Hello All,
For a couple of months I'm very happy with my new Asus ION/330. But last week I decided to swap my Hauppauge NOVA-HD-S2 for an USB based Tevii S660. The reason, I wanted to get me a new HTPC enclosure and to use my Reel ExtensionHD (the Asus ATN37A only has one PCI-slot available). I use the The VDR Team PPA builds (VDR 1.7.10) with the latest CVS of the xineliboutput plugin.
Now I encounter a strange problem. During the start of VDR I encounter system unresponsiveness. It hangs a bit, like if the CPU is at 100%. However, top doesn't show me anything out of the ordinary. And it seems to happen on SDTV (for example BVN) and HDTV (for example ArteHD). As a result, during LiveTV using vdr-sxfe, I encounter picture breakups. I tried removing all of the non-essential plugins and swapping xineliboutput for vdr-xine, but I have the same problem. I tried the "official" Tevii drivers as well as the drivers from s2-liplianin. The only thing I didn't try, is upgrade to VDR 1.7.13. But before the DVB-device swap it worked great, so I don't see a reason to upgrade....
I haven't build the reelbox stuff yet, so the EHD is *not* configured in my system. I'm a bit reluctant to remove the EHD since I just made everything nice (enclosure and furniture). Also, I tested my configuration with MS Windows in combination with DVB Viewer Pro and no issues. And a fast test with TVHeadend doesn't seem to give issues also. So it must be VDR in combination with my Tevii S660 USB device.
Has anybody seen this kind of behaviour and have a solution or something else for me to look at?
Regards,
Niels Wagenaar
2010/3/12 Niels Wagenaar n.wagenaar@xs4all.nl:
I haven't build the reelbox stuff yet, so the EHD is *not* configured in my system. I'm a bit reluctant to remove the EHD since I just made everything nice (enclosure and furniture). Also, I tested my configuration with MS Windows in combination with DVB Viewer Pro and no issues. And a fast test with TVHeadend doesn't seem to give issues also. So it must be VDR in combination with my Tevii S660 USB device.
Ok, I removed the ExtensionHD. This didn't solve the problem. Then I decided to put an old TT 1500-S in and now it works. I also found out that TVHeadend experienced the same problem. Upgrading VDR didn't resolve the issue.
So I guess it's a problem with the Tevii S660 (as I thought). And I found that other have curious problems as well. *sigh*
Oh well, time to find an other DVB-S2 based USB device.
Regards,
Niels Wagenaar
Hello,
Am 12.03.2010 22:23, schrieb Niels Wagenaar:
2010/3/12 Niels Wagenaarn.wagenaar@xs4all.nl:
I haven't build the reelbox stuff yet, so the EHD is *not* configured in my system. I'm a bit reluctant to remove the EHD since I just made everything nice (enclosure and furniture). Also, I tested my configuration with MS Windows in combination with DVB Viewer Pro and no issues. And a fast test with TVHeadend doesn't seem to give issues also. So it must be VDR in combination with my Tevii S660 USB device.
Ok, I removed the ExtensionHD. This didn't solve the problem. Then I decided to put an old TT 1500-S in and now it works. I also found out that TVHeadend experienced the same problem. Upgrading VDR didn't resolve the issue.
So I guess it's a problem with the Tevii S660 (as I thought). And I found that other have curious problems as well. *sigh*
Oh well, time to find an other DVB-S2 based USB device.
The S660 works well for me.
It is a problem of the drivers and/or firmware. I had also the same problem.
The only working driver for me is the official driver from the TeVii website and also just an older version. Unfortunaly I have deleted the original .rar so I can't tell you the exact version I am using right now.
The s2-liplianin drivers do not work reliably.
Regards, Artem
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