[linux-dvb] Re: Bug in ring buffer implementation

[Marcus Metzler <mocm@metzlerbros.de>]

Gregor Lawatscheck writes:
 > >
 > >Obviously a ring buffer of size <n> cannot hold more than <n-1> bytes.
 > >Otherwise you cannot distinguish between an empty and a full buffer.
 > 
 > OMG you're a genius. I think this explains the numerous "buffer empty" 
 > messages we've been seeing in vdr without having been able to fix them with 
 > a higher buffer. It also looks like the UK tuning problems / ring buffer 
 > overflows with BBC2 / BBC News 24 and some other channels are related to 
 > this and the new head driver. Why the bug would only be exposed primarily 
 > with those two channels in transfer mode to a full featured DVB-s card - 
 > who knows...
 > 

Try remuxing your stream with mplex, this has nothing to do with the
stuff mentioned above. It's not even in the same file.

Marcus

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