[mythtv-users] Firewire Success Stories?

[Larry K]

This thread doesn't give me a warm-fuzzy re: firewire.  Is anyone else
having success?

On 11/27/06, Yeechang Lee <ylee at pobox.com> wrote:
>
> Tom Greer <trgreer at gmail.com> says:
> > I've experimented with multiple DCT-6200s and multiple DCT-6412s.  I
> > have observed no difference in the reliability of the firewire
> > output between the models.  Both are require persistence in
> > establishing a reliable connection.  Then they will work *extremely*
> > reliably for an unforecastable period of time.  Then they switch
> > ports (or just decide to be flaky again) for no obvious reason.
>
> This--weeks, or months, of 100% reliability[1], followed by an hour or
> two of frustration with migrating ports or whatnot before working
> again for weeks or months--is exactly my experience with FireWire with
> my two 6200s . . . *Before* I swtiched, as per Jim Westfall's advice,
> to the method I outlined at
> <URL:http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/233570#233570>
> (from one week ago).
>
> [1] Excluding channel switching, which always has and probably always
> will fail once every 20-30 recordings.
>
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