Steve, When I try test-mpeg2 I get the following:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] examples]# ./test-mpeg2 -r 0 >/tmp/junk.ts libiec61883 warning: No plugs exist on either node; using default broadcast channel 63. Starting to receive It says it is starting to receive, but I end up with a zero length file. Since I have two different cards, how does it know which card I my device is on? Thanks, Mike --- Steve Adeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 12 December 2005 00:02, Mike Smith wrote: > > Steve, > > > > Here is the output of lspci: > > > > > > 01:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments > > TSB82AA2 IEEE-1394b Link Layer Controller (rev 01) > > > > 01:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments > > TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) > > looks good, from what I've seen TI makes the better > of the FireWire chipsets. > My laptop has one and whenever I connect it to a > cablebox its been nothing > short of perfect. > > > I think the second one is the for the onboard > 1394. > > The first is the > > Belkin card I recently installed. The Belkin card > was > > on the Hardware > > Compatibility list on the linux1394.org web site. > > > > How do I find out if the 5C Digital Rights > Management > > is enabled > > on my video stream. > > When connecting the firewire to your PC, if you get > a channel over firewire it > is set to 5C=0 (ie disabled) (if that box even > supports 5C?). The DCT6xxx > series has a service menu that you can use to see if > 5C is enabled. I don't > know about the receiver you have though. Check > avsforum.com you might be able > to find something. > > But the other way is to tune the channel and see if > it outputs the video over > firewire and is picked up by your PC. OTA stations > are not supposed to be > blocked, and usually the basic cable channels are > not. Its the movie channels > (like HBO) and extended digital cable channels that > are, when the cable > company decides to do it. My fathers cable company > has no 5C restrictions > even though they can, mine has 5C enabled on all but > the OTA and basic cable > channels. Both are Comcast, though in different > areas! > > try running test-mpeg2 with it connected to your pci > firewire card and see if > you can get one of the OTA channels (PBS HD is > usually a good one to try) to > stream. > > > > > Note - when I connect my SA3250HD to my television > > with the firewire > > connection, I think I get every channel via > firewire, > > which surprised > > me. I get the 900 level HDTV channels ( including > the > > local HDTV > > channels in Cincinnati ), I even get the analog > > stations from > > channel 3 - 100. The latter surprised me. > > > > Thanks, > > Your TV supports 5C and so can tell the cable box > that it is a 5C=1 device > (view once). So while totally cool from a technology > perspective, useless for > testing for PC capture =( > > -- > Steve > > > > > Mike > > > > --- Steve Adeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Saturday 10 December 2005 01:29, Mike Smith > > > > > > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I'm trying to get my SA3250HD cable box to > work > > > > > > with > > > > > > > the Firewire capture. > > > > Cable company is Time Warner in Cincinnati. > After > > > > > > a > > > > > > > lot of phone calls, > > > > and email, they finally give me an SA3250HD > with > > > > active 1394 ports. I > > > > can connect it to the 1394 ports on my TV and > > > > > > watch > > > > > > > HDTV from it. > > > > > > > > I struggled for weeks to try getting this to > work > > > > > > with > > > > > > > the onboard > > > > 1394 ports on my ASUS motherboard. Built the > > > > > > 2.6.12 > > > > > > > kernel needed > > > > for latest drivers from linux1394.org. No > luck. > > > > > > I > > > > > > > try following > > > > Jarod's guide for setting it up on Fedora ( > I'm > > > > > > using > > > > > > > Mandrivia 2006 ). > > > > I finally noticed Jarods comment that he could > not > > > > > > get > > > > > > > the FW ports on > > > > his ASUS motherboard to work, so I purchased > a > > > > > > Belkin > > > > > > > 1394 board that > > > > was recommended on the linux1394.org site. > > > > > > > > I have it in. The card is recognized. But, > I > > > > > > can't > > > > > > > figure out > > > > what is meant by port and node in a two board > > > > > > context. > > > > > > > Here > > > > is the output of plugreport: > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# plugreport > > > > Host Adapter 0 > > > > ============== > > > > > > > > Node 0 GUID 0x00e0180000899531 > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > libiec61883 error: error reading oMPR > > > > libiec61883 error: error reading iMPR > > > > > > > > Host Adapter 1 > > > > ============== > > > > > > > > Node 0 GUID 0x000f2142f10c0000 > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > oMPR n_plugs=1, data_rate=2, bcast_channel=63 > > > > oPCR[0] online=1, bcast_connection=0, > > > > n_p2p_connections=0 > > > > channel=0, data_rate=0, overhead_id=0, > > > > payload=146 > > > > iMPR n_plugs=0, data_rate=2 > > > > > > > > Node 1 GUID 0x00d0035600b17934 > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > libiec61883 error: error reading oMPR > > > > libiec61883 error: error reading iMPR > > > > > > > > > > > > What should I use a node and port in the > > > > > > mythtv-setup > > > > > > > for the firewire > > > > capture device? > > > > > > > > An interesting side note: I disabled the > onboard > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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