Hi Lars,
Thanks for the patch. Basically, it seems to work for the HVR 4000. Both front ends are detected successfully, and both can be used. I'm using it with the xineliboutput plugin and it seems to co-exist OK. Starting a recording on one prevents a channel switch to the other with the "Channel not available message". However, when doing so the screen goes black and its necessary to retune the recorded channel to get the picture back. Not a big issue, more an annoyance.
I'll be playing with it in the next couple of days including introducing a SD premium card into the mix to see what happens. Is there anything in particular that you would like me to try?
Thanks,
Mark. -----Original Message----- From: vdr-bounces@linuxtv.org [mailto:vdr-bounces@linuxtv.org] On Behalf Of L. Hanisch Sent: Thursday, 17 November 2011 9:59 AM To: vdr@linuxtv.org Subject: Re: [vdr] VDR and Hybrid DVB Cards ( was "HVR 4000 drivers broken - adapter0/frontend1 busy" in linux-media list )
Am 16.11.2011 23:26, schrieb Klaus Schmidinger:
On 16.11.2011 19:16, L. Hanisch wrote:
Am 16.11.2011 00:08, schrieb Klaus Schmidinger:
That is also my understanding of multi frontend devices. If an "adapter" has several "frontends" only one of them can be active at any given time. This has nothing to do with any "explosives" (excuse the pun ;-) and will be implemented in the core
VDR code as time permits. Right now I'm cleaning up the "lnb sharing" (aka "device bonding") stuff and will hopefully find more time for VDR development by the end of the year (and thereafter).
If you don't mind I would try to prefabricate something. On a first guess: would you combine the multiple frontends of an adapter in one cDvbDevice? I think this would be better than having
multiple cDvbDevices which must interact somehow with each other.
Sure there will be one cDvbDevice per adapter for a multi-frontend device where only one frontend can be active at any time. If (like on the TT-S2 6400) there are several frontends that can be active simultaneously, then there shall be separate adapters for each frontend, and thus a separate cDvbDevice for each adapter.
Here's a first "quick'n'dirty" patch. Since my hardware hasn't arrived yet I tested with a DVB-T and DVB-C stick and sym-linked the devices within one adapter. I have no ca-devices in this setup. Switching between C and T channels works here, but it's not really tested with timers/recordings etc.
I don't have a FF card, so the patches for the plugins are more of "remove compiler warnings" only. One have to think about cDvbDeviceProbe and the parameters. A frontend argument doesn't make much sense now.
Note, though, that support for such devices will most likely not go into VDR for version 2. I'm trying to wrap things up in order to make a stable version 2, and after that will address new things like this.
I'm fine with this and looking forward to it. A new stable release would be fine! Xmas is next door... :)
Lars.