[mythtv-users] Firewire ( 1394) Capture with multiple FW Cards

Mike Smith easygreenus at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 12 00:02:38 EST 2005


Steve,

Here is the output of lspci:


01:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments
TSB82AA2 IEEE-1394b Link Layer Controller (rev 01)

01:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments
TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)

I think the second one is the for the onboard 1394. 
The first is the
Belkin card I recently installed.  The Belkin card was
on the Hardware
Compatibility list on the linux1394.org web site.

How do I find out if the 5C Digital Rights Management
is enabled
on my video stream.  

Note - when I connect my SA3250HD to my television
with the firewire
connection,  I think I get every channel via firewire,
which surprised
me.  I get the 900 level HDTV channels ( including the
local HDTV
channels in Cincinnati ), I even get the analog
stations from
channel 3 - 100.  The latter surprised me.

Thanks,

Mike




--- Steve Adeff <adeffs at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Saturday 10 December 2005 01:29, Mike Smith
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to get my SA3250HD cable box to work
> with
> > the Firewire capture.
> > Cable company is Time Warner in Cincinnati.  After
> a
> > lot of phone calls,
> > and email, they finally give me an SA3250HD with
> > active 1394 ports.  I
> > can connect it to the 1394 ports on my TV and
> watch
> > HDTV from it.
> >
> > I struggled for weeks to try getting this to work
> with
> > the onboard
> > 1394 ports on my ASUS motherboard.  Built the
> 2.6.12
> > kernel needed
> > for latest drivers from linux1394.org.  No luck. 
> I
> > try following
> > Jarod's guide for setting it up on Fedora ( I'm
> using
> > Mandrivia 2006 ).
> > I finally noticed Jarods comment that he could not
> get
> > the FW ports on
> > his ASUS motherboard to work,  so I purchased a
> Belkin
> > 1394 board that
> > was recommended on the linux1394.org site.
> >
> > I have it in.  The card is recognized.  But,  I
> can't
> > figure out
> > what is meant by port and node in a two board
> context.
> >  Here
> > is the output of plugreport:
> >
> > [root at lbk ~]# plugreport
> > Host Adapter 0
> > ==============
> >
> > Node 0 GUID 0x00e0180000899531
> > ------------------------------
> > libiec61883 error: error reading oMPR
> > libiec61883 error: error reading iMPR
> >
> > Host Adapter 1
> > ==============
> >
> > Node 0 GUID 0x000f2142f10c0000
> > ------------------------------
> > oMPR n_plugs=1, data_rate=2, bcast_channel=63
> > oPCR[0] online=1, bcast_connection=0,
> > n_p2p_connections=0
> >         channel=0, data_rate=0, overhead_id=0,
> > payload=146
> > iMPR n_plugs=0, data_rate=2
> >
> > Node 1 GUID 0x00d0035600b17934
> > ------------------------------
> > libiec61883 error: error reading oMPR
> > libiec61883 error: error reading iMPR
> >
> >
> > What should I use a node and port in the
> mythtv-setup
> > for the firewire
> > capture device?
> >
> > An interesting side note:  I disabled the onboard
> > firewire in the BIOS
> > setup,  but the gigabit ethernet stopped working.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mike
> 
> 
> whats the firewire chipset for your onboard
> firewire?
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> plugctl -n 2 opcr[0].channel=63
> plugctl -n 2 opcr[0].n_p2p_connections=1
> plugctl -n 2 opcr[0].bcast_connection=1
> plugctl -n 2 opcr[0].data_rate=3
> 
> node # doesn't matter. but make the -n # whatever
> node your box is on. You 
> also won't get anything if 5C Digital Rights
> Management is enabled for the 
> channels.
> 
> -- 
> Steve
> 


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