Hi All,
I have an usb dvb-t receiver. When something goes wrong, (for instance when I unplug, and then re-plug the receiver) I see in my syslog something along the lines of "video data stream broken" or "error stopping stream". Then vdr restarts itself.
The problem is that the kernel does not reinitialize the receiver until nobody is using the device. reinitialize takes a few seconds, but vdr does not release the device long enough for that to happen. The result is that vdr restarts many times.
When I stop vdr, wait a few seconds, and then start it again, the USB receivers work fine again.
Is there a way to let vdr wait for 10 seconds during the emergency restart?
Best regards, Cedric
Am 28.10.2012 20:50, schrieb cedric.dewijs@telfort.nl:
Hi All, The problem is that the kernel does not reinitialize the receiver until nobody is using the device. reinitialize takes a few seconds, but vdr does not release the device long enough for that to happen. The result is that vdr restarts many times.
The dynamite plugin should handle this for you.
Gerald
Hi Gerald,
I can't see that plugin for vdr 1.7-31: $ find -iname *dyn* ./vdr-1.7.23/patches/opt-64_dynamite+unicable+lnbsharing.dpatch ./vdr-1.7.27/patches/opt-61_dynamite.patch
I have obtained the MPKGBUILD's for arch linux via this command: svn co https://archvdr.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/archvdr archvdr
How can I install this plugin?
Best regards, Cedric
-- Oorspronkelijk bericht -- Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:54:54 +0100 From: Gerald Dachs vdr@dachsweb.de To: VDR Mailing List vdr@linuxtv.org Subject: Re: [vdr] emergency restart is too fast for my USB DVB-T receiver Reply-To: VDR Mailing List vdr@linuxtv.org
Am 28.10.2012 20:50, schrieb cedric.dewijs@telfort.nl:
Hi All, The problem is that the kernel does not reinitialize the receiver until
nobody
is using the device. reinitialize takes a few seconds, but vdr does not
release
the device long enough for that to happen. The result is that vdr restarts many times.
The dynamite plugin should handle this for you.
Gerald
vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Hi,
Am 29.10.2012 20:17, schrieb cedric.dewijs@telfort.nl:
Hi Gerald,
I can't see that plugin for vdr 1.7-31: $ find -iname *dyn* ./vdr-1.7.23/patches/opt-64_dynamite+unicable+lnbsharing.dpatch ./vdr-1.7.27/patches/opt-61_dynamite.patch
I have obtained the MPKGBUILD's for arch linux via this command: svn co https://archvdr.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/archvdr archvdr
How can I install this plugin?
You find an updated patch for vdr 1.7.31 at Github: https://github.com/flensrocker/vdr-plugin-dynamite
For vdr 1.7.31 I removed some backport compatibilities for older 1.7.x, so make sure you use a recent version of the plugin. You'll find the vdr-patch at the patches-subdirectory.
Regards, Lars.
Best regards, Cedric
-- Oorspronkelijk bericht -- Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:54:54 +0100 From: Gerald Dachs vdr@dachsweb.de To: VDR Mailing List vdr@linuxtv.org Subject: Re: [vdr] emergency restart is too fast for my USB DVB-T receiver Reply-To: VDR Mailing List vdr@linuxtv.org
Am 28.10.2012 20:50, schrieb cedric.dewijs@telfort.nl:
Hi All, The problem is that the kernel does not reinitialize the receiver until
nobody
is using the device. reinitialize takes a few seconds, but vdr does not
release
the device long enough for that to happen. The result is that vdr restarts many times.
The dynamite plugin should handle this for you.
Gerald
vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
On 28/10/2012 20:50, cedric.dewijs@telfort.nl wrote:
Hi All,
I have an usb dvb-t receiver. When something goes wrong, (for instance when I unplug, and then re-plug the receiver) I see in my syslog something along the lines of "video data stream broken" or "error stopping stream". Then vdr restarts itself.
The problem is that the kernel does not reinitialize the receiver until nobody is using the device. reinitialize takes a few seconds, but vdr does not release the device long enough for that to happen. The result is that vdr restarts many times.
When I stop vdr, wait a few seconds, and then start it again, the USB receivers work fine again.
Is there a way to let vdr wait for 10 seconds during the emergency restart?
In your restart script (typically runvdr, depending on your linux distribution, you need to put a sleep at the right place. No need for anything complex. The "good" solution would be to get the driver for your device fixed.
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cedric.dewijs＠telfort.nl -
Gerald Dachs -
Lars Hanisch -
Steffen Barszus