On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Simon Baxter linuxtv@nzbaxters.com wrote:
This is all very fascinating, but can anyone offer a suggestion to how I can debug my 3 seconds of live TV problem?
When I switch to any live SD channel, I only get 3 seconds of audio/video and then then "channel not available". A few seconds later the picture comes back, for another 3 seconds, then unavailable.
Jul 25 10:39:46 localhost vdr: [2499] switching to channel 1 Jul 25 10:39:46 localhost vdr: [2532] receiver on device 1 thread started (pid=2499, tid=2532) Jul 25 10:39:46 localhost vdr: [2533] TS buffer on device 1 thread started (pid=2499, tid=2533) Jul 25 10:39:48 localhost vdr: [2532] cVideoRepacker: switching to MPEG1/2 mode Jul 25 10:39:48 localhost vdr: [2532] cVideoRepacker: operating in MPEG1/2 mode Jul 25 10:39:50 localhost vdr: [2533] TS buffer on device 1 thread ended (pid=2499, tid=2533) Jul 25 10:39:50 localhost vdr: [2532] buffer stats: 201536 (9%) used Jul 25 10:39:50 localhost vdr: [2532] receiver on device 1 thread ended (pid=2499, tid=2532) Jul 25 10:39:57 localhost vdr: [2499] switching to channel 1 Jul 25 10:39:57 localhost vdr: [2499] info: Channel not available!
Not enough information. Assuming channel 1 is a real channel for you, check your xine log and cam log also. Usually "Channel not available" seems to mean the cam can't decrypt the channel or the tuner is in use already (such as a timer is active on another channel).
This is a test box with no timers or other front ends, so the tuner isn't in use anywhere. Above result happens no matter which channel I change to - 3 seconds of live TV then thread ends.
I've also tested using a FF card (so no xine front end) and still only getting 3 seconds of video.
Using vdr-xine, XINE logs, all I'm getting is: vdr: osdflush: n: 3, 32.6, timeout: 0, result: 0 vdr: osdflush: n: 2, 20.2, timeout: 0, result: 0 vdr: osdflush: n: 1, 10.2, timeout: 0, result: 0 vdr: osdflush: n: 3, 33.6, timeout: 0, result: 0 vdr: osdflush: n: 3, 30.3, timeout: 0, result: 0 vdr: osdflush: n: 1, 10.2, timeout: 0, result: 0 vdr: osdflush: n: 1, 10.1, timeout: 0, result: 0 vdr: osdflush: n: 1, 10.1, timeout: 0, result: 0
CAM logs as follows: SetPlayMode: 1 Slot 2: ==> Date Time (4) 2: --> 01 01 A0 10 01 90 02 00 04 9F 84 41 07 D8 70 07 24 57 00 02 Slot 2: receive data 1/1 2: --> 01 01 81 01 01 2: <-- 01 01 A0 07 01 91 04 00 40 00 41 80 02 01 00 . . . . . . . . @ . A . . . . Slot 2: open session 00400041 Slot 2: new MMI (session id 5) 2: --> 01 01 A0 0A 01 92 07 00 00 40 00 41 00 05 Slot 2: receive data 1/1 2: --> 01 01 81 01 01 2: <-- 01 01 A0 82 00 0B 01 90 02 00 05 9F 88 01 02 01 01 80 02 01 00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slot 2: <== Display Control (5) Slot 2: ==> Display Reply (5) 2: --> 01 01 A0 0B 01 90 02 00 05 9F 88 02 02 01 01 Slot 2: receive data 1/1 2: --> 01 01 81 01 01 2: <-- 01 01 A0 82 00 61 01 90 02 00 05 9F 88 0C 58 02 9F 88 03 0B 97 41 6C 70 68 61 43 72 79 70 74 9F 88 03 01 20 9F 88 03 08 50 72 65 73 73 20 4F 4B 9F 88 03 14 59 6F 75 20 61 72 65 20 6E 6F 74 20 65 6E 74 69 74 6C 65 64 9F 88 03 1B 74 6F 20 72 65 63 65 69 76 65 20 74 68 69 73 20 70 72 6F 67 72 61 6D 6D 65 20 21 80 02 01 00 . . . . . a . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . A l p h a C r y p t . . . . . . . . P r e s s O K . . . . Y o u a r e n o t e n t i t l e d . . . . t o r e c e i v e t h i s p r o g r a m m e ! . . . . Slot 2: <== Menu Last (5) Slot 2: <== Text Last (5) 'AlphaCrypt' Slot 2: <== Text Last (5) '' Slot 2: <== Text Last (5) 'Press OK' Slot 2: <== Text Last (5) 'You are not entitled' Slot 2: <== Text Last (5) 'to receive this programme !' SetPlayMode: 0 Slot 2: ==> Ca Pmt (3) 5 1 2: --> 01 01 A0 16 01 90 02 00 03 9F 80 32 0D 05 03 EE 01 00 07 01 09 04 06 06 E4 51 frame: (0, 0)-(-1, -1), zoom: (1.00, 1.00) Slot 2: ==> Date Time (4) 2: --> 01 01 A0 10 01 90 02 00 04 9F 84 41 07 D8 70 07 25 03 00 02 Slot 2: ==> Close MMI (5) 2: --> 01 01 A0 09 01 90 02 00 05 9F 88 00 00 Slot 2: receive data 1/1 2: --> 01 01 81 01 01 2: <-- 01 01 A0 05 01 95 02 00 05 80 02 01 00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slot 2: close session 5 2: --> 01 01 A0 06 01 96 03 00 00 05