[vdr] Re: EPG scan cause high load and AC3 drop outs

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

"Dr. Werner Fink" wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>        don't know if the subject is caused by the new DVB
> driver (e.g. 2003-03-18 aka RC2) ... and/or by VDR 1.1.25.
> 
> Nevertheelss I've reports with users of the bitstreamout
> plugin together with multiple DVB cards and running EPG
> scan.  Such a scan causes an interrupted data stream to
> the plugin with _more_ than 32 ms.  Don't know if the
> new module parameter for the dvb-ttpci module (av7110)
> 
>        hw_sections=0
> 
> would help (I can not test this without a second card).
> 
> Beside this the thread of eit.c shouldn't cause this high
> load reported to me (which may one source of the interrupted
> data stream).
> 
> @Klaus:  Do you have similar reports? And what can be done?

For the moment I suggest setting the EPG scan timeout to 0,
which disables the EPG scan. I have already fixed this one (I hope ;-)
but since there was only so little changed I didn't release a new version.
I can do so tonight...

Klaus
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