[mythtv-commits] Ticket #5278: Firewire Uses Bad Port Number and Fails

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#5278: Firewire Uses Bad Port Number and Fails
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 Reporter:  scottadmi at gmail.com  |        Owner:         
     Type:  defect               |       Status:  new    
 Priority:  minor                |    Milestone:  unknown
Component:  mythtv               |      Version:  0.21   
 Severity:  medium               |   Resolution:         
  Mlocked:  0                    |  
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Comment(by eric at lisaneric.org):

 The restart script wouldn't work for me, since I don't seem to get
 anything in the log file when the problem happens.

 What I've noticed is that the backend will always lose the ability to
 control the box if it tries to tune to a channel that is (I believe) 5C
 encrypted.

 On the other hand, majoridiot's scanfw utility
 (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/majoridiot) can scan the encrypted channels
 without losing control of the box, so it still seems like a problem in the
 backend, not something fundamentally wrong with the STB or firewire
 connection.

 I don't know who's working on firewire capture and who has moved on to the
 HD-PVR.  When it works, firewire capture should be the preferred solution,
 since it avoids a digtial-analog-digital conversion step.

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