[mythtv-users] help with motorola dct-3416

Kenneth Emerson kenneth.emerson at gmail.com
Wed Aug 19 15:13:55 UTC 2009


On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 6:31 AM, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 3:24 AM, Steve Herber<herber at thing.com> wrote:
> > I recently upgraded my mythtv setup from an analog pvr-250 to using a
> > Motorola dct-3416 for my input device.  I have it configured in
> > broadcast mode at 100Mbps, and everything else at their default values.
> > For software I am running a recent gentoo version of mythtv marked
> > mythtv-0.21_p20877.0
> >
> > The problem I have is that I can't always get data from the firewire
> > interface.  I see the problem when I select live tv and after
> > the screen goes to black it returns to the main menu after a few
> > seconds.  Other times I get a warning followed by the message:
> >
> >        You should have gotten a channel lock by now.  You can continue
> >        to wait for a signal, or you can change the channels with Up or
> >        Down, change video source (Y), or inputs (c), etc.
> >
> > Some recordings work great, and the digital quality is noticeable, but
> > other recordings are just blank, and in fact the video data file is
> > empty.  When the problem occurs I have been restarting by backend and
> > that seems to help for a while.
> >
> > Some questions are, should I be having these problems?  Should I modify
> > my configuration?  Should I try to get a different cable box from
> > Comcast in the Seattle area?
>
> Are you sure the channels you're trying to view are unencrypted?


Check out the helpful programs at (specifically scanfw):

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/majoridiot

-- Ken

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