On 3/19/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steven Adeff</b> <<a href="mailto:adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com">adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
> 1 - Watching LiveTV or recording a channel will not always work. It will go<br>> to a black screen and then come back to the main menu. With LiveTV trying<br>> over and over will eventually work. When it's recording a show you have no
<br>> way of knowing if it's actually recording. This one has put me in the hurt<br>> locker with my wife on Myth :)<br><br>Set the DCT connection setting to Broadcast and 200 or 400mbps. power<br>down the computer and the cable box and repower both, this should
<br>solve the issue. as well, if channel tuning doesn't work use 6200ch<br>(in the contrib folder) for channel changing and try the "new" method<br>(theres a switch to enable it).</blockquote><div><br>I'll give this a shot. Thanks for the pointer - there's not a lot of info out there for troubleshooting.
</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">> 2 - Pixellation every 10 seconds or so. It lasts for about 1 - 2 seconds<br>
> and it is part of the recording stream so it's not a playback issue as best<br>> as I can tell. I have verified that running my DCT-6200 direct to the TV<br>> does NOT exhibit the pixellation, so I don't think it's related to weak
<br>> signal (I've even plugged in an amplifier to boost the signal strength).<br><br>This is a firewire kernel driver problem. Some firewire chipsets<br>aren't as bad as others, but its a problem with the kernel and<br>
partially Myth, both of which are being worked on.</blockquote><div><br>Interesting - I've tried my motherboard one (VIA chipset) and the one on my Audigy 2. Is there a recommendation anyone has to what chipset or even a specific board to buy? I'll buy whatever works at this point :)
<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Chris<br> </div><br></div><br>