On Wednesday 11 January 2006 12:19, N Dugas wrote: > Steve Adeff wrote: > > On Tuesday 10 January 2006 22:39, N Dugas wrote: > >>Steve Adeff wrote: > >>>On Monday 09 January 2006 22:03, N Dugas wrote: > >>>>Hi all, > >>>> > >>>>I've managed to get my Gentoo box (new Myth box in process of being > >>>>built) to be able to see my DCT-6412. Recently, I recorded a PPV and > >>>>would like to x-fer it to my PC to offload some PVR content (to make > >>>>space for my series recordings). Until now, I've been able to play > >>>> back the content and use test-mpeg2 to record it. With this PPV, I > >>>> get a 0 length file. For fun, I stoped playback of my PPV recording > >>>> and changed channel. The file size started increasing. Is there a > >>>> way for me to tell if my recording is protected and therefore will not > >>>> play over the firewire port? > >>>> > >>>>On the same note, could I record a PPV when I order it with Myth > >>>> instead of on my 6412? > >>>> > >>>>Thanks, > >>>>Norm > >>> > >>>Have the channel/recording you want to extract playing, Power off, hit > >>>select immediately, go to d11 and see what 5C is set to, only 0 will let > >>>you transfer over firewire to a PC. You might be able to transfer a live > >>>PPV while a recorded one you can't as well... > >>> > >>>You won't be able to take advantage of dual tuner over firewire, as all > >>>firewire does it output what you send to the TV, so your best off with a > >>>single tuner HDTV cablebox and no DVR functionality for Myth use. > >> > >>I tried the process you mentionned but it only works when I'm using the > >>tuners. When using the PVR, nothing happens when I press select. I'm > >>going to assume that I can't transfer it to my linux box and press on > >>with my myth install. > >> > >>One thing I've noticed is the same thing that others have reported... > >>inconsistent captures using test-mpeg2. Sometimes it works, somtimes > >>not. Something else to look at but only after I get myth running (most > >>likely tomorrow night I'll have more time to set it up). > > > > so when you play back a recording you get no stream via firewire? sounds > > like it enabled 5C for recorded shows. > > > > as for the inconsistency, does it quit randomly while transfering data or > > you loose connection randomly between trasnfers? > > What I've noticed is that it either works or it doesn't. There's not > stopping in mid-capture unless I try to play back the PPV in question. > I've started verifying the oPCR setting and I'll be keeping track of > them to see when it captures and doesn't capture. > > I tried to capture again with the test-mpeg2 from libiec61883 0.1.0 > tarball and I ran into the same "File size limit exceeded" issue. I'm > now thinking it's not a filesystem issue but a header file definition > setting the file size limit to 32 bits. I did some digging around and I > may need to enable largefile via a CFLAG option. > > Norm
strange, someone else mentioned more than one version of test-mpeg2, this may be it too, using different versions... So it sounds like your having the same issue with capturing as other DCT users. As soon as I can get a dev to help me write a test patch for us we may be able to test a fix for this... -- Steve _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
