[linux-dvb] Re: [BUG Skystar2] framedrops and fragments

[Holger Kiehl <Holger.Kiehl@dwd.de>]

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Johannes Stezenbach wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 11:04:50AM +0200, Tobias Faust wrote:
> > > i use a skystar2 in combination with a dxr3 Hollywood+ Card. I got a
> > > picture, but with many,many framedrops and fragments. Playing videos
> > > with mplayer give me a perfect picture on my DXR3
> ...
> > skystar2.c: MAC address = 00:d0:d7:03:dd:d1:00:00
> 
> funny MAC
> 
The MAC on my card is also so long. Using dvbnet and ifconfig I just ignore
the last two numbers.

> > DVB: registering frontend 1:0 (Zarlink MT312)...
> ...
> > status 1b | signal 3e4f | snr b90d | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
> 
> status 1b looks bad. I wonder if the ber and unc readouts are correctly
> implemented for the MT312 frontend. Maybe you just have a bad signal
> and hence lots of bit errors.
> 
I too have have a status 1b with the skystar2 and loose a lot of data. If
I remove the skystar2 and put in a nova-s the status is 1f and I do not
loose so much data with the same signal.

Holger (Kiehl)



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