Congrats! My box is on Node 1 but I don't think that matters much.
You don't need to set the speed with plugctl. I just set it to 100 in
the mythtv-setup GUI and the backend sets it for me. I don't think it
matters that much what it's set to but 100 is plenty fast enough (not
sure about HD??)
I'm still having problems with some recordings being cut a bit short,
even though there are no errors on the backend. Otherwise, working
great! Next stop is to try some HD!
Have fun.
Curtis
On Oct 19, 2005, at 11:40 AM, Steve Adeff wrote:
So I got my DCT-6200 the other day, bought a firewire cable,
connected them
got it running so I can capture streams, compiled 6200ch and can
change
channels. Its amazing how painless my MythTV experience has been,
props to
all involved.
now on to why I responded to this thread...
How do I set the speed from 400mbps to 100mbps? Is there any plugctl
documentation? I can't seem to find any.
also, I notice my box is on node 2, it works and all, and I see
many people
have this setup. I'm hoping anyone that does, if they encountered
any issues
that I should be aware of?
I'd like to make sure it all works and check channels before going
through the
MythTV process, so any help in this is appreciated!
Thanks!
Steve
On Sunday 16 October 2005 21:00, Alex Brekken wrote:
Wow!! Big improvement for me. As I posted earlier, my firewire
reliability
was only around 60% (at best). Since running these commands I'm
batting
100% so far. It's only been a day, but I've tested it quite a bit and
haven't had any "false starts" from either live tv or recordings from
firewire. I also changed from point-to-point to broadcast, and
changed the
speed from 400 mbps to 100 mbps as suggested. I doubt these were
the reason
for the change since I've played with those settings quite a bit
before
with no improvement in reliability.
Question: since I have no idea what these plugctl commands really
do, I'm
wondering if they need to be re-run anytime the machine is
rebooted...?
Thanks Curtis for the great find! I know there's quite a few other
Firewire
users who have the same reliability problems, so I hope they give
this a
try.
On 10/14/05, Curtis Stanford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
OK, I think I've found something that helps with this firewire
stuff.
See this message:
http://www.netzwerk-aktiv.com/pub/doc/newsletters/linux1394-user/
html/
2344.html
I followed the advice in the first paragraph and typed:
plugctl -n 1 opcr[0].channel=63
plugctl -n 1 opcr[0].bcast_connection=1
Then I set the firewire connection to broadcast, 100Mbps in mythtv-
setup.
Now, the test-mpeg2 command works EVERY time (don't use the -r 1
argument, just test-mpeg2). Also, mythtv "Watch TV" command works
EVERY time where before it worked maybe 50% of the time or hung.
I have yet to see if it helps with my recordings being cut short but
I'll let the list know how it goes.
If anyone else benefits from this, please post your results.
Thanks
Curtis
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