<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 6:31 AM, Phil Bridges <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gravityhammer@gmail.com">gravityhammer@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 3:24 AM, Steve Herber<<a href="mailto:herber@thing.com">herber@thing.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I recently upgraded my mythtv setup from an analog pvr-250 to using a<br>
> Motorola dct-3416 for my input device. I have it configured in<br>
> broadcast mode at 100Mbps, and everything else at their default values.<br>
> For software I am running a recent gentoo version of mythtv marked<br>
> mythtv-0.21_p20877.0<br>
><br>
> The problem I have is that I can't always get data from the firewire<br>
> interface. I see the problem when I select live tv and after<br>
> the screen goes to black it returns to the main menu after a few<br>
> seconds. Other times I get a warning followed by the message:<br>
><br>
> You should have gotten a channel lock by now. You can continue<br>
> to wait for a signal, or you can change the channels with Up or<br>
> Down, change video source (Y), or inputs (c), etc.<br>
><br>
> Some recordings work great, and the digital quality is noticeable, but<br>
> other recordings are just blank, and in fact the video data file is<br>
> empty. When the problem occurs I have been restarting by backend and<br>
> that seems to help for a while.<br>
><br>
> Some questions are, should I be having these problems? Should I modify<br>
> my configuration? Should I try to get a different cable box from<br>
> Comcast in the Seattle area?<br>
<br>
</div>Are you sure the channels you're trying to view are unencrypted?</blockquote><div><br>Check out the helpful programs at (specifically scanfw):<br><br><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/majoridiot">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/majoridiot</a> <br>
<br>-- Ken<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>
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