[mythtv-users] Arris DCX3200M-P3 and firewire on Shaw

[Craig Treleaven]

> On Oct 13, 2015, at 3:09 PM, Jerome Yuzyk <jerome at supernet.ab.ca> wrote:
> On Monday, October 12, 2015 04:27:11 PM Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 4:08 PM, Jerome Yuzyk <jerome at supernet.ab.ca> wrote:
>>> The Arris DCX3200M-P3 I got from Shaw seems to have its firewire ports enabled, from the box's diagnostics, and the fact that I can use the 6200ch channel-changer (with mods) and test-mpeg2 captures content.
>>> 
>>> Is this enough of a test to suggest Myth can record from this box over firewire?
>> 
>> Maybe.  Reports vary widely regarding Shaw (and they seem to
>> "randomly" change the configs from time to time), but you may
>> want to check if the channels you want to actually record have
>> the 5C flag set, which would prevent them being recorded via
>> firewire and MythTV.  You can check in the diagnostic pages of
>> the STB for the current channel as I recall.
>> 
>> And last I remember seeing it reported Shaw does not support
>> the firewire port, so if it stops working, no one (at Shaw) will
>> care or help or replace the device.
> 
> Ack! It works! Yesterday I wrote a script to capture every channel I could get, minus music and PPV, and got 100% of 110 channels, about 20 of them HD. Today I dove into Myth and configured it all up with crossed fingers that it worked and I got the setup right: capture and channel-change over firewire, so far for one of the sports channels I wanted, and PBS. Now testing others. I didn't have to use Stuart's patches, just configured and ran as Glen did. Happy happy, at least for now. HDPVR sitting in reserve in case Shaw tosses everything.
> 
> Now I have to figure out tuning priorities. I'm leaving the STB 2nd to my PVR-500 until I can rely on the connection.
> 
It would be nice if you’d update the wiki with your experience:

https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Firewire_Cable_Box_Compatibility

Craig