[linux-dvb] Re: EPG (vdr 0.80pre4)

[Andreas Hoelscher <Andreas@griemel.oche.de>]

                                         Aachen, Do 10.05.01 18:11

>> I have a new Haupauge card and use the cvs-dvb (05.05.2001) and vdr
>> 0.80pre4 with a 2.4.3 kernel. There a 3 small problems:

> Same configuration here ...

>> - I can't get any EPG information (I use channels.conf from vdr).

> Do you see the "current program info" when you switch channels or press
Yes, no problem

> the OK button? Do you see *anything* in the schedule menu?
just the title and the buttons record, now and next

>>   The 4 keys in the channel menu don't do anything (the keys work in
>>   other menus)

> What do the color keys in the channel menu have to with the EPG? In the
> channel menu, the keys are called Edit, New, Delete and Mark.
sorry, schedule menu not channel menu

>> - when I do a lot of channel switching suddenly audio switches to the
>>   new channel but video is a still image from the old channel
>>   sometimes flickering in the upper area.

> I've noticed that, too. Sometimes, the image from the old channel will
> freeze and sometimes the old image will be "washed away" by the new
> picture.
that's a good description
>
> On some recordings, I also get image perturbances at the lower right
> quarter of the screen (small black pixel squares).
never seen this

>> - when I don't use vdr over night, so the EPG scan should start, I
>>   find a screen with colorful flickering stripes on it and no channel
>>   switching is possible (maybe a mixture of both problems above)

> Sometimes, my card will hang completely (green/brown flickering
> stripes; VDR hangs and watchdog timer doesn't work) and sometimes VDR
> will recognize the problem and restart. I always do a "make reload"
> before VDR restarts and the card will recover. Due to these
> tuning/switching problems, my VDR box hasn't been able to do a complete
> EPG scan yet. It always crashes at least twice and the more often it
> has crashed the more likely I will get flickering stripes. However, the
> latest CVS drivers seem to be a lot more stable than older versions but
> it's still not usable for 24/7 unattended operation.
>
> In contrast, I haven't had any segfaults of VDR since I installed
> 0.80pre4 :-)
beside these small problems it is a great programm (both, dvb and vdr)!


Andreas


-- 
Andreas Hoelscher, Buchenhain 8a, D-52159 Roetgen, Germany
(PGP ID: 1024/0x6AC897BB)


-- 
Info:
To unsubscribe send a mail to listar@linuxtv.org with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.