[mythtv-users] Firewire issues w/ 0.21 in Mythbuntu 8.10

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On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Harry Devine <lifter89 at comcast.net> wrote:
> I just looked at that post and, while it describes my problem almost
> exactly, it says that a kernel higher that 2.6.23 has it fixed.  Well,
> my Mythbuntu 8.10 is 2.6.27 so I'm not sure why I'm still having the
> issue.  Could there be some old 1394 modules or something causing some
> issues?
>

One of the things about MythTV and firewire is that it doesn't/can't
use the "newer" firewire architecture. (See
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/FireWire )   So I had to use the
older firewire modules (libraw1394, etc.) from the ATrpms repository.
I would suspect that you are doing also using these older firewire
modules, so it is possible that these modules don't work 100% with the
2.6.27 kernel.


> Also, if I can't get this working, would adding an HDHomeRun help?  I
> was thinking about adding one anyway, but some shows that I record are
> on channels like Sci-Fi HD and USA HD, and to the best of my knowledge,
> those are only available through the firewire due to the 5C encryption.
> Looks like I'm at Comcast's mercy, huh?  ;-)
>

I don't have access to OTA or QAM signals, which is where the
HDHomeRun is best-suited.  But it would seem that using something
other than firewire would be done way to get around the problem.