Yes, seems very similar to my issues. I'm on an AMD as well (3000+) nforce2 chipset my box is also node2. Where do you see the p2p / broadcast setting in mythsetup? I don't recall seeing it in the latest CVS build, perhaps I missed it.
On Apr 12, 2005 8:30 AM, Byron Poland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 12, 2005 11:16 AM, Chris Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > I've been using MythTV for a while now with a pvr-250 and it's been > > exceedingly stable, however I've recently got a 6200 cable box from > > Adelphia so I figured I'd check out the firewire support. Since I've > > started that I'm running into nothing but trouble. I've tried 0.17 > > and the latest cvs version. > > > > I can dump video from the box with no issues with test-mpeg2, and > > change channels with 6200ch so I'm sure the box is connected > > correctly. When I try to record a progrem with myth, or watch live TV > > I usually get a bit of video (anywhere from a few frames, to maximum 1 > > minute) and then the recording will stop. I see messages like the > > following in the backend log > > > > 2005-04-12 07:10:05.839 Firewire: No Input in 15 seconds [P:0 N:2] (select) > > > > After this happens the backend still thinks it's recording, but no > > more data is being captured. When the program is supposed to end I > > get the standard Finished Recoding message in the log, but there's > > only that small inital bit of data in the file. > > > > Additionally if trying to watch Live TV changing channels usually > > fails and the frontend either locks up, or drops back to the main menu > > after ~ 30 seconds of a black screen > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Thanks! > > > > -Chris > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > Not that I can help, but I'm seeing some similar issues too. I just > got a 6200 from comcast, and am able to record using test-mpeg2 and > change channels with 6200ch. If I restart everything, re-run > mythtv-setup and change the start channel for the cablebox input to a > channel I know I can get with it, restart the backend and frontend, > and tune to the firewire input I can see live tv, and even record it > fine. the trouble starts when I try to change the channel. using the > up and down arrows is out of the question, I just go black and the > frontend locks up. tuning with a channel number changes the channel > on the cable box, but the front end still locks up. I'm trying to > figure out if I should be using the p2p or broadcast setting in > mythtv-setup. plugreport shows my box at host 0 and node 2. (note on > this system I couldn't even get it to work until I disabled the > onboard ieee1394 controller this is an amd64 ASUS AV8 board). > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
