[mythtv-users] firewire capture freezes fairly often - Motorola DCT 6200
Mark Knecht
markknecht at gmail.com
Fri Mar 21 19:07:24 UTC 2008
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Curtis Stanford
<curtis at stanfordcomputing.com> wrote:
> On 20-Mar-08, at 6:18 PM, Damen Cole wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am using MythTV 0.21 release on a high end server (a dedicated
> > master backend) with a PCI firewire card (NEC chipset I believe)
> > connected to a Motorola DCT 6200. I am experiencing a problem where
> > periodically (~once every 4 hours of watched/recorded TV - more
> > frequent with HD) the backend and cable box stop talking. In order
> > to fix the problem I have to fiddle with the firewire speed settings
> > (i.e. broadcast -> p2p -> broadcast and back). Sometimes I even have
> > to shutdown the cable box and server in order to get the data
> > flowing again.
>
> Hi Damen, I have the same box as you and am running 100% stable right
> now with 0.21. I use to run broadcast without much problem but then I
> followed the wiki at http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/FireWire and
> followed the instructions for p2p setup. It's been working perfectly
> ever since. I think the kernel is important, also. This firewire stuff
> has some bugs in earlier versions. Try to run at least a 2.6.24 kernel.
>
> Curtis
>
Curtis,
What 1394 OHCI controler are using? I've had problems with NEC
controllers in the past. Much better luck with TI. So so with Via.
- Mark
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