[mythtv-users] Problems with FireWire recording

Jason spuppet at comcast.net
Sun Mar 16 16:10:20 UTC 2008


Hi,

I'm using a 0.21 setup with a dedicated backend that has a DCH-3200 attached 
via firewire.  The firewire drivers are those included with 
2.6.18-53.1.13.el5 on my Centos-5.1 system.  Modinfo for raw1394 doesn't 
report a version other than the kernel version.  This is all on a x86_64 
system.

Occasionally, my firewire connection to the DCH-3200 goes nuts and needs to 
be reset.  I'm OK with that, I guess, as doesn't seem to be an uncommon 
problem and searching on the Gossamer archives seems to indicate it might be 
a problem with the Linux firewire driver.

The problem I do have is the fact that myth gets all retarded about the 
situation and I get an hour's worth of logs saying that it hasn't received 
any input every 50 msec.  (In the example below, I was testing disabled 
resets, but the behavior is the same with it enabled.)  I'm glad that it 
keeps trying, but there's a point where I'd just like it to give up, 
reschedule the recording and move on.  From what I've seen on my system, it 
will record other programs on other channels later, so somehow things 
recover.

Is there a way I can help Myth get through all the stages of grief to accept 
that the firewire connection is just plain gone and it should give up on 
this recording?  I've tried with reset enabled and disabled and that didn't 
help.

Should I be using a custom channel change script that performs some mojo 
before returning?  I've read lots of reference to that, but I saw some notes 
that said those weren't going to be necessary for 0.21.

Also, I don't believe that the program I was trying to record had the 5C 
flag set.  It did the same thing at midnight last night, but I was able to 
catch it and powercycle the box, etc., and rescue 55 minutes of the program 
successfully.

Thanks!
Jason

--------------------

2008-03-15 18:00:04.487 Started recording: Torchwood "A Day in the Death": 
channel 5162 on cardid 1, sourceid 5
2008-03-15 18:00:05.020 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 50 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:05.071 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 100 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:05.121 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 150 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:05.171 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 200 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:05.221 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 250 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:05.271 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 300 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:05.321 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 350 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:05.371 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 400 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:05.421 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 450 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:05.471 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 500 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:05.521 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 550 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:05.571 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 600 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:05.621 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 650 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:05.671 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 700 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:05.721 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 750 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:05.771 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 800 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:05.821 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 850 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:05.872 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 900 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:05.923 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 950 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:05.973 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 
1000 msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:06.024 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 
1050 msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:06.025 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C): ResetBus() -- begin
2008-03-15 18:00:06.025 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: Bus Reset 
disabled
   eno: Success (0)
2008-03-15 18:00:06.025 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C): ResetBus() -- end
2008-03-15 18:00:06.076 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 50 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:06.127 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 100 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:06.178 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 150 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:06.229 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 200 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:06.280 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 250 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:06.331 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 300 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:06.382 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 350 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:06.433 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 400 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:06.484 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 450 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:06.535 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 500 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:06.586 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 550 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:06.637 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 600 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:06.688 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 650 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:06.739 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 700 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:06.790 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 750 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:06.841 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 800 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:06.892 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 850 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:06.943 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 900 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:06.994 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 950 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:07.045 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 
1000 msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:07.096 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 
1050 msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:07.097 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C): ResetBus() -- begin
2008-03-15 18:00:07.097 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: Bus Reset 
disabled
   eno: Success (0)
2008-03-15 18:00:07.098 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C): ResetBus() -- end
2008-03-15 18:00:07.148 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 50 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:07.199 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 100 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:07.250 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 150 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:07.301 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 200 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:07.352 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 250 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:07.403 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 300 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:07.454 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 350 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:07.505 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 400 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:07.556 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 450 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:07.607 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 500 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:07.658 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 550 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:07.709 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 600 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:07.760 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 650 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:07.811 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 700 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:07.862 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 750 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:07.913 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 800 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:07.964 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 850 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:08.015 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 900 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:08.066 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 950 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:08.117 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 
1000 msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:08.168 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 
1050 msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:08.169 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C): ResetBus() -- begin
2008-03-15 18:00:08.169 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: Bus Reset 
disabled
   eno: Success (0)
2008-03-15 18:00:08.169 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C): ResetBus() -- end
2008-03-15 18:00:08.220 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 50 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:08.271 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 100 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:08.322 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 150 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:08.373 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 200 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:08.424 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 250 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:08.476 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 300 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:08.527 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 350 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:08.578 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 400 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:08.629 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 450 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:08.680 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 500 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:08.731 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 550 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:08.782 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 600 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:08.833 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 650 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:08.884 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 700 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:08.935 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 750 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:08.986 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 800 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:09.037 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 850 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:09.088 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 900 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:09.139 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 950 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:09.190 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 
1000 msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:09.241 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 
1050 msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:09.241 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C): ResetBus() -- begin
2008-03-15 18:00:09.242 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: Bus Reset 
disabled
   eno: Success (0)
2008-03-15 18:00:09.242 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C): ResetBus() -- end
2008-03-15 18:00:09.293 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 50 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:09.344 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 100 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:09.395 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 150 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:09.446 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 200 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:09.497 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 250 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:09.548 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 300 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:09.599 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 350 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:09.650 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 400 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:09.701 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 450 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:09.752 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 500 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:09.802 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 550 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:09.852 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 600 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:09.902 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 650 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:09.952 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 700 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:10.002 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 750 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:10.052 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 800 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:10.102 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 850 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:10.152 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 900 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:10.202 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 950 
msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:10.252 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 
1000 msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:10.302 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: No Input in 
1050 msec...
2008-03-15 18:00:10.302 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C): ResetBus() -- begin
2008-03-15 18:00:10.303 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C), Warning: Bus Reset 
disabled
   eno: Success (0)
2008-03-15 18:00:10.303 LFireDev(001C11FFFEA5730C): ResetBus() -- end 




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