[linux-dvb] Re: "Video datastream broken" the legend continues ...

[Hermann Gausterer <mrq1@gmx.net>]

On Wednesday 04 August 2004 05:09, Philippe Gramoullé wrote:
> Hello Hermann,

hi philippe!

from a other mail from you:
> My rev 1.3 board will keep automatically zapping channels within VDR
> (1.3.12) if i use any dvb-kernel CVS , 2.4 or 2.6, or sometimes blacks out
> for 0.5 to 1 second. 

i get this short blackouts too, but sometimes the scree stays black, i have
to zap to another channel and back for continuing watching ... 
but i do not know what you mean with "auto zapping"; can you explain this
to me (or where you see a actual tuning ...)

> Though i don't see any automatic channels zapping yet, here is a sample
> output of the modified szap:

do you really think that the card is tuning every time when this lock-loss
happens? (never thought about this ....)

> With the linux-dvb drivers from 2003-11-08 ( original unpatched alps_bsrv2
> frontend driver ), i get this:

in your case is the old driver really behaving different ... i tested with 
2.6.7 kernel-dvb and an old 2.4 with normal (not kernel-dvb) 1.1 driver..
in my case no difference .. ~2 sec. between a lock-loss.

> Hope that helps ( and will gladly test out any patch set that would help
> nail those Rev1.3/ves1x93 issues )

at the moment, i have no idea for a patch in any way ... but i think it would 
be i good idea for you to writing the necessary steps for adding the old
bsrv2 module to the dvb-kernel ... i think, that will help ... i want try this
to, and if you know how that exactly works, i don't have to figure it out 
again ;-)

thanks for your reply!
hermann