Gambit Declined wrote:
>On 4/12/05, 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 >> >> > >Sorry for the long quote, but I didn't see a soluation in this thread. >I'm having the same problems. However, I do have a bit of a twist. My >Mythtv box will always change the channel, but won't always record the >show. It reports that it has recorded it, but it is a 0 length file. >The really weird part is that it will record 1 out of 3 shows via >firewire, but miss the other two. Anyone have any ideas? >_______________________________________________ >mythtv-users mailing list >mythtv-users@mythtv.org >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > Possibly the show you are trying to record has protections enabled (or possibly the channel). Try a show that you know doesn't record. Just use test-mpeg2 to try to manually record it into a temporary directory and see what happens. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users