[mythtv-users] Re: firewire recording problems

Scott Zadigian scott.zadigian at gmail.com
Sun Jun 12 01:50:24 UTC 2005


Well I tried a bunch of things and nothing worked.  Then I did an
'apt-get dist-update' and I pulled down a bunch of updated myth files
and everything worked magically.  I'll chalk this one up to a mystery
that doesn't need to be solved.

On 6/7/05, Scott Zadigian <scott.zadigian at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just spent the weekend getting my first myth box up and running
> using the excellent "fedora myth how-to" guide and I'm having a little
> trouble with firewire recordings. I have the Motorola 6400 box and can
> sucessfully use 'test-mpeg2 -r 1' to capture HDTV onto my HD. However,
> when I setup my mythbackend and configure the firewire recording
> device as...
> 
> Firewire Model: DCT-6200
> Firewire Connection Type: Point to Point and Broadcast (I've tried both)
> Firewire Port: 0
> Firewire Node: 1
> Firewire Speed: 100Mbps
> Default Input: MPEG2TS
> 
> ... all of my recordings fail. Here is some of my relevant info. If
> anyone can see what i'm doing wrong i'd appreciate the help. I'm a
> complete linux/myth/firewire recording newb, so I would imagine it is
> prolly something quite simple.
> 
> 
> current '#plugreport' output -
> Host Adapter 0
> ==============
> 
> Node 0 GUID 0x00023c002103172e
> ------------------------------
> libiec61883 error: error reading oMPR
> libiec61883 error: error reading iMPR
> 
> Node 1 GUID 0x001225fffef368dc
> ------------------------------
> oMPR n_plugs=1, data_rate=2, bcast_channel=63
> oPCR[0] online=1, bcast_connection=0, n_p2p_connections=0
> channel=63, data_rate=0, overhead_id=0, payload=376
> iMPR n_plugs=0, data_rate=2
> 
> 
> some mythbackend log messages-
> 2005-06-05 21:32:53.485 Started recording "Law & Order: Criminal
> Intent" on channel: 1211 on
> cardid: 1, sourceid 1
> 2005-06-05 21:32:53.489 FireWireChannel: channel:211 cmds: 0x487c22,
> 0x487c21, 0x487c21
> 2005-06-05 21:32:55.068 Changing from None to RecordingOnly
> 2005-06-05 21:32:55.081 Firewire: Initializing Port: 0, Node: 1, Speed: 100Mbps
> 2005-06-05 21:32:55.082 Firewire: Creating P2P Connection with Node: 1
> libiec61883 warning: Established connection on channel 0.
> You may need to manually set the channel on the receiving node.
> 2005-06-05 21:32:55.086 Firewire: Created Channel: 0, Bandwidth Allocation: 2028
> 2005-06-05 21:32:55.087 Firewire: Changing Speed 200Mbps -> 100Mbps
> 2005-06-05 21:33:10.104 Firewire: No Input in 15 seconds [P:0 N:1] (select)
> 2005-06-05 21:33:50.784 Starting Commercial Flagging for "Law & Order:
> Criminal Intent" recorded
> from channel 1211 at Sun Jun 5 21:33:00 2005.
> 2005-06-05 21:33:51.153 New DB connection, total: 1
> 
> -Scott
>


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