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Could this be due to a cheap Monoprice.com cable?
I've bought from monoprice before, and had no issues. But I just got a cable last week, and am having some issues with it.
I setup firewire recording recently, and while testing it, had been using a Belkin cable from a buddy of mine. It appears to be a good quality cable. All was working fine, so I wanted to buy my own cable. As I often do, I went to Monoprice.com to pick one up. $2 for a 3' cable (versus $30 at Circuit City - ouch!). I swapped out the cables yesterday, and quickly tested it. I could watch a show from the STB through Sage, so I called it good. I noticed on the server today that there were some showanalyzer errors. Upon further investigation, each show that the STB had recorded since I swapped cables was "bad". Older, good cable: Encoded by: Moto DCH3200 #1 on 127.0.0.1:6969Newer, cheaper cable: Encoded by: Moto DCH3200 #1 on 127.0.0.1:6969I can't watch them through Sage, nor though VLC. I can swap back the original cable, and things start to work OK again. But as soon as I use the $2 cable, it works for one channel change, and then nothing. I would think that a cable would either work, or it wouldn't. This seems to be working for just a few minutes, then crapping out. Any thoughts? Should I just try another $2 cable? Monoprice doesn't seem to have any higher quality firewire cables. This is what I got: http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2 Appreciate any thoughts. Matt
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I'd call them up and tell them the same thing and get them to send you another. Definitely sounds like the cable.
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