[vdr] Re: problem with 2 card system

[Wolfgang Fritz <wolfgang.fritz@gmx.net>]

Peter Juszack wrote:
> I just got a second DVB-S card for my VDR.
> 
> Nexus-S FF + Technisat Skystar II Rev 2.6
> 
> I use latest CVS dvb-kernel. Before I got the Skystar II everything worked fine. I tested with vdr-1.3.17 and the new 1.3.20.
> 
> The problem is that about every third recording VDR does an emergency exit. The logs tell that VDR waits about 30 seconds for data and then reports VIDEO DATA STREAM BROKEN and does an emergence exit.
> I have live TV within that 30 seconds but the recording is empty. 
> After VDR is back again the automatic timer starts and after 30 seconds the same thing.
> 

There are problems with the Skystar 2.6 (I use such a card too). But the
usual symptom is that the *first* recording after starting VDR exits. A
reload of the DVB modules usually fixes the problem.

A periodic restart is often a symptom for a bad signal. Concerning you
have just installed the new card, double check that the second SAT cable
is really working.

> When trying to unload the skystar2 module the machine hangs completly (kernel panic). Only rebooting helps.
>

I'm using the 2.4 drivers and had this one or two time, but only while
testing and never during normal operation, including the "normal"
emergency exits.

Wolfgang

> When recording works I can use the two card system and watch parallel on different transponders, so the system basically works. I tried to use the old skystar driver without the nxt2002 frontend but it's the same.
> 
> 
> any idea?
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