[mythtv-users] Firewire Problems, was working

[Greg Mitchell]

Allan Wilson wrote:
> My firewire connection stopped working two days ago and it seems to be 
> something in Myth causing the problem. I can capture using test-mpeg2 
> and playback find using mplayer. If I try to view or record HD through 
> Myth I either get a completely blank screen or it is just a bunch of 
> horizontal lines with lots of black space in between. Here is what the 
> frontend says when I tried to view HD and saw a black screen:
>
> 2006-09-12 16:48:48.048 Connecting to backend server: 
> 192.168.0.184:6543 <http://192.168.0.184:6543> (try 1 of 3)
> 2006-09-12 16:48:48.049 Using protocol version 30
> 2006-09-12 16:48:48.054 TV: Attempting to change from None to 
> WatchingLiveTV
> 2006-09-12 16:48:48.054 Using protocol version 30
> 2006-09-12 16:48:49.996 AFD: Opened codec 0x9010d60, id(MPEG2VIDEO) 
> type(Video)
> 2006-09-12 16:48:49.997 AFD: Opened codec 0x9011360, id(AC3) type(Audio)
> 2006-09-12 16:48:50.030 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
> 2006-09-12 16:48:50.069 VideoOutputXv: XvMCTex: Init failed
> 2006-09-12 16:48:50.069 VideoOutputXv: XVideo Adaptor Name: 'NV17 
> Video Texture'X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
>   Major opcode:  140
>   Minor opcode:  14
>   Resource id:  0x1c0
> 2006-09-12 16:48:50.731 TV: Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> 2006-09-12 16:48:50.731 The realtime priority setting is not enabled.
> 2006-09-12 16:48:50.886 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
> 2006-09-12 16:48:51.009 AFD: Opened codec 0x928ce60, id(MPEG2VIDEO) 
> type(Video)
> 2006-09-12 16:48:51.010 AFD: Opened codec 0x928d1a0, id(AC3) type(Audio)

I'm far from an expert, but are you sure that it's the firewire that's 
not working here?  To me, that log looks more like it's maybe a playback 
problem.  Have you tried scheduling a recording just to see if Myth is 
able to capture data, then playing it back in mplayer or something?

Greg