[mythtv-users] Firewire and DCT-6200

[Donald Oakes]

Curtis Stanford wrote:

>
> 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
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I have the same difficulty as you, Curtis.  I've even written a program 
to automatically run test-mpeg2 until success each time the channel is 
changed.  Recording is still about 50% reliable via firewire.

 - Donald