[vdr] Re: dxr3/vdr problem

[Armin Janssen <unclebenz@foni.net>]

On 28 Feb 2003 17:47:13 +0930
Malcolm Caldwell <malcolm.caldwell@ntu.edu.au> wrote:


Hi Malcolm!
Can you record from dvb card?
I use the dvb-kernel from 2003-02-16 and it works great.
My only problem is the dxr3 card :-(
When you mean that the satelite signal is too low, how small 
is your satelite-antenna?
CU Armin

> Hello,
> 
> I am still unable to get vdr and the dxr3 plugin working reliably here.
> 
> I think the problem is due to poor quality signal.  At times the picture
> starts to break up etc.  When this is bad vdr usually crashes. 
> Sometimes  the dxr3 locks up and I need to do a reboot.  By locks up I
> mean that the screen will have random noise frozen on it and sometimes
> the sound gets stuck making noise.
> 
> Often while this is happening I get messages out of vdr:
> Feb 28 01:21:17 vdr vdr[1378]: ERROR: unknown picture type '7'
> Feb 28 01:21:18 vdr vdr[1378]: ERROR: error in data stream!
> Feb 28 01:21:40 vdr vdr[1378]: ERROR: error in data stream!
> Feb 28 01:21:41 vdr vdr[1378]: ERROR: unknown picture type '5'
> Feb 28 01:21:50 vdr vdr[1378]: ERROR: unknown picture type '5'
> Feb 28 01:22:00 vdr vdr[1378]: ERROR: error in data stream!
> Feb 28 01:22:14 vdr last message repeated 13 times
> Feb 28 01:22:24 vdr vdr[1379]: ERROR: not sync'ed to TS packet on device
> 1
> Feb 28 01:22:24 vdr vdr[1379]: ERROR: skipped 25 bytes to sync on TS
> packet on device 1
> Feb 28 01:22:24 vdr vdr[1379]: ERROR: not sync'ed to TS packet on device
> 1
> Feb 28 01:22:24 vdr vdr[1379]: ERROR: skipped 163 bytes to sync on TS
> packet on device 1
> Feb 28 01:22:33 vdr vdr[1378]: ERROR: error in data stream!
> 
> (It is worth noting that my stand-alone receiver has problems during
> these times.  I have even known it to lock up and/or have its video
> decoder lock up.)
> 
> Now, we are having very bad weather here at the moment, and that could
> explain the problem, but still, the system (vdr/dxr3) should be more
> resilient.
> 
> Just to give you an idea I have been unable to get vdr to run for more
> than a few hours.
> 
> So, it would seem that the dxr3 plugin is not very resilient to error. 
> I received an email a while ago from one of the dxr3 plugin authors (Kai
> Moeller) saying:
> 
> > Well, with decoding corrupt pes packets. So actually it is an interface 
> > violation because in my opinion the presentation layer should actually not 
> > care about such problems.
> > Anyway Teemu Rantanen already reported this and we decided to add his 
> > workaround to the plugin code.
> > We are going to release today or tommorrow.
> 
> Ki - are you trying to say this is a driver or a vdr issue?
> 
> Eitherway, I think the dxr3 plugin should be more resilient.  I am
> willing to help track down problems etc if its any help (given that my
> signal is so poor that I will find problem quickly!)
> 
> Also, with budget cards - what is the recommended driver?  Perhaps a
> different driver would help stop errors getting through to vdr? Has
> anyone tried dvb-kernel with vdr?
> 
> 
> 
> 
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