[vdr] Re: Picture breaks up when recording

[Rene Bartsch <ml@bartschnet.de>]

Am Mon, 2003-08-04 um 14.54 schrieb Marc Parnell:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a perfect picture from my system on all channels, but as soon as 
> I start recording the picture breaks up (as if the satellite signal was 
> suddenly too weak). The recording itself is also affected.
> 
> I am using vdr-1.2.1 and dvb driver of 22-06-2003, but I get the same 
> problem with vdr-1.0.4 and the 0.9.4 driver.
> 
> My harware is an VIA EPIA 5000 (533MHz Eden ESP Processor) and a v1.3 
> Hauppauge DVB-s card.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas why this might be happening?
> 

Check with hdparm if UDMA is enabled. I one of the receiver-threads in
VDR does not take data fast enough VDR has to drop packets. So a slow
HDD could cause distortions.

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Rene Bartsch
Faculties MNI
Computer Science 8th Semester
FH Giessen/Friedberg, Germany

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Mail:  rene@bartschnet.de



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