[mythtv-users] Firewire: plugreport shows nothing

[Allan Wilson]

On 11/4/06, Rob Baumstark <rbaumstark at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I never received any feedback on the linux1394 mailing list.  So I
> > bought a new firewire card (side note: the original card was $40 at
> > CompUSA; I'll be taking it back.  I ordered a new one from newegg for
> > $12!).
> >
> > Anyway, now I get the following when I run plugreport:
> >
> > Host Adapter 0
> > ==============
> >
> > Node 0 GUID 0x00004c0100003fe7
> > ------------------------------
> > libiec61883 error: error reading oMPR
> > libiec61883 error: error reading iMPR
> >
> > Node 1 GUID 0x0016b5fffeabb4f0
> > ------------------------------
> > oMPR n_plugs=1, data_rate=2, bcast_channel=63
> > oPCR[0] online=1, bcast_connection=0, n_p2p_connections=0
> >         channel=1, data_rate=2, overhead_id=0, payload=376
> > iMPR n_plugs=0, data_rate=2
>
> You might not want to hear this after spending that cash - but I've
> gotten my firewire at least partially working again.  Plugreport is
> reporting stuff exists at least, I haven't yet gotten to the point of
> trying to capture data over it.  I mention it because I'm running the
> same firewire hardware as you were - below is my lspci output.
>
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different
> version?) (rev c1)
> 00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev
> c1)
> 00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev
> c1)
> 00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev
> c1)
> 00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev
> c1)
> 00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev
> c1)
> 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
> 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
> 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
> 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
> 00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
> 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet
> Controller (rev a1)
> 00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce Audio
> Processing Unit (rev a2)
> 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97
> Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
> 00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev
> a3)
> 00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
> 00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire
> (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a3)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
> 01:07.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16
> (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
> 01:09.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit
> Ethernet Controller (rev 02)
> 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AP [Radeon
> 9600]
> 02:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AP [Radeon
> 9600] (Secondary)
>
> And my plugreport now looks just like yours.  Also - I don't seem to
> have the ieee1394 module installed.  I'm getting by with only the
> following firewire-related modules loaded.
>
> # lsmod | grep 1394
> dv1394                 14420  0
> ohci1394               25584  1 dv1394
> raw1394                19892  0
>
>
> > I have only the cable STB plugged into the firewire card.  So I'm not
> > sure if the STB is on node 0 or 1.
>
> Its on node 1.
>
> > Either way, test-mpeg2 > file produces an empty (zero byte) file.
>
> Try the stuff over at:  http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/FireWire
> I've had better luck in the past in p2p mode than broadcast - but I
> think the userbase is split almost 50/50 between them as to what works
> better, so experiment with both till it works.
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