I have been trying to get my Motorola DCH3200 working for two weeks now with only about a 50% success rate. I am running Ubuntu 9.04 and MythTV trunk v21133. When I schedule a program to record, sometimes it works flawlessly. Other times I get this in my BE log:<br>
<br><br>2009-08-21 18:23:22.166 scheduler: Scheduled items: Scheduled 1110 items in 4.6 = 0.01 match + 4.61 place<br>2009-08-21 18:23:22.195 TVRec(8): ASK_RECORDING 8 0 0 0<br>2009-08-21 18:23:22.268 TVRec(8): Changing from None to Watching RecordingOnly<br>
2009-08-21 18:23:22.276 TVRec(8): HW Tuner: 8->8<br>2009-08-21 18:23:22.281 LAVCInfo(), Error: Unable to get handle for port: -1<br> eno: Invalid argument (22)<br>2009-08-21 18:23:23.294 ret_pid(0) child(3200) status(0x0)<br>
2009-08-21 18:23:24.295 ret_pid(0) child(3200) status(0x0)<br>2009-08-21 18:23:24.571 ret_pid(3200) child(3200) status(0x0)<br>2009-08-21 18:23:24.572 External Tuning program exited with no error<br>2009-08-21 18:23:24.576 LAVCInfo(), Error: Unable to get handle for port: -1<br>
eno: Invalid argument (22)<br>2009-08-21 18:23:24.583 LAVCInfo(), Error: Unable to get handle for port: -1<br> eno: Invalid argument (22)<br>2009-08-21 18:23:24.591 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 15 min<br>
2009-08-21 18:23:24.602 TVRec(8): Changing from Watching RecordingOnly to None<br>2009-08-21 18:23:24.610 Started recording: Star Trek: Enterprise "The Shipment": channel 7739 on cardid 8, sourceid 7<br>2009-08-21 18:23:24.622 Unknown type, recording width was 0<br>
2009-08-21 18:23:24.634 scheduler: Started recording: Star Trek: Enterprise "The Shipment": channel 7739 on cardid 8, sourceid 7<br>2009-08-21 18:23:24.736 mythbackend version: trunk [21133] <a href="http://www.mythtv.org" target="_blank">www.mythtv.org</a><br>
2009-08-21 18:23:24.893 ProgramInfo, Error: GetPlaybackURL: '7763_20090821174800.mpg' should be local, but it can not be found.<br>2009-08-21 18:23:25.188 Using runtime prefix = /usr/local<br>2009-08-21 18:23:25.199 Empty LocalHostName.<br>
2009-08-21 18:23:25.199 Using localhost value of mythtv<br>2009-08-21 18:23:25.717 Reschedule requested for id 0.<br>2009-08-21 18:23:26.152 New DB connection, total: 1<br>2009-08-21 18:23:26.162 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost<br>
2009-08-21 18:23:26.165 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'<br>2009-08-21 18:23:26.166 Deleting UPnP client...<br>2009-08-21 18:23:26.621 ProgramInfo, Error: GetPlaybackURL: '7763_20090821174800.mpg' should be local, but it can not be found.<br>
2009-08-21 18:23:27.053 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost<br>2009-08-21 18:23:27.061 Current Schema Version: 1239<br>2009-08-21 18:23:27.065 New DB connection, total: 2<br>2009-08-21 18:23:27.067 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost<br>
2009-08-21 18:23:27.083 Preview Error: Previewer file '/mythtv/data/7739_20090821182300.mpg' is not valid.<br>2009-08-21 18:23:27.084 Preview Error: Run() file not local: '/mythtv/data/7739_20090821182300.mpg'<br>
2009-08-21 18:23:27.098 Preview Error: Preview process not ok.<br> fileinfo(/mythtv/data/7739_20090821182300.mpg.png) exists: 0 readable: 0 size: 0<br>2009-08-21 18:23:29.695 Scheduled 1110 items in 3.9 = 0.00 match + 3.95 place<br>
2009-08-21 18:23:29.701 scheduler: Scheduled items: Scheduled 1110 items in 3.9 = 0.00 match + 3.95 place<br><br>and sometimes:<br><br>2009-08-20 18:29:30.424 TVRec(8): ASK_RECORDING 8 29 0 0<br>2009-08-20 18:30:02.393 TVRec(8): Changing from None to Watching RecordingOnly<br>
2009-08-20 18:30:02.412 TVRec(8): HW Tuner: 8->8<br>2009-08-20 18:30:03.478 ret_pid(0) child(7274) status(0x0)<br>2009-08-20 18:30:04.008 ret_pid(7274) child(7274) status(0x0)<br>2009-08-20 18:30:04.009 External Tuning program exited with no error<br>
2009-08-20 18:30:04.061 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690): Buffered packets 2000 (8000 KB)<br>2009-08-20 18:30:04.062 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 15 min<br>2009-08-20 18:30:04.072 Started recording: How It's Made: channel 7763 on cardid 8, sourceid 7<br>
2009-08-20 18:30:04.077 scheduler: Started recording: How It's Made: channel 7763 on cardid 8, sourceid 7<br>2009-08-20 18:30:04.599 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690), Warning: No Input in 50 msec...<br>2009-08-20 18:30:04.654 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690), Warning: No Input in 100 msec...<br>
2009-08-20 18:30:04.705 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690), Warning: No Input in 150 msec...<br>2009-08-20 18:30:04.756 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690), Warning: No Input in 200 msec...<br>2009-08-20 18:30:04.806 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690), Warning: No Input in 250 msec...<br>
2009-08-20 18:30:04.857 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690), Warning: No Input in 300 msec...<br>2009-08-20 18:30:04.908 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690), Warning: No Input in 350 msec...<br>2009-08-20 18:30:04.959 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690), Warning: No Input in 400 msec...<br>
2009-08-20 18:30:05.009 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690), Warning: No Input in 450 msec...<br>2009-08-20 18:30:05.060 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690), Warning: No Input in 500 msec...<br>2009-08-20 18:30:05.111 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690), Warning: No Input in 550 msec...<br>
2009-08-20 18:30:05.161 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690), Warning: No Input in 600 msec...<br>2009-08-20 18:30:05.212 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690), Warning: No Input in 650 msec...<br>2009-08-20 18:30:05.263 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690), Warning: No Input in 700 msec...<br>
2009-08-20 18:30:05.314 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690), Warning: No Input in 750 msec...<br>2009-08-20 18:30:05.364 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690), Warning: No Input in 800 msec...<br>2009-08-20 18:30:05.415 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690), Warning: No Input in 850 msec...<br>
2009-08-20 18:30:05.466 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690), Warning: No Input in 900 msec...<br>2009-08-20 18:30:05.517 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690), Warning: No Input in 950 msec...<br>2009-08-20 18:30:05.567 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690), Warning: No Input in 1000 msec...<br>
2009-08-20 18:30:05.618 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690), Warning: No Input in 1050 msec...<br>2009-08-20 18:30:05.619 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690): ResetBus() -- begin<br>2009-08-20 18:30:05.621 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690): ResetBus() -- end<br>
2009-08-20 18:30:05.622 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690): SignalReset(6634->6635)<br>2009-08-20 18:30:05.630 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690): SignalReset(6634->6635): Updating device list -- begin<br>2009-08-20 18:30:05.937 LFireDev(0023A2FFFE93B690): SignalReset(6634->6635): Updating device list -- end<br>
<br>The modules installed are:<br><br>ken@mythtv:~$ lsmod | grep 1394<br>dv1394 25948 0<br>raw1394 32732 0<br>ohci1394 38576 1 dv1394<br>ieee1394 94660 3 dv1394,raw1394,ohci1394<br>
<br>Running test-mpeg2 works only about half the time. It has been very frustrating.<br><br>Is this indicative of a bad firewire port or cable? My firewire port is integrated on the (ASUS) motherboard: Agere FW322.<br>
<br>Any clues or suggestions much appreciated.<br><br>-- Ken<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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