[linux-dvb] Re: A/V sync problems with new drivers

[Juri Haberland <juri@koschikode.com>]

Oliver Endriss wrote:
> Juri Haberland wrote:

>> So, the problem is in the new firmware. I can successfully use the
>> current (from tonight) CVS with the old firmware (*-icam). If I use
>> the new firmware I get reliably A/V desync.
> 
> Unfortunately, this is exactly what I suspected (see my posts on the vdr 
> mailing list). As I don't have access to the firmware sources, there is 
> nothing I can do. :-(  We have to wait until a firmware developer finds 
> the time to fix it.
> 
> Perhaps I should mention another problem which might be related to this 
> and occurres more often (for me):
> Occasionally, either audio or video is missing when I try to watch ARD 
> on Astra (PIDs 101/102). Tuning to another channel and switching back 
> does never help. When this problem occurres, (all?) other channels 
> which use the same PID values show the same problem, i.e. it appears to 
> be PID-related. This happened after doing some vdr recordings on SAT.1 
> and Pro-7 (don't know whether this is important).
> Reloading the driver is the only way to fix this...

Never had this one, maybe it's DVB-S specific?
Though I often have channels that stay black and without sound after
tuning, but if I tune to the next channel and back again I get picture
and sound. But then, I think this was also the case with the old
firmware. Have to check it.

Cheers,
Juri



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