Re: [mythtv-users] SA 3250HD firewire issues
Brad House wrote: I was just looking at this device ... http://www.adstech.com/products/API-555/sysreq/API555req.asp?pid=API-555 It looks like it more or less converts component into FireWire (can do more than that though). Looks like SDTV only even with component inputs. " Capture Resolution: NTSC: 720 x 480 @ 30 frames per second PAL: 720 x 576 @ 25 frame per second" Jeff. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] SA 3250HD firewire issues
I was just looking at this device ... http://www.adstech.com/products/API-555/sysreq/API555req.asp?pid=API-555 It looks like it more or less converts component into FireWire (can do more than that though). Drawbacks being it only takes stereo audio, but can get around that by capturing off a soundcard that supports digital input... Also, i'd need to hack MythTV to support raw 1394, instead of MPEG2 compressed streams, but that shouldn't be much work, just means the CPU requirements will shoot through the roof. (Also, I can't tell, it's possible that it might downgrade the video to 420p, which would not be very good, but still better than most other solutions for the price :/ ~$180.00 @ CDW) -Brad Brad Templeton wrote: On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 09:15:48PM -0500, Brad House wrote: interesting ... I would have thought it would have to interpret/construct the data before passing it on ... Obviously I'm wrong ... None the less, I'd like to see a card that could handle Component or HDMI/DVI input... That HD3000 card says it can handle composite or SVideo in, so I'd have figured it's at least doing something there? (just need to expand upon that for component I would think, though DVI/HDMI might diverge a bit more .. don't know) -Brad There are such cards, they cost thousands. A summary of this very FAQ: http://www.templetons.com/brad/myth/hdtv.html ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] SA 3250HD firewire issues
On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 09:15:48PM -0500, Brad House wrote: > interesting ... I would have thought it would have to > interpret/construct the data before passing it on ... > Obviously I'm wrong ... None the less, I'd like to see > a card that could handle Component or HDMI/DVI input... > That HD3000 card says it can handle composite or SVideo in, > so I'd have figured it's at least doing something there? > (just need to expand upon that for component I would think, > though DVI/HDMI might diverge a bit more .. don't know) > > -Brad There are such cards, they cost thousands. A summary of this very FAQ: http://www.templetons.com/brad/myth/hdtv.html > ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] SA 3250HD firewire issues
interesting ... I would have thought it would have to interpret/construct the data before passing it on ... Obviously I'm wrong ... None the less, I'd like to see a card that could handle Component or HDMI/DVI input... That HD3000 card says it can handle composite or SVideo in, so I'd have figured it's at least doing something there? (just need to expand upon that for component I would think, though DVI/HDMI might diverge a bit more .. don't know) -Brad Anthony Vito wrote: Wish that PCHDTV 3000 card supported component or DVI/HDMI input ... that would solve a lot of issues :/ G... The pcHDTV cards have nothing to do with HDTV signaling, display, or compression. I believe this confusion comes up because there is really no equivilant to what the pcHDTV cards do. They spit out a compressed mpeg2 stream, yet they have no compression hardware. In fact, if you transmitted XviD modulated with 8VSB over a UHF radio frequency you could probably pick it up and save the stream without changing the drivers. ( if you packed it right. ) The card doesn't know, and doesn't care. Oh well, didn't want to sound mean, just want everyone to be thinking in the right direction. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] SA 3250HD firewire issues
> Wish that PCHDTV 3000 card supported component or DVI/HDMI > input ... that would solve a lot of issues :/ G... The pcHDTV cards have nothing to do with HDTV signaling, display, or compression. I believe this confusion comes up because there is really no equivilant to what the pcHDTV cards do. They spit out a compressed mpeg2 stream, yet they have no compression hardware. In fact, if you transmitted XviD modulated with 8VSB over a UHF radio frequency you could probably pick it up and save the stream without changing the drivers. ( if you packed it right. ) The card doesn't know, and doesn't care. Oh well, didn't want to sound mean, just want everyone to be thinking in the right direction. -- Anthony Vito [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] SA 3250HD firewire issues
ok, I've got it working, but appears to be extremely unreliable in a few ways ... none of which I believe are the fault of linux's 1394 implementation or MythTV. Some channels won't come over firewire at all [HBO HD for example], while others do [Showtime HD/ESPN HD/NBCHD for example]. I assume this is due to DRM/encryption. Also, sometimes, when flipping stations, video appears to stop being broadcast ... sometimes it will start working again by restarting mythfrontend, other times it requires you to unplug the firewire cable, and replug it back in... Wish that PCHDTV 3000 card supported component or DVI/HDMI input ... that would solve a lot of issues :/ -Brad Brad House wrote: also, perhaps it's related to this now from mythfrontend (note that the : test-mpeg2 utility infact works from the libiec61883 package [just found it and tried] ) Could not bind to UDP notify port: 6948 adding pes stream at pid 0x661 with type 2 adding pes stream at pid 0x664 with type 129 2005-02-12 16:34:14.752 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'. 2005-02-12 16:34:14.752 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'. Using XvMC version: 1.0 XvMC found and using IDCT surface 2005-02-12 16:34:14.767 Using XV port 105 Unable to create XvMC Context return status:11 BadAlloc -Brad Brad House wrote: Well, switching to Node 0 seems to have solved some issues ... Now I've got a few more, thought Channel 63 was the channel it should be using, but for some reason this time it tried to create channel 0 (whereas before it used 63 and timed out). Also, there's that warning about 'Overlayed connection on channel 0' ... no idea what that means, seemed to only happen on the second attempt, though. 2005-02-12 15:24:20.877 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2005-02-12 15:24:20.879 FireWire: Initializing Port: 0, Node: 0, Speed: 100Mbps libiec61883 warning: Established connection on channel 0. You may need to manually set the channel on the receiving node. 2005-02-12 15:24:20.910 FireWire: Created Channel: 0, Bandwidth Allocation: 1108 2005-02-12 15:24:20.910 FireWire: Changing Speed 200Mbps -> 100Mbps 2005-02-12 15:24:41.835 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None 2005-02-12 15:24:41.874 FireWire: releasing iec61883_mpeg2 object 2005-02-12 15:24:41.874 FireWire: disconnecting channel 0 2005-02-12 15:24:41.881 FireWire: releasing raw1394 handle 2005-02-12 15:24:44.102 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2005-02-12 15:24:44.105 FireWire: Initializing Port: 0, Node: 0, Speed: 100Mbps libiec61883 warning: Overlayed connection on channel 0. You may need to manually set the channel on the receiving node. 2005-02-12 15:24:44.116 FireWire: Created Channel: 0, Bandwidth Allocation: 0 2005-02-12 15:24:44.116 FireWire: Changing Speed 200Mbps -> 100Mbps 2005-02-12 15:24:59.151 Couldn't read data from the capture card in 15 seconds.Stopping. 2005-02-12 15:24:59.181 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None 2005-02-12 15:24:59.190 FireWire: releasing iec61883_mpeg2 object 2005-02-12 15:24:59.190 FireWire: disconnecting channel 0 2005-02-12 15:24:59.197 FireWire: releasing raw1394 handle also here iieee1394: Node suspended: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000a73975de6] ieee1394: Current remote IRM is not 1394a-2000 compliant, resetting... ieee1394: Node resumed: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000a73975de6] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023 ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023 ieee1394: Node suspended: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000a73975de6] ieee1394: Node resumed: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000a73975de6] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023 ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023 ieee1394: Node suspended: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000a73975de6] s output from my dmesg: any [more] help would be appreciated. Thanks! -Brad David Madsen wrote: I my experience with my SA 3250 it has always shown up on the Firewire bus as node 0. You are trying to access node 2 which may not be right. You can find out which node is the right one by running this.. # dmesg | grep ieee1394 look for the device with an guid of GUID[000f21a3f544] (for a 3250) and then look in this column ID:BUS[0-00:1023] for the id. The id you want is the value in the column after the - in this case it's is 00. You can set the id to use under myth-setup i believe when you enter the firewire devices configuration menu. --Dave Madsen On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:56:04 -0500, Brad House <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, figured I'd try to capture from my SA 3250HD with the new 0.17 release. It seems to recognize that I'm plugged in, but I get this message from mythbackend: 2005-02-12 10:48:23.592 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2005-02-12 10:48:23.596 FireWire: Initializing Port: 0, Node: 2, Speed: 200Mbps libiec61883 warning: No plugs exist on either node; using default broadcast channel 63. 2005-02-12 10:48:23.637 FireWire: Created Channel: 63, Bandwidth Allocation: 0 2005-02-12 10:48:38.643 Firewire: No Input in 15 seconds [P:0 N:2] (select) 2005-02-12 10:48:38.669 Coul
Re: [mythtv-users] SA 3250HD firewire issues
also, perhaps it's related to this now from mythfrontend (note that the : test-mpeg2 utility infact works from the libiec61883 package [just found it and tried] ) Could not bind to UDP notify port: 6948 adding pes stream at pid 0x661 with type 2 adding pes stream at pid 0x664 with type 129 2005-02-12 16:34:14.752 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'. 2005-02-12 16:34:14.752 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'. Using XvMC version: 1.0 XvMC found and using IDCT surface 2005-02-12 16:34:14.767 Using XV port 105 Unable to create XvMC Context return status:11 BadAlloc -Brad Brad House wrote: Well, switching to Node 0 seems to have solved some issues ... Now I've got a few more, thought Channel 63 was the channel it should be using, but for some reason this time it tried to create channel 0 (whereas before it used 63 and timed out). Also, there's that warning about 'Overlayed connection on channel 0' ... no idea what that means, seemed to only happen on the second attempt, though. 2005-02-12 15:24:20.877 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2005-02-12 15:24:20.879 FireWire: Initializing Port: 0, Node: 0, Speed: 100Mbps libiec61883 warning: Established connection on channel 0. You may need to manually set the channel on the receiving node. 2005-02-12 15:24:20.910 FireWire: Created Channel: 0, Bandwidth Allocation: 1108 2005-02-12 15:24:20.910 FireWire: Changing Speed 200Mbps -> 100Mbps 2005-02-12 15:24:41.835 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None 2005-02-12 15:24:41.874 FireWire: releasing iec61883_mpeg2 object 2005-02-12 15:24:41.874 FireWire: disconnecting channel 0 2005-02-12 15:24:41.881 FireWire: releasing raw1394 handle 2005-02-12 15:24:44.102 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2005-02-12 15:24:44.105 FireWire: Initializing Port: 0, Node: 0, Speed: 100Mbps libiec61883 warning: Overlayed connection on channel 0. You may need to manually set the channel on the receiving node. 2005-02-12 15:24:44.116 FireWire: Created Channel: 0, Bandwidth Allocation: 0 2005-02-12 15:24:44.116 FireWire: Changing Speed 200Mbps -> 100Mbps 2005-02-12 15:24:59.151 Couldn't read data from the capture card in 15 seconds.Stopping. 2005-02-12 15:24:59.181 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None 2005-02-12 15:24:59.190 FireWire: releasing iec61883_mpeg2 object 2005-02-12 15:24:59.190 FireWire: disconnecting channel 0 2005-02-12 15:24:59.197 FireWire: releasing raw1394 handle also here iieee1394: Node suspended: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000a73975de6] ieee1394: Current remote IRM is not 1394a-2000 compliant, resetting... ieee1394: Node resumed: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000a73975de6] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023 ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023 ieee1394: Node suspended: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000a73975de6] ieee1394: Node resumed: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000a73975de6] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023 ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023 ieee1394: Node suspended: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000a73975de6] s output from my dmesg: any [more] help would be appreciated. Thanks! -Brad David Madsen wrote: I my experience with my SA 3250 it has always shown up on the Firewire bus as node 0. You are trying to access node 2 which may not be right. You can find out which node is the right one by running this.. # dmesg | grep ieee1394 look for the device with an guid of GUID[000f21a3f544] (for a 3250) and then look in this column ID:BUS[0-00:1023] for the id. The id you want is the value in the column after the - in this case it's is 00. You can set the id to use under myth-setup i believe when you enter the firewire devices configuration menu. --Dave Madsen On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:56:04 -0500, Brad House <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, figured I'd try to capture from my SA 3250HD with the new 0.17 release. It seems to recognize that I'm plugged in, but I get this message from mythbackend: 2005-02-12 10:48:23.592 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2005-02-12 10:48:23.596 FireWire: Initializing Port: 0, Node: 2, Speed: 200Mbps libiec61883 warning: No plugs exist on either node; using default broadcast channel 63. 2005-02-12 10:48:23.637 FireWire: Created Channel: 63, Bandwidth Allocation: 0 2005-02-12 10:48:38.643 Firewire: No Input in 15 seconds [P:0 N:2] (select) 2005-02-12 10:48:38.669 Couldn't read data from the capture card in 15 seconds.Stopping. 2005-02-12 10:48:38.702 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None 2005-02-12 10:48:38.702 FireWire: releasing iec61883_mpeg2 object 2005-02-12 10:48:38.702 FireWire: disconnecting channel 63 2005-02-12 10:48:38.743 FireWire: releasing raw1394 handle I had a Windows partition on this same computer, and was able to load that Panasonic DVHS driver (common windows hack), and actually get video from my SA3250, so I know the firewire ports are enabled, and working. (Granted this was like 1.5 months ago). I've tried multiple channels in case some were encrypted or something, and none seem to broadcast. any suggestions?? (Granted, I
Re: [mythtv-users] SA 3250HD firewire issues
Well, switching to Node 0 seems to have solved some issues ... Now I've got a few more, thought Channel 63 was the channel it should be using, but for some reason this time it tried to create channel 0 (whereas before it used 63 and timed out). Also, there's that warning about 'Overlayed connection on channel 0' ... no idea what that means, seemed to only happen on the second attempt, though. 2005-02-12 15:24:20.877 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2005-02-12 15:24:20.879 FireWire: Initializing Port: 0, Node: 0, Speed: 100Mbps libiec61883 warning: Established connection on channel 0. You may need to manually set the channel on the receiving node. 2005-02-12 15:24:20.910 FireWire: Created Channel: 0, Bandwidth Allocation: 1108 2005-02-12 15:24:20.910 FireWire: Changing Speed 200Mbps -> 100Mbps 2005-02-12 15:24:41.835 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None 2005-02-12 15:24:41.874 FireWire: releasing iec61883_mpeg2 object 2005-02-12 15:24:41.874 FireWire: disconnecting channel 0 2005-02-12 15:24:41.881 FireWire: releasing raw1394 handle 2005-02-12 15:24:44.102 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2005-02-12 15:24:44.105 FireWire: Initializing Port: 0, Node: 0, Speed: 100Mbps libiec61883 warning: Overlayed connection on channel 0. You may need to manually set the channel on the receiving node. 2005-02-12 15:24:44.116 FireWire: Created Channel: 0, Bandwidth Allocation: 0 2005-02-12 15:24:44.116 FireWire: Changing Speed 200Mbps -> 100Mbps 2005-02-12 15:24:59.151 Couldn't read data from the capture card in 15 seconds.Stopping. 2005-02-12 15:24:59.181 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None 2005-02-12 15:24:59.190 FireWire: releasing iec61883_mpeg2 object 2005-02-12 15:24:59.190 FireWire: disconnecting channel 0 2005-02-12 15:24:59.197 FireWire: releasing raw1394 handle also here iieee1394: Node suspended: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000a73975de6] ieee1394: Current remote IRM is not 1394a-2000 compliant, resetting... ieee1394: Node resumed: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000a73975de6] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023 ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023 ieee1394: Node suspended: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000a73975de6] ieee1394: Node resumed: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000a73975de6] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023 ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023 ieee1394: Node suspended: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000a73975de6] s output from my dmesg: any [more] help would be appreciated. Thanks! -Brad David Madsen wrote: I my experience with my SA 3250 it has always shown up on the Firewire bus as node 0. You are trying to access node 2 which may not be right. You can find out which node is the right one by running this.. # dmesg | grep ieee1394 look for the device with an guid of GUID[000f21a3f544] (for a 3250) and then look in this column ID:BUS[0-00:1023] for the id. The id you want is the value in the column after the - in this case it's is 00. You can set the id to use under myth-setup i believe when you enter the firewire devices configuration menu. --Dave Madsen On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:56:04 -0500, Brad House <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, figured I'd try to capture from my SA 3250HD with the new 0.17 release. It seems to recognize that I'm plugged in, but I get this message from mythbackend: 2005-02-12 10:48:23.592 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2005-02-12 10:48:23.596 FireWire: Initializing Port: 0, Node: 2, Speed: 200Mbps libiec61883 warning: No plugs exist on either node; using default broadcast channel 63. 2005-02-12 10:48:23.637 FireWire: Created Channel: 63, Bandwidth Allocation: 0 2005-02-12 10:48:38.643 Firewire: No Input in 15 seconds [P:0 N:2] (select) 2005-02-12 10:48:38.669 Couldn't read data from the capture card in 15 seconds.Stopping. 2005-02-12 10:48:38.702 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None 2005-02-12 10:48:38.702 FireWire: releasing iec61883_mpeg2 object 2005-02-12 10:48:38.702 FireWire: disconnecting channel 63 2005-02-12 10:48:38.743 FireWire: releasing raw1394 handle I had a Windows partition on this same computer, and was able to load that Panasonic DVHS driver (common windows hack), and actually get video from my SA3250, so I know the firewire ports are enabled, and working. (Granted this was like 1.5 months ago). I've tried multiple channels in case some were encrypted or something, and none seem to broadcast. any suggestions?? (Granted, I suppose it could be a bad kernel or something ... also I'm on x86_64 running 2.6.9-gentoo-r14) -Brad ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://myth
Re: [mythtv-users] SA 3250HD firewire issues
I my experience with my SA 3250 it has always shown up on the Firewire bus as node 0. You are trying to access node 2 which may not be right. You can find out which node is the right one by running this.. # dmesg | grep ieee1394 look for the device with an guid of GUID[000f21a3f544] (for a 3250) and then look in this column ID:BUS[0-00:1023] for the id. The id you want is the value in the column after the - in this case it's is 00. You can set the id to use under myth-setup i believe when you enter the firewire devices configuration menu. --Dave Madsen On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:56:04 -0500, Brad House <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, figured I'd try to capture from my SA 3250HD with the new 0.17 > release. It seems to recognize that I'm plugged in, but I get this > message from mythbackend: > > 2005-02-12 10:48:23.592 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV > 2005-02-12 10:48:23.596 FireWire: Initializing Port: 0, Node: 2, Speed: > 200Mbps > libiec61883 warning: No plugs exist on either node; using default > broadcast channel 63. > 2005-02-12 10:48:23.637 FireWire: Created Channel: 63, Bandwidth > Allocation: 0 > 2005-02-12 10:48:38.643 Firewire: No Input in 15 seconds [P:0 N:2] (select) > 2005-02-12 10:48:38.669 Couldn't read data from the capture card in 15 > seconds.Stopping. > 2005-02-12 10:48:38.702 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None > 2005-02-12 10:48:38.702 FireWire: releasing iec61883_mpeg2 object > 2005-02-12 10:48:38.702 FireWire: disconnecting channel 63 > 2005-02-12 10:48:38.743 FireWire: releasing raw1394 handle > > I had a Windows partition on this same computer, and was able to > load that Panasonic DVHS driver (common windows hack), and actually > get video from my SA3250, so I know the firewire ports are enabled, > and working. > (Granted this was like 1.5 months ago). I've tried multiple channels > in case some were encrypted or something, and none seem to broadcast. > > any suggestions?? > > (Granted, I suppose it could be a bad kernel or something ... also > I'm on x86_64 running 2.6.9-gentoo-r14) > > -Brad > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] SA 3250HD firewire issues
Well, figured I'd try to capture from my SA 3250HD with the new 0.17 release. It seems to recognize that I'm plugged in, but I get this message from mythbackend: 2005-02-12 10:48:23.592 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2005-02-12 10:48:23.596 FireWire: Initializing Port: 0, Node: 2, Speed: 200Mbps libiec61883 warning: No plugs exist on either node; using default broadcast channel 63. 2005-02-12 10:48:23.637 FireWire: Created Channel: 63, Bandwidth Allocation: 0 2005-02-12 10:48:38.643 Firewire: No Input in 15 seconds [P:0 N:2] (select) 2005-02-12 10:48:38.669 Couldn't read data from the capture card in 15 seconds.Stopping. 2005-02-12 10:48:38.702 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None 2005-02-12 10:48:38.702 FireWire: releasing iec61883_mpeg2 object 2005-02-12 10:48:38.702 FireWire: disconnecting channel 63 2005-02-12 10:48:38.743 FireWire: releasing raw1394 handle I had a Windows partition on this same computer, and was able to load that Panasonic DVHS driver (common windows hack), and actually get video from my SA3250, so I know the firewire ports are enabled, and working. (Granted this was like 1.5 months ago). I've tried multiple channels in case some were encrypted or something, and none seem to broadcast. any suggestions?? (Granted, I suppose it could be a bad kernel or something ... also I'm on x86_64 running 2.6.9-gentoo-r14) -Brad ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users