[mythtv-users] Motorola 6200 firewire high def artifacts - Help me debug?

[Steven Adeff]

On 7/18/06, greg at nodecam.com <greg at nodecam.com> wrote:
> > I am also trying to solve an issue with a Motorola firewire box.
> > Could you describe the artifacts you are seeing. Do they crash your
> > backend? Have you tried switching from a point-to-point connection to
> > a broadcast connection? Have you tried increasing the firewire speed
> > in MythTVSetup.
>
> Basically it's like a skip in the stream - the whole screen goes very
> blocky, then resolves itself.  When watching the NHL playoffs, it was
> doing it every 10-20 seconds during play, making the game unwatchable.
>
> I can't get broadcast working, and firewire speed is set to 400 already
> (though I'll have to check on that to confirm)
>
> The backend is still stable though, it's just frustrating not being able
> to really use the system to record high def sports.
>
> I did some benchmarking on the hard drives, and they seem to be able to do
> sequential writes plenty fast for HD - I'm wondering if I have a bad
> firewire cable.  I guess replacing that is my next logical step.

does your cpu usage spike while recording?

-- 
Steve
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