6200ch is a small program that Stacey Son (mythdev@son.org) wrote to change channels on a Motorola DCT-6200 cable box via a 1394 (aka. Firewire) connection. --- I was working on some code to record the video/audio via firewire, however, I have noticed that my cable provider has started to encrypt (5C/DTCP) many of the channels that I care to record. I am currently using a s-video cable, a PVR-250 and this code with mythtv until I figure out something better to do. This works with for DCT-6200 but may be easy to modify for other firewire tuners as well. To use this with mythtv do the following: (1) Make sure you have 1394/Firewire drivers installed in your kernel. (2) Install libraw1394, librom1394 and libavc1394. (On gentoo: "emerge libavc1394"). (3) Compile and install "6200ch": # cc -std=gnu99 -o 6200ch 6200ch.c -lavc1394 -lrom1394 -lraw1394 # cp 6200ch /usr/bin (4) Connect a 1394/Firewire cable from your computer to your DCT-6200 and test: # 6200ch <your_favorite_channel_number> (5) Configure Mythtv to use the channel changer by running the "setup" program and adding to "/usr/bin/6200ch" to the "External channel change command" field under "Connect source to Input". Enjoy!