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[vdr] Re: 2nd apid



I will try.
But certainly not this week, as I'm extremly busy.

Thanks anyway.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Klaus Schmidinger [mailto:Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 1:50 PM
> To: vdr@linuxtv.org
> Subject: [vdr] Re: 2nd apid
> 
> 
> "Rienecker, Fa. Evenio, ITS P, M" wrote:
> > 
> > > If there is a second audio PID defined for a channel, VDR
> > > does everything necessary
> > > to set up things for recording it. If there is no data
> > > recorded from that PID, there is either
> > > nothing broadcast or the driver doesn't deliver the 
> requested packets.
> > 
> > This may be true, but my experience is different:
> > Watching live tv (and there is apid2 in available) VDR 
> never fails to switch
> > to apid2.
> > While recording, VDR always records apid1 and misses apid2 
> most of the time.
> > This behavior is independent of the actual settings in the 
> channels.conf.
> > E.g. I have the following in my channels.conf:
> > Premiere Sport 1:11720:h:0:27500:255:256,258:0:101:17
> > US Sport 1:11720:h:0:27500:255:258,256:0:101:17
> > 
> > I can actually record both channels in parallel (using two 
> DVB-S) and the
> > result is (in >95% of all cases):
> > The first recording from PS1 will have apid=256
> > the second recording from USS1 will have apid=258
> > as audio. And none of them has both apid1 _AND_ apid2.
> > 
> > To conclude, the driver can provide both apids except that 
> there seems be a
> > problem to get both apids at the same time to VDR.
> > 
> > I order to make a test if the error is within the driver or 
> within VDR I
> > come back my original question:
> > Where in the (VDR-)code is a good starting point to _FORCE_ 
> VDR to record 2
> > apids ?
> 
> I wouldn't know. As far as I can see VDR does everything necessary.
> 
> Can you try with version 1.1.13? Does it also fail?
> 
> Klaus
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