[linux-dvb] Re: can't record some channels with vdr and anova-s budget card.

[Claas Hilbrecht <claas+linuxtv-dvb@jucs-kramkiste.de>]

> If you get this errors with the signal from above, the frontend
> is not the problem. It could be a DMA problem.
I don't think so. If there's a DMA problem the RTL recording should be 
broken also. Even if I swap the cards so that the "broken" records RTL and 
the "fine" one records Sat1 the error will be the same. If any part of the 
hardware is broken the error should stay on the broken card.

> But since the card of the same making seems to work for other people,
> it is possible that your card or your motherboard is subtly broken.
Maybe. But I can even swap the budget card to the other system and the 
errors goes to the new system while the rev 1.6 card work all the time in 
the "old" board. So I don't think it's a broken piece of hardware rather 
than a very subtile driver problem. Even is one card is broken the error 
should follow the card which is not true. Since both budget cards produce 
the same result I think it's unlikly that both are broken. I think it's a 
driver problem because:

1) If you read the thread 
<http://www.linuxtv.org/mailinglists/vdr/2003/10-2003/msg00002.html> you 
will notice that three other people have the same problem. From the picture 
<http://www.reactor.de/fnord/nova-s.jpg> of Steffen Beyer I would say that 
I have the same card.

2) If you read my message 
<http://www.linuxtv.org/mailinglists/vdr/2003/10-2003/msg00233.html> you 
will notice that the error count drop a lot if I use a slower system. I 
will try to find a slower system a make another test.

Please note: I'm very glad that someone with enough experience starts to 
help. I'm willing to do nearly all kind of test for you, even buy a 
different budget card. If I look at this card 
<http://www.usa-x.org/1shop/images/budget2.jpg> it looks very different 
from mine. Maybe the card I use is uncommon and need a special handling in 
some way? I can even arrange ssh access to the machines if this is required.

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Claas Hilbrecht
http://www.jucs-kramkiste.de



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