[vdr] Re: TV screen becomes black after 2 hours

[a.share@t-online.de (Andreas Share)]

>  Hello,
>
> i'm using vdr 1.2.6 with linuxtv-dvb-1.0.1 with a DVB-S TT Rev 1.3
>
> Everything works just great except a minor but annoying problem:
>
> If i don't touch anything on the remote (volume,etc..) and watching TV,
the tv screen goes black
> after something like 2 hours (i still have the sound though)
>
> In setup.conf i have:
>
> MinEventTimeout = 30
> MinUserInactivity = 0
>
> and dvb-core module is loaded with dvb_shutdown_timeout=0.
>
> When screen goes black, just hitting the volume button on the remote
control is enough to make
> the picture appear again and it starts for another 2 hours cycle.
>
> Do i need to upgrade, or did i miss something obvious ?
>
> Is this a vdr problem or a dvb driver problem ?
>
> I don't have anything obvious in my log files.
>

Hi,

vdr starts after some time the epg-scan. During this, screen goes black. You
could disable this if you set "EPG Scan Timeout" under "EPG" zu "0"

Greetings

Andreas Share



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