[MPlayer-users] DV1394 stream

[Nate Solberg]

Hello all.

I've gotten a Motorola DCT-6200 digital cable HDTV box with a firewire 
output. I've been told that this is a pure MPEG-2 stream and should be 
able to be displayed/encoded by any MPEG-2 decoder. I've setup the 
DV1394 kernel module and everything seems kosher, but I need something 
to play back the stream. I was wondering if MPlayer can do that, and if 
so how. I've seen that there is some trouble with digital camcorders, 
but this should be a little simpler since there's no controls, just a 
pure MPEG-2 stream.

By the way, I've been researching this for about a month or two now, 
and I think that HDTV from your cable box with only a firewire cable is 
something that should be announced loudly. The FCC has required that 
connection for just this reason, being able to watch HD without a $1000 
TV.

Thanks in advance.

-Nate Solberg