Hello all,
I have recently purchased a TechnoTrend 1500 DVB-T PCI card with CI daughter board. I also have an official CAM and Smartcard for our local DVB-T service. The DVB-T in the air broadcasts 4 FtA channels and the rest encrypted. I can scan and find all the channels properly. Also watching FtA channels works without a problem. EPG I also receive for all channels in question. The CAM menu lists my cam properly (Conax 4.00e) and all information seems to be proper. I activated my smartcard via the phone this morning so that sh ould also not cause any problem.
dmesg lists my cam as successfully initialized: Dec 16 16:19:11 erin kernel: [ 2771.999892] dvb_ca adapter 0: DVB CAM detected and initialised successfully
I also have a ivtv based device in the box using the pvrinput plugin, but that shouldn't cause this? From the log I find the following after changing from channel 42 (FtA) to 64 (Scrambled) and back.
Dec 16 17:58:55 erin vdr: [2756] switching to channel 42 Dec 16 17:58:55 erin vdr: [2884] transfer thread ended (pid=2756, tid=2884) Dec 16 17:58:55 erin vdr: [2756] buffer stats: 40232 (1%) used Dec 16 17:58:55 erin vdr: [2888] transfer thread started (pid=2756, tid=2888) Dec 16 17:58:55 erin vdr: [2887] osdteletext-receiver thread ended (pid=2756, tid=2887) Dec 16 17:58:55 erin vdr: [2756] buffer stats: 0 (0%) used Dec 16 17:58:55 erin vdr: [2889] osdteletext-receiver thread started (pid=2756, tid=2889) Dec 16 17:58:56 erin vdr: [2888] [xine..put] Detected video size 704x576 Dec 16 17:58:56 erin vdr: [2888] setting audio track to 1 (0) Dec 16 17:58:59 erin vdr: [2756] switching to channel 64 Dec 16 17:58:59 erin vdr: [2888] transfer thread ended (pid=2756, tid=2888) Dec 16 17:58:59 erin vdr: [2756] buffer stats: 75388 (3%) used Dec 16 17:58:59 erin vdr: [2889] osdteletext-receiver thread ended (pid=2756, tid=2889) Dec 16 17:58:59 erin vdr: [2890] transfer thread started (pid=2756, tid=2890) Dec 16 17:59:00 erin vdr: [2886] TS buffer on device 1 thread ended (pid=2756, tid=2886) Dec 16 17:59:00 erin vdr: [2885] buffer stats: 78960 (3%) used Dec 16 17:59:00 erin vdr: [2885] receiver on device 1 thread ended (pid=2756, tid=2885) Dec 16 17:59:00 erin vdr: [2891] receiver on device 1 thread started (pid=2756, tid=2891) Dec 16 17:59:00 erin vdr: [2756] buffer stats: 0 (0%) used Dec 16 17:59:00 erin vdr: [2756] creating directory /var/cache/osdteletext/T-8720-2213-32 Dec 16 17:59:00 erin vdr: [2893] TS buffer on device 1 thread started (pid=2756, tid=2893) Dec 16 17:59:00 erin vdr: [2892] osdteletext-receiver thread started (pid=2756, tid=2892) Dec 16 17:59:01 erin vdr: [2756] retuning due to modification of channel 64 Dec 16 17:59:01 erin vdr: [2756] switching to channel 64 Dec 16 17:59:01 erin vdr: [2890] transfer thread ended (pid=2756, tid=2890) Dec 16 17:59:01 erin vdr: [2756] buffer stats: 39480 (1%) used Dec 16 17:59:01 erin vdr: [2894] transfer thread started (pid=2756, tid=2894) Dec 16 17:59:04 erin vdr: [2756] switching to channel 42
any idea why the scrambled stream isn't being decoded?
00:0a.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 (rev 01) Subsystem: Technotrend Systemtechnik GmbH DVB T-1500 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18 Memory at fc123000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512] Kernel driver in use: budget_ci dvb Kernel modules: budget-ci
Module Size Used by snd_pcm_oss 26176 0 snd_mixer_oss 10616 1 snd_pcm_oss radeon 620116 2 wm8775 2416 1 tuner 14720 2 cx25840 23108 1 lirc_imon 19540 1 tda1004x 11484 1 ivtv 114436 1 ttm 37408 1 radeon budget_ci 15716 16 drm_kms_helper 17912 1 radeon rc_hauppauge_new 984 0 lirc_dev 8312 3 lirc_imon budget_core 5580 1 budget_ci saa7146 10336 2 budget_ci,budget_core cx2341x 8636 1 ivtv cfbcopyarea 2776 1 radeon imon 17728 0 cfbimgblt 1800 1 radeon tveeprom 12204 1 ivtv cfbfillrect 2664 1 radeon ttpci_eeprom 1288 1 budget_core
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 6 Dec 16 15:33 ca0 crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 4 Dec 16 15:33 demux0 crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 5 Dec 16 15:33 dvr0 crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 3 Dec 16 15:33 frontend0 crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 7 Dec 16 15:33 net0
Thanks, Oliver
I think this should be it with CI enabled in the source, any easy way I can check this on the binary?
Dec 16 22:18:38 erin vdr: [14866] switching to channel 42 Dec 16 22:18:38 erin vdr: [15019] transfer thread ended (pid=14866, tid=15019) Dec 16 22:18:38 erin vdr: [14866] buffer stats: 2632 (0%) used Dec 16 22:18:38 erin vdr: [15022] transfer thread started (pid=14866, tid=15022) Dec 16 22:18:38 erin vdr: [15021] TS buffer on device 1 thread ended (pid=14866, tid=15021) Dec 16 22:18:38 erin vdr: [15020] buffer stats: 2256 (0%) used Dec 16 22:18:38 erin vdr: [15020] receiver on device 1 thread ended (pid=14866, tid=15020) Dec 16 22:18:38 erin vdr: [15023] receiver on device 1 thread started (pid=14866, tid=15023) Dec 16 22:18:38 erin vdr: [15024] TS buffer on device 1 thread started (pid=14866, tid=15024) Dec 16 22:18:38 erin vdr: [15025] osdteletext-receiver thread started (pid=14866, tid=15025) Dec 16 22:18:39 erin vdr: [15022] [xine..put] Detected video size 704x576 Dec 16 22:18:39 erin vdr: [15022] setting audio track to 1 (0) Dec 16 22:18:43 erin vdr: [14866] switching to channel 64 Dec 16 22:18:43 erin vdr: [15022] transfer thread ended (pid=14866, tid=15022) Dec 16 22:18:43 erin vdr: [14866] buffer stats: 49632 (2%) used Dec 16 22:18:43 erin vdr: [15025] osdteletext-receiver thread ended (pid=14866, tid=15025) Dec 16 22:18:43 erin vdr: [15026] transfer thread started (pid=14866, tid=15026) Dec 16 22:18:43 erin vdr: [15024] TS buffer on device 1 thread ended (pid=14866, tid=15024) Dec 16 22:18:43 erin vdr: [15023] buffer stats: 52828 (2%) used Dec 16 22:18:43 erin vdr: [15023] receiver on device 1 thread ended (pid=14866, tid=15023) Dec 16 22:18:43 erin vdr: [15027] receiver on device 1 thread started (pid=14866, tid=15027) Dec 16 22:18:43 erin vdr: [14866] buffer stats: 0 (0%) used Dec 16 22:18:43 erin vdr: [15028] TS buffer on device 1 thread started (pid=14866, tid=15028) Dec 16 22:18:43 erin vdr: [15029] osdteletext-receiver thread started (pid=14866, tid=15029)
On 12/16/10 19:31, Simon Baxter wrote:
I think it's working I got this from my cam in my message:
Dec 17 00:24:01 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: Menu ------------------ Dec 17 00:24:01 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Conax Conditional Access' Dec 17 00:24:01 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Main menu' Dec 17 00:24:01 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Subscription status' Dec 17 00:24:01 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Event status' Dec 17 00:24:01 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Tokens status' Dec 17 00:24:01 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Change CA PIN' Dec 17 00:24:01 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Maturity Rating' Dec 17 00:24:01 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Modem Ordering' Dec 17 00:24:01 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'About Conax CA' Dec 17 00:24:01 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Message' Dec 17 00:24:01 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Language' Dec 17 00:24:01 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Loader status' Dec 17 00:24:01 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Press 'OK' to select; Press 'EXIT' to return' Dec 17 00:24:02 erin vdr: [14866] max. latency time 3 seconds Dec 17 00:24:03 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: select 0 Dec 17 00:24:03 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: Menu ------------------ Dec 17 00:24:03 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Conax Conditional Access' Dec 17 00:24:03 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Subscription status' Dec 17 00:24:03 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Name: Digitenne ' Dec 17 00:24:03 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Start date 01. Dec 2010 01. Jan 1990 ' Dec 17 00:24:03 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'End date 31. Dec 2010 01. Jan 1990 ' Dec 17 00:24:03 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Entitlement 0100000b 01ffffff' Dec 17 00:24:03 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'The First Entitlement' Dec 17 00:24:03 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'The End Entitlement' Dec 17 00:24:03 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'OK - view subscription status' Dec 17 00:24:39 erin vdr: [15132] ERROR: no useful data seen within 10540220 byte of video stream Dec 17 00:27:48 erin vdr: [15132] PES packet shortened to 27080 bytes (expected: 53845 bytes) Dec 17 00:30:32 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: select 4 Dec 17 00:30:33 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: Menu ------------------ Dec 17 00:30:33 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Conax Conditional Access' Dec 17 00:30:33 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Subscription status' Dec 17 00:30:33 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Name: Digitenne ' Dec 17 00:30:33 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Start date 01. Dec 2010 01. Jan 1990 ' Dec 17 00:30:33 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'End date 31. Dec 2010 01. Jan 1990 ' Dec 17 00:30:33 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Entitlement 0100000b 01ffffff' Dec 17 00:30:33 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'The First Entitlement' Dec 17 00:30:33 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'The End Entitlement' Dec 17 00:30:33 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'OK - view subscription status' Dec 17 00:30:33 erin vdr: [14866] [xine..put] OSD bandwidth: 1077562 bytes/s (8418 kbit/s) Dec 17 00:30:34 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: Menu ------------------ Dec 17 00:30:34 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Conax Conditional Access' Dec 17 00:30:34 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Main menu' Dec 17 00:30:34 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Subscription status' Dec 17 00:30:34 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Event status' Dec 17 00:30:34 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Tokens status' Dec 17 00:30:34 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Change CA PIN' Dec 17 00:30:34 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Maturity Rating' Dec 17 00:30:34 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Modem Ordering' Dec 17 00:30:34 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'About Conax CA' Dec 17 00:30:34 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Message' Dec 17 00:30:34 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Language' Dec 17 00:30:34 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Loader status' Dec 17 00:30:34 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Press 'OK' to select; Press 'EXIT' to return' Dec 17 00:30:35 erin vdr: [14866] [xine..put] OSD bandwidth: 918770 bytes/s (7177 kbit/s) Dec 17 00:30:35 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: select 1 Dec 17 00:30:36 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: Menu ------------------ Dec 17 00:30:36 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: '' Dec 17 00:30:36 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'No Entitlement!' Dec 17 00:30:36 erin vdr: [14866] [xine..put] OSD bandwidth: 857737 bytes/s (6701 kbit/s) Dec 17 00:30:37 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: Menu ------------------ Dec 17 00:30:37 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Conax Conditional Access' Dec 17 00:30:37 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Main menu' Dec 17 00:30:37 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Subscription status' Dec 17 00:30:37 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Event status' Dec 17 00:30:37 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Tokens status' Dec 17 00:30:37 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Change CA PIN' Dec 17 00:30:37 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Maturity Rating' Dec 17 00:30:37 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Modem Ordering' Dec 17 00:30:37 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'About Conax CA' Dec 17 00:30:37 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Message' Dec 17 00:30:37 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Language' Dec 17 00:30:37 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Loader status' Dec 17 00:30:37 erin vdr: [14866] CAM 1: 'Press 'OK' to select; Press 'EXIT' to return'
On 12/16/10 22:19, Oliver Schinagl wrote:
Ok, i found that i get the debugging from running vdr and piping it output to a file. I removed the log serial numbers hopefully. I can't see anything wrong though, i changed from fta, to encrypted channels and back, also went through the cam menu while on the encrpyted channels.
Do I need to do anything with channels.conf to let it know i have encrypted channels? I just piped the output from dvbscan to channels.conf ...
oliver
On 12/17/10 00:36, Oliver Schinagl wrote:
Having pulled out my hair so far over the weekend, I have figured out, that maybe, I need to change the ca field in channels.conf. After a scan from dvbscan, it is set to 0, which appearantly means fta. Changing it to 1 isn't a magical fix, but I think it is something that is needed? After this however, I am kinda stuck. There is hardly anything to be found on this subject and most/all info I find is about softcams and cardsharing.
Nobody has any pointer in the right direction to get VDR working with a hardware cam?
Thanks,
Oliver
On 12/17/10 22:21, Oliver Schinagl wrote:
Hi, Try the following: set in menu->settings->dvb Update channels to add new transponders then press ok. Then set the ca field to unencrypted and switch to that channel in vdr. Vdr should detect the ca field and change the vallue. HTH. Halim
Halim Sahin E-Mail: halim.sahin (at) t-online.de
Success!
I removed the pvrinput plugin and set the update to add new transponders on. And after doing a new dvbscan vdr made it all worked. Incidently, my smartcard is properly updated now too (in the log, it said somewhere that the start/end dates was 1 jan 1990; those read reasonable values now.
In any case, with pvrinput, i had the xineliboutput setup that the OSD was partially transparant and 'smooth'. Changing specific settings (cropping, overscanning etc) made the menu be non-transparant and extremly slow.
Before, I _think_ my FTA channels worked that way too, but now, I can't seem to get the background to be transparant. I'm guessing I could remove my xineliboutput settings, but i'm sure there's an easier way?
One other strange thing, in the DVB menu my dvb card is listed 2nd card. If i change it to first, all goes away again. I guess the easy way is to reset my config and start over :)
(For the next few months, I might want to keep my PVR somewhere highup, channels 50+)
Anyway! I checked what my channels.conf said, and my CA or CA-ID (caid) field was changed to B00. zap and i think my CAM menu mentioned that my cam was 0x0b00. So VDR entered my CA to the Cam id. Hopefully google will pick this up for anybody searching for this stuff sometime in the future :)
On 12/18/10 22:18, Halim Sahin wrote:
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