[mythtv-users] Firewire and DCT-6200

[Curtis Stanford]

On Oct 12, 2005, at 2:35 PM, Todd Greene wrote:

> For what its worth, I use the DCT-6200 and Firewire reliably.   
> However, I can't give you my system specifics, since my root  
> partition of my HD crashed yesterday, and I can't boot the system.   
> However, it took a while to get it to work right, and each system  
> reboot (which thankfully wasn't often) required a manual process.   
> I was using the firewire port built-in to the Foxconn motherboard.
>
> (1) Run plugreport: .  Each time I rebooted, the DCT would show up  
> either in node 0 or node 1 (often changing per reboot).  So, for  
> each reboot, I would have to re-run mythtvsetup and change the  
> DCT-6200 node if it had changed.  There seemed to be no rhyme or  
> reason as to why it keeps changing nodes on reboots.
>
> (2) Get test-mpeg2 to work:  On each reboot, I would need to run  
> "test-mpeg2 -r [NODE#]"  mutiple times (This step is KEY!!) until I  
> get some output.  You'll know when you get output, its basically a  
> stream of binary junk to stdout.  If you don't see output after 1  
> second, press ctrl-c and try again.  With 10 tries, you'll get it  
> to work.
>
> (3) Now start mythbackend, and it should work "reliably" until the  
> next reboot.
>
> Hope this is helpful.  Once I rebuilt my machine with a new HD,  
> I'll be happy to answer specific config questions...
>
> -- Todd

Yes, I do all of these things as well. However, it doesn't work  
reliably for me even after these steps. Thanks Todd

Curtis