[mythtv] Firewire: How to test input?

[Jim Westfall]

I am not a firewire expert, but I have always been under the impression 
that node 0 is always your firewire card.

I would plug in your 3250HD box then run gscanbus to figure out what node 
its on.  

also test-mpeg2 dumps the mpeg2 to stdout, so make sure to redirect to a 
file when you run it.

jim

Nate Carlson <natecars at natecarlson.com> wrote [02.08.05]:
> I know it's not strictly mythtv related, but I know some people here have 
> gotten this working recently, so figured I'd try here first.
> 
> I just got a 3250HD box from Time Warner with Firewire to try to hook it 
> up to Myth, and am having trouble getting a test capture with test-mpeg2; 
> just want to make sure I have my syntax right.
> 
> Running "plugreport" shows the following:
> 
> Host Adapter 0
> ==============
> 
> Node 0 GUID 0x000f21be498a0000
> ------------------------------
> oMPR n_plugs=1, data_rate=2, bcast_channel=63
> oPCR[0] online=1, bcast_connection=0, n_p2p_connections=2
>         channel=0, data_rate=2, overhead_id=0, payload=146
> iMPR n_plugs=0, data_rate=2
> 
> Node 1 GUID 0x364fc0000ea09841
> ------------------------------
> 
> 
> If I unplug the cable box, Node 1 becomes Node 0 (ie, node 0 no longer has 
> any data), so I'm pretty sure Node 0 is the cable box.  :)
> 
> I'm running test-mpeg2 like:
> 
> test-mpeg2 -r 0
> 
> and get the following output:
> 
> libiec61883 warning: Overlayed connection on channel 0.
> You may need to manually set the channel on the receiving node.
> Starting to receive
> 
> At that point, it doesn't do anything until I ctrl-c it, at which point it 
> says "Done." What type of output am I supposed to get? Am I running it 
> right?
> 
> Links to additional docs would also be appreciated, of course!
> 
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