[mythtv-users] 6200 Firewire issues

Chris Nelson crnelson at gmail.com
Tue Apr 12 15:33:43 UTC 2005


Yes, seems very similar to my issues.  I'm on an AMD as well (3000+)
nforce2 chipset my box is also node2.  Where do you see the p2p /
broadcast setting in mythsetup?  I don't recall seeing it in the
latest CVS build, perhaps I missed it.

On Apr 12, 2005 8:30 AM, Byron Poland <wpoland at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 12, 2005 11:16 AM, Chris Nelson <crnelson at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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
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> 
> Not that I can help, but I'm seeing some similar issues too.  I just
> got a 6200 from comcast, and am able to record using test-mpeg2 and
> change channels with 6200ch.  If I restart everything, re-run
> mythtv-setup and change the start channel for the cablebox input to a
> channel I know I can get with it, restart the backend and frontend,
> and tune to the firewire input I can see live tv, and even record it
> fine.  the trouble starts when I try to change the channel.  using the
> up and down arrows is out of the question, I just go black and the
> frontend locks up.  tuning with a channel number changes the channel
> on the cable box, but the front end still locks up.  I'm trying to
> figure out if I should be using the p2p or broadcast setting in
> mythtv-setup.  plugreport shows my box at host 0 and node 2.  (note on
> this system I couldn't even get it to work until I disabled the
> onboard ieee1394 controller this is an amd64 ASUS AV8 board).
>


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