[mythtv-users] Firewire and DCT-6200

Curtis Stanford curtis at stanfordcomputing.com
Mon Oct 17 03:21:56 UTC 2005


Yes, the commands need to be run after a reboot. I'm glad that helped.

Curtis

On Oct 16, 2005, at 7:00 PM, Alex Brekken wrote:

> Wow!!  Big improvement for me.  As I posted earlier, my firewire  
> reliability was only around 60% (at best).  Since running these  
> commands I'm batting 100% so far.  It's only been a day, but I've  
> tested it quite a bit and haven't had any "false starts" from  
> either live tv or recordings from firewire.  I also changed from  
> point-to-point to broadcast, and changed the speed from 400 mbps to  
> 100 mbps as suggested.  I doubt these were the reason for the  
> change since I've played with those settings quite a bit before  
> with no improvement in reliability.
>
> Question:  since I have no idea what these plugctl commands really  
> do, I'm wondering if they need to be re-run anytime the machine is  
> rebooted...?
>
> Thanks Curtis for the great find! I know there's quite a few other  
> Firewire users who have the same reliability problems, so I hope  
> they give this a try.
>
>
> On 10/14/05, Curtis Stanford <curtis at stanfordcomputing.com> wrote:  
> OK, I think I've found something that helps with this firewire stuff.
> See this message:
>
> http://www.netzwerk-aktiv.com/pub/doc/newsletters/linux1394-user/html/
> 2344.html
>
> I followed the advice in the first paragraph and typed:
>
> plugctl -n 1 opcr[0].channel=63
> plugctl -n 1 opcr[0].bcast_connection=1
>
> Then I set the firewire connection to broadcast, 100Mbps in mythtv-
> setup.
>
> Now, the test-mpeg2 command works EVERY time (don't use the -r 1
> argument, just test-mpeg2). Also, mythtv "Watch TV" command works
> EVERY time where before it worked maybe 50% of the time or hung.
>
> I have yet to see if it helps with my recordings being cut short but
> I'll let the list know how it goes.
>
> If anyone else benefits from this, please post your results.
>
> Thanks
>
> Curtis
>
>
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