[mythtv-users] MOtorola 6200 - firewire

Fri Mar 17 01:42:25 UTC 2006

Steven Adeff wrote:
> On 3/16/06, Greg Oliver <goliver at cistera.com> wrote:
> 
>>On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 19:04 -0500, Steven Adeff wrote:
>>
>>>On 3/16/06, Greg Oliver <goliver at cistera.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 17:22 -0600, Greg Oliver wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Quick rundown.  I am running Myth 0.18.1-r2 from Gentoo 2006.0.  I get
>>>>>the following messages when I connect the 6200 to my laptop via the
>>>>>firewire port.
>>>>>
>>>>>Mar 11 17:31:27 localhost ieee1394: Node added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023]
>>>>>GUID[00159aff fe2202dc]
>>>>>Mar 11 17:31:27 localhost ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023
>>>>>Mar 11 17:31:27 localhost ieee1394.agent[7145]: ... no drivers for
>>>>>IEEE1394 prod uct 0x/0x/0x
>>>>>Mar 11 17:31:27 localhost ieee1394.agent[7174]: ... no drivers for
>>>>>IEEE1394 prod uct 0x/0x/0x
>>>>>Mar 11 17:31:27 localhost ieee1394.agent[7168]: ... no drivers for
>>>>>IEEE1394 prod uct 0x/0x/0x
>>>>>Mar 11 17:31:27 localhost ieee1394.agent[7187]: ... no drivers for
>>>>>IEEE1394 prod uct 0x000000/0x005068/0x010101
>>>>>Mar 11 17:31:27 localhost ieee1394: raw1394: /dev/raw1394 device
>>>>>initialized
>>>>>
>>>>>Plugreport sees the device @ host0, node1 just like is in syslog.  I
>>>>>pretty much folloed the guide @
>>>>>http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php even though I do not run FC, but
>>>>>the relevant tests were all run.  The test-mpeg2 never captures a frame.
>>>>>Also, u-dev does work properly and create the device nodes, so I did not
>>>>>have to follow that portion.
>>>>>
>>>>>So I was wondering if someone could post the relevant portions of the
>>>>>kernel that must be enabled (I have compiled it 10 ways from Sunday with
>>>>>all and minimal options) and tried everything I need to know.
>>>>>
>>>>>I do not know if it means the firewire is off on the 6200 - I doubt it
>>>>>since they negotiate.  When I start mythbackend, it immediately says No
>>>>>Motorola DCT 6200 found on the bus.
>>>>>
>>>>>I no longer have the 6200 in front of me to test, but will be going back
>>>>>this weekend to try some more.  My regular box is running 0.19, and I
>>>>>believe I read that firewire is non-functional in that version, so I
>>>>>went back to 0.18 on my laptop since I didn't want to lug my PC across
>>>>>town.
>>>>>
>>>>>Is there something I may be overlooking somewhere?
>>>>
>>>>Not that I usually reply to my own emails, but I saw in one place (can't
>>>>remember) that the fireqwire port needed to be 200MB, but that didn't
>>>>make sense since 100 is plenty.  Anyhow, I only have 100MB - if that
>>>>matters.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Greg
>>>
>>>do you have the following installed?
>>> libavc1394-0.5.1
>>> libiec61883-1.0.0
>>> libraw1394-1.2.0
>>
>>Calculating dependencies ...done!
>>[ebuild   R   ] sys-libs/libavc1394-0.4.1  0 kB
>>[ebuild   R   ] media-libs/libiec61883-1.0.0-r1  -examples 0 kB
>>[ebuild   R   ] sys-libs/libraw1394-1.2.0  0 kB
>>
>>Total size of downloads: 0 kB
>>greg at localhost ~ $
>>
>>, so the only diff is libavc1394 - does it need to be at 0.5.1?
>>
> 
> 
> possibly? I don't know, but those are the versions I'm running on two
> machines that talk with the DCT62xx machines without problem.
> 
> --

Greg,

What kernel are you running?  I just upgraded to Myth .19 last weekend. 
  I'm connected to DCT-6412 but it acts just like a 6200 (yeah, a waste 
but Myth is so much cooler).

pvrbox ~ # equery list gentoo
[ Searching for package 'gentoo' in all categories among: ]
  * installed packages
[I--] [  ] app-portage/gentoolkit-0.2.1 (0)
[I--] [  ] app-vim/gentoo-syntax-20051221 (0)
[I--] [  ] net-www/gentoo-webroot-default-0.2 (0)
[I--] [  ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.15-r1 (2.6.15-r1)
pvrbox ~ # equery list libie
[ Searching for package 'libie' in all categories among: ]
  * installed packages
[I--] [  ] media-libs/libiec61883-1.0.0-r1 (0)
pvrbox ~ # equery list 1394
[ Searching for package '1394' in all categories among: ]
  * installed packages
[I--] [  ] media-libs/libdc1394-1.0.0 (0)
[I--] [  ] sys-libs/libavc1394-0.5.0 (0)
[I--] [  ] sys-libs/libraw1394-1.2.0 (0)

pvrbox ~ # equery list myth
[ Searching for package 'myth' in all categories among: ]
  * installed packages
[I--] [  ] media-plugins/mythbrowser-0.19 (0)
[I--] [  ] media-plugins/mythdvd-0.19 (0)
[I--] [  ] media-plugins/mythgallery-0.19 (0)
[I--] [  ] media-plugins/mythmusic-0.19 (0)
[I--] [  ] media-plugins/mythvideo-0.19 (0)
[I--] [  ] media-plugins/mythweather-0.19 (0)
[I--] [  ] media-tv/mythtv-0.19_p9163-r1 (0)
[I--] [  ] www-apps/mythweb-0.19 (0.19)
[I--] [  ] x11-themes/mythtv-themes-0.19 (0)

pvrbox ~ # plugreport
Host Adapter 0
==============

Node 0 GUID 0x0011d80000092d44
------------------------------
libiec61883 error: error reading oMPR
libiec61883 error: error reading iMPR

Node 1 GUID 0x001371fffe9ec2f1
------------------------------
oMPR n_plugs=1, data_rate=2, bcast_channel=63
oPCR[0] online=1, bcast_connection=0, n_p2p_connections=1
         channel=63, data_rate=2, overhead_id=0, payload=376
iMPR n_plugs=0, data_rate=2

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