[mythtv-users] Firewire stability/reliability DCT6200

[Mark Hutchinson]

I seem to be having a great deal of erratic and unstable behavior on 
Firewire and my DCT6200

Using CentOS 5.1 ( with plus kernel for firewire support ), I can 
reliably see the DCT6200 with plugreport.  So firewire is working fine.
The port is always 0 but the node goes between 0  and 1.  This is also 
fine, though it requires messing with mythtvsetup on each reboot which 
seems not very elegant.

The problems I am hoping to solve are the erratic nature of this once I 
get it configured.  Some times I seem to get data from firewire with 
test-mpeg2, and other times I just get a zero length file.  If it is 
working, I have it going through myth, I change channels, sometimes it 
works, sometimes it hangs for a minute and then to the main Myth Menu.  
After which I have to go through the setup again, reboot, etc......

I know the mechanics are working, sometimes I can get all channels 
coming to Myth fine, change channel, record etc....
This solution will work very well, if I can just get it to work almost 
all of the time, now it is almost none of the time.

Any advice on what I can do to try to stabilize this? I have seen 
references to priming? 
Things to check, diagnostics?

After a couple of full days with this, I am really looking for some 
assistance to fix it.

Thank you.