[mythtv-users] Firewire and DCT-6200

[Alex Brekken]

As another data point, I'm running 18.1 on FC3 and have been using FireWire
on a DCT-6200 for a few months now. I've got a Belkin FireWire card. The
main issue I have is the same that I've seen many other Firewire users
complain about, which is often times when starting a recording (or LiveTV)
it doesn't actually capture anything. So you get either a zero-size file, or
it just times out. If you keep trying it will work, but I would say that
roughly 40% of the time it doesn't. Once it DOES start capturing it's great,
but it's nowhere near reliable enough for me to use it as anything more than
as an experimental thing. Channel-changing, however, does work flawlessly
all the time.

On 10/12/05, Big Wave Dave <bigwavedave at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Big Wave Dave wrote:
> >
> >   Was this using Myth from src?... or running the lastest RPMs posted on
> > > ATrpms?
> > >
> > > I'm running the latest "stable" (non-bleeding) RPMs, and have the same
> > > problems as Curtis.
> > >
> > > My FireWire card:
> > > Kouwell Model KW-1582V <http://www.kouwell.com.tw/pr-m3.htm#1582v> -
> > > (aka BTC 1394 PCI Card)
> > > http://www.kouwell.com.tw/pr-m3.htm#1582v
> > >
> > > If I recall correctly, it was listed in linux1394.org<http://linux1394.org>compatibility list at the time I bought it.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Dave
> > >
> >
> > Since it will likely be asked:
> > [root at dolph mythtv]# rpm -qa | grep myth
> > mythweb-0.18-67.at <http://mythweb-0.18-67.at>
> > mythbrowser-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at <http://mythbrowser-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at>
> > mythtv-theme-purplegalaxy-0.20031214-3.at<http://mythtv-theme-purplegalaxy-0.20031214-3.at>
> > myththemes-0.18-104.at <http://myththemes-0.18-104.at>
> > mythtv-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at <http://mythtv-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at>
> > mythweather-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at <http://mythweather-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at>
> > mythtv-theme-MythCenter-0.17-1.at<http://mythtv-theme-MythCenter-0.17-1.at>
> > mythtv-theme-photo-4-6.at <http://mythtv-theme-photo-4-6.at>
> > mythtv-suite-0.18.1-55.at <http://mythtv-suite-0.18.1-55.at>
> > mythtv-themes-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at<http://mythtv-themes-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at>
> > mythtv-backend-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at<http://mythtv-backend-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at>
> > mythtv-setup-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at<http://mythtv-setup-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at>
> > mythgame-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at <http://mythgame-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at>
> > mythtv-theme-isthmus-0.20040804-1.at<http://mythtv-theme-isthmus-0.20040804-1.at>
> > mythtv-theme-visor-0.16.2-5.at <http://mythtv-theme-visor-0.16.2-5.at>
> > mythmusic-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at <http://mythmusic-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at>
> > mythnews-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at <http://mythnews-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at>
> > mythmkmovie-1.1.4-4.rhfc3.at <http://mythmkmovie-1.1.4-4.rhfc3.at>
> > mythtv-theme-MediaCenter-0.17-4.at<http://mythtv-theme-MediaCenter-0.17-4.at>
> > mythtv-theme-abstract-0.20040910-2.at<http://mythtv-theme-abstract-0.20040910-2.at>
> > mythtv-frontend-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at<http://mythtv-frontend-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at>
> > mythphone-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at <http://mythphone-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at>
> > mythplugins-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at <http://mythplugins-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at>
> > mythtv-theme-sleek-0.35-2.at <http://mythtv-theme-sleek-0.35-2.at>
> > libmyth-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at <http://libmyth-0.18.1-113.rhfc3.at>
> > mythvideo-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at <http://mythvideo-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at>
> > mythgallery-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at <http://mythgallery-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at>
> > mythdvd-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at <http://mythdvd-0.18.1-112.rhfc3.at>
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > I should clarify that mine DOES work about 60-70% of the time. I would
> obviously like to improve that though. :-)
>
> Dave
>
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