[linux-dvb] Re: hw_sections=0 causes disrupted recordings

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> 
> Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
> >
> > Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> > > I'd like to point to my posting from yesterday (see
> > > http://linuxtv.org/mailinglists/linux-dvb/2003/06-2003/msg00218.html).
> > >
> > > Maybe somebody with deeper knowledge about this can look into this
> > > and tell us whether there actually is something wrong in the driver
> > > in case of hw_sections=0?
> >
> > You wrote there and then:
> > > I looked a little deeper into this and found that in StartHWFilter()
> > > the 'mode' is initialized to 0xb96a, which is the value necessary to
> > > allow simultaneous recording and replay. In case of DMX_TYPE_SEC and
> > > hw_sections=1, this will be overwritten with mode=4. So I guess the
> > > root of the problem is that in case of hw_sections=0 'mode' remains at
> > > 0xb96a, which I assume causes the section data to be transferred via
> > > the same channels as TS data and thus results in disrupted recordings.
> >
> > That's the intended behaviour. Mode=4 -> use HW filters,
> > mode=0xb96a -> pass TS packet to SW filter (BTW, I hate magic numbers).
> 
> Well, I didn't invent that number ;-)
> 
> > And yes, that means that high bandwidth section data has the same channel
> > and priority as AV data. But even pay TV EPG data is relatively low bandwidth
> > compared to video, so I see no problem.
> 
> That's odd, because with all other things the same, I get disrupted recordings
> with hw_sections=0, while they are fine with hw_sections=1. That's why I asked
> about the "magic" behind the 'mode' value.

Well, turned out the most recent fix to the firmware did break handling
hw_sections=0 :-(

There is now a new version (2617) of the firmware in the CVS.
Please try this one and let's know if things are back to normal now.

Klaus
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