[mythtv-users] An idea for one of the firewire problems

Michael Haan michael.haan at gmail.com
Mon Jan 9 18:09:22 UTC 2006


On 1/9/06, Steve Adeff <adeffs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sunday 08 January 2006 23:34, Adam Propeck wrote:
> > On 1/8/06, Steve Adeff <adeffs at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Sunday 08 January 2006 21:20, Adam Propeck wrote:
> > > > On 1/8/06, Steve Adeff <adeffs at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Gentlemen, I posted this to the dev list, but haven't gotten a
> > >
> > > response,
> > >
> > > > > I feel it might have been "lost" in the thread to the
> uninterested.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm hoping its a trivial thing to do, I'm just not equiped to do
> such
> > >
> > > a
> > >
> > > > > change
> > > > > and am hoping one of you might be able to whip something together
> in
> > > > > a few minutes for me to test.
> > > > >
> > > > > One of the issues I'm tracking as part of my firewire "project" is
> > > > > why the DCT62xx series misses recordings sometimes. Now that I
> > > > > finally got
> > >
> > > my
> > >
> > > > > DCT62xx
> > > > > capturing via firewire (added a second cablebox), I think I may
> have
> > > > > found a
> > > > > way around the problem. Most people said they had to unplug the
> cable
> > > > > from the box and plug it back in to "reset" it, which is something
> I
> > > > > found as well. Jeremy suggested I use gscanbus to reset the bus
> > >
> > > instead,
> > >
> > > > > wonderfuly,
> > > > > his suggestion was spot on allowing me to not have to crawl behind
> my
> > > > > home theatre equipment anymore. I've "tested" this method of
> fixing
> > >
> > > quite
> > >
> > > > > a few times as I find the connection gets lost at least once a
> day,
> > >
> > > and
> > >
> > > > > usually everytime no signal is collected from the box for ~2hrs.
> > > > >
> > > > > I was wondering if one of you could whip together a patch that
> > > > > will force a reset on the Host(Port)/Node that the firewire
> > > > > connection
> > >
> > > is
> > >
> > > > > on
> > > > > before every recording and every entry into LiveTV?
> > > > >
> > > > > This may also help channel changes, so perhaps placing the bus
> reset
> > > > > before
> > > > > Myth changes the channel would be a good place for this step to
> go.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for your time,
> > > > > Steve
> > > >
> > > > Who is the cable provider you're using? I haven't noticed this with
> > >
> > > Charter
> > >
> > > > really. Granted I just got mine setup recently.
> > >
> > > Comcast, if its not an issue for all providors/boxes, it can be an
> option
> > > in
> > > mythtv-setup. I just would like to see if it does fix the problem.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > huh. does this happen to the STB if it's not hooked up via firewire to
> your
> > Myth box? I mean, does it lock up occasionally still? I'm new to this
> STB,
> > so please bear with my questions.
> >
>
> nothing locks up, the computer just stops being able to receive the mpeg
> stream over firewire until the bus is reset. this can occur by unplugging
> the
> firewire cable and plugging it back in, or using gscanbus's reset bus
> option
> (which sadly is GUI only).
>
> Why it does this, I don't realy know, but it does, and from my
> understanding
> it happens to quite a few folks, so I figure I'd try and find a solution.
>
> --
> Steve
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Happens to me as well.
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