[vdr] Re: VDR 1.2.6 and _new_ driver capabilities (backport to0.94 driver possible?)

[Reiner Rosin <rosinr@web.de>]

> > I have one question: Is it possible under VDR 1.2.6 to disable the
> > capabilities of the new driver (viewing one channel from a transponder
> > while another channel is recording on this transponder, ...) with a simple
> > define from the source code.
> > Or are these new driver-features integrated in a way, that someone has
> > to check the complete sourcecode to disable them?
> >
> > I ask, because I want to backport the 1.2.6 version of VDR to the old
> > 0.94 driver, which worked for me rock-solid, while the new one doesn't...
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Reiner
>
> Hello,
>
> you should try to use the old firmware (Root, Dpram) only first. I think
> most of all problems casued by the firmware. Free TV should work in this
> way. But you should change two things in av7110.c. Change "hw_sections=0" to
> "hw_sections=1", and:
>
>  u16 handle;
> - // u16 mode=0x0320;
> + u16 mode=0x0320;
> - u16 mode=0xb96a;
>
>  DEB_EE(("av7110: %p\n", av7110));
>
>  if (dvbdmxfilter->type == DMX_TYPE_SEC) {

Can you explain, what this variable (mode) does?

> If you want to use a CI-Interface, note that only a few CIīs work with the
> old firmware.
That's no problem for me....

> And you should comment out the two lines from Klausīs mail.
>
> I have done some little tests in this way last weekend, free tv works.
Do you know if using the old fw with a newer driver might have any
other side-effects?

Thanx,
Reiner




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