[vdr] Re: [linux-dvb] Re: Problems switching to dvb-kernel

["Alain Bougrain" <alainbougrain@hotpop.com>]

Hello,

Are you talking of the 1 second blackout that appears some times (mostly 
after zap) ?
If so, I did have the problem under 2.4 and 2.6 kernels with my tt dvb-c 
2.1.

Regards,
A.B.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philippe Gramoullé" <philippe.gramoulle@mmania.com>
To: <vdr@linuxtv.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 10:19 PM
Subject: [vdr] Re: [linux-dvb] Re: Problems switching to dvb-kernel


> Hello Klaus,
>
> On Sun, 05 Sep 2004 13:58:19 +0200
> Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de> wrote:
>
>  | However, I also have a problem with the kernel
>  | 2.4 branch of the dvb-kernel driver, because the picture and sound drop 
> out
>  | every now and then. This is an old problem that I once have fixed in 
> the old
>  | DVB driver, but maybe somebody dropped that fix when going to 
> dvb-kernel... :-(
>  | It may only happen with the rev 1.3 Siemens DVB cards.
>
> I can confirm that i have this exact same problem with a full featured TT 
> 1.3 Rev board with
> almost any 2.6 driver version i can remember of, CVS or official kernels. 
> (since at least 2.6.5, i'd say).
>
> So, so far, i'm "stuck" with 2.4 linux-dvb drivers.
>
> As my video directory is NFS mounted, i have *much better* performance 
> when using 2.6 client <-> 2.6 NFS server
> than compared with 2.4 client <-> 2.6 NFS server, especially when editing 
> some recordings.
> I've tried various NFS fixes and updates (NFS_ALL from Trond)without 
> success.
> So, right now, i just decided to live with this sub-optimal setup as long 
> as it is fairly stable.
>
> So until the audio/video blackouts are solved (i'll happily test any patch 
> :), i have no other option than to stay with
> 2003-08-11 linux-dvb driver.
>
> Truly yours,
>
> Philippe