[mythtv] add to Trac?

[Steve Adeff]

On Wednesday 11 January 2006 16:20, Jim Westfall wrote:
> Steve Adeff <adeffs at gmail.com> wrote [01.11.06]:
> > I want to add the following as a ticket to Trac, but since theres no
> > patch attached, its more of a "bug" report with a possible solution for
> > when a dev has the time to put something together. Not sure if I should
> > though, so I figured I'd ask...
> > Summary=Fix for Firewire connected Motorola DCT-64xx cable boxes
> > Description=
> > Information:
> > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/172082?search_string=fir
> >ewire%20bus%20reset;#172082
> >
> > I have not the skill to write such a patch, but I'm hoping this ticket
> > will remind a dev that does to create a patch for us DCT-64xx users to
> > try to see if the problem canbe solved.
> >
> > Basically, the node the box is on needs to be reset (software version of
> > pulling the cable out and plugging it back in) before attempting to
> > capture an mpeg stream from the cablebox. It may also be of benefit to do
> > it even before the channel change command, as changing channels seems to
> > have issue as well sometimes. Two seperate patches for each problem would
> > probably be best, to track the benefit of both methods.
>
> Can you provide more info on what problem you are having, your mythtv
> firewire config settings, and plugctl output.
>
> thanks
> jim


Jim, read the email I linked to. On top of that, its not just me, its just 
about everyone using the DCT64xx machines that I've talked to. What happens 
is the pc can't receive a stream from the cablebox over the firewire and ends 
up creating a 0byte recording file. The way to get this to work again is the 
either unplug the firewire cable and plug it back in, resetting the node, OR 
use gscanbus's Force Bus Reset. Since this communications loss happens at 
seemingly random times my propsal is to reset the node the box is on before 
recordings. A second problem is that channel changes don't always go 
correctly. This may be caused by something else, but another thought I had 
was perhaps doing the node reset before the channel change may increase the 
success rate.

-- 
Steve