!
Robert McNamara wrote:
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<pre wrap=""><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>In general, the long pause followed by being dumped back to the menu
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>means the channel is set to copy-none (encrypted) and you won't be
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>able to tune it via firewire. Keep in mind that the encryption is
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>often on a per-program basis, so you may be able to tune a given
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>channel for one program and not for the next. I run into this with my
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>HBO HD, for example. Some shows will record fine, others won't.
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>You may want to look into whether the tuning works more reliably in
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>broadcast mode than P2P mode. I presume, based on the informed way
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>you are talking about it, that you have followed the wiki page, but if
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>you haven't make sure to check that out as it helped me through most
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>of my firewire tuning problems.
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>Robert
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>------------------------------------------------------------------------
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I used to have the same issues with firewire stability and lockup when
selecting encrypted channels, until I switched to the SVN version,
which works a little differently. Firstly, it has a display when you
select a channel which shows you the progress of channel tuning in (it
shows the letters "LAM" in turn as it tunes; once you get all 3 letters
the channel is tuned in (I have no idea what the letters mean)). It
also doesn't revert to the main menu when channel tuning fails.
Instead, it times out and a box appears telling you that you should
have gotten a signal by now and you can either try another channel or
wait longer. It adjusts automatically for changing nodes, too - you
don't need to set the node or port or anything in the capture card
setup screen except the type of connection (6200 works much more
reliably in Broadcast) and speed. I think it also has the firewire
primer script built in...<br>
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