I just got a sony hdr-hc3 and I'm having some problems.
Sabayon (Gentoo) 3.2 amd64x2 system
I get avc function from dvcont
I built iec6183 from cvs and copied /examples executable to /usr/bin
and get the following results when attempting capture.


localhost daniel # plugctl -n 0 oPCR[0].n_p2p_connections=1
localhost daniel # test-mpeg2 -r 0 > capture.m2t
libiec61883 warning: Overlayed connection on channel 63.
You may need to manually set the channel on the receiving node.
Starting to receive
done.
localhost daniel #   

localhost daniel # plugreport
Host Adapter 0
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Node 0 GUID 0x0800460104d89b7c
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oMPR n_plugs=1, data_rate=0, bcast_channel=63
oPCR[0] online=1, bcast_connection=0, n_p2p_connections=1
        channel=63, data_rate=0, overhead_id=15, payload=146
iMPR n_plugs=1, data_rate=0
iPCR[0] online=1, bcast_connection=1, n_p2p_connections=0
        channel=63

Node 1 GUID 0x0011d80000889a24
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libiec61883 error: error reading oMPR
libiec61883 error: error reading iMPR

localhost daniel #   

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