Method of automatically selecting channel to receive stream transmitted in IEEE 1394 network

A system for automatically selecting a channel to receive a stream transmitted in an IEEE 1394, said system comprising:

• a memory for storing a computer-readable code;
• and,
• a processor operatively coupled to said memory, said processor configured to:
• (a) select, by a predetermined IEEE 1394 device belonging to the IEEE 1394 network, a predetermined channel number by changing the channel number of a current channel;
• (b) read a first value input through a channel having the predetermined channel number and stored in a data buffer and store the first read value as a first variable;
• (c) delay for a predetermined amount of time;
• (d) read a second value input through the channel having the predetermined channel number and stored in the data buffer and storing the second read value as a second variable;
• (e) compare the first variable to the second variable;
• and
• (f) select the predetermined channel number if the first variable and the second variable are different from each other according to the comparison result.