[mythtv-users] Firewire and DCT-6200

[Curtis Stanford]

On Oct 12, 2005, at 11:04 PM, Donald Oakes wrote:

> Curtis Stanford wrote:
>
>
>>
>> On Oct 12, 2005, at 2:35 PM, Todd Greene wrote:
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>>> For what its worth, I use the DCT-6200 and Firewire reliably.    
>>> However, I can't give you my system specifics, since my root   
>>> partition of my HD crashed yesterday, and I can't boot the  
>>> system.   However, it took a while to get it to work right, and  
>>> each system  reboot (which thankfully wasn't often) required a  
>>> manual process.   I was using the firewire port built-in to the  
>>> Foxconn motherboard.
>>>
>>> (1) Run plugreport: .  Each time I rebooted, the DCT would show  
>>> up  either in node 0 or node 1 (often changing per reboot).  So,  
>>> for  each reboot, I would have to re-run mythtvsetup and change  
>>> the  DCT-6200 node if it had changed.  There seemed to be no  
>>> rhyme or  reason as to why it keeps changing nodes on reboots.
>>>
>>> (2) Get test-mpeg2 to work:  On each reboot, I would need to run   
>>> "test-mpeg2 -r [NODE#]"  mutiple times (This step is KEY!!) until  
>>> I  get some output.  You'll know when you get output, its  
>>> basically a  stream of binary junk to stdout.  If you don't see  
>>> output after 1  second, press ctrl-c and try again.  With 10  
>>> tries, you'll get it  to work.
>>>
>>> (3) Now start mythbackend, and it should work "reliably" until  
>>> the  next reboot.
>>>
>>> Hope this is helpful.  Once I rebuilt my machine with a new HD,   
>>> I'll be happy to answer specific config questions...
>>>
>>> -- Todd
>>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, I do all of these things as well. However, it doesn't work   
>> reliably for me even after these steps. Thanks Todd
>>
>> Curtis
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> I have the same difficulty as you, Curtis.  I've even written a  
> program to automatically run test-mpeg2 until success each time the  
> channel is changed.  Recording is still about 50% reliable via  
> firewire.
>
> - Donald

So what's the difference between us and the people who seem to have  
it working 100% ? I'm still thinking it may be the card or perhaps  
the linux driver. I'm hoping anyone who is having success with this  
mail in with their configurations.

Curtis