[mythtv-users] 6200 Firewire issues

[Chris Nelson]

Hello All,

I've been using MythTV for a while now with a pvr-250 and it's been
exceedingly stable, however I've recently got a 6200 cable box from
Adelphia so I figured I'd check out the firewire support.  Since I've
started that I'm running into nothing but trouble.  I've tried 0.17
and the latest cvs version.

I can dump video from the box with no issues with test-mpeg2, and
change channels with 6200ch so I'm sure the box is connected
correctly. When I try to record a progrem with myth, or watch live TV
I usually get a bit of video (anywhere from a few frames, to maximum 1
minute) and then the recording will stop.  I see messages like the
following in the backend log

2005-04-12 07:10:05.839 Firewire: No Input in 15 seconds [P:0 N:2] (select)

After this happens the backend still thinks it's recording, but no
more data is being captured.  When the program is supposed to end I
get the standard Finished Recoding message in the log, but there's
only that small inital bit of data in the file.

Additionally if trying to watch Live TV changing channels usually
fails and the frontend either locks up, or drops back to the main menu
after ~ 30 seconds of a black screen

Any ideas? 

Thanks!

-Chris