Have you tested all versions between 1.3.24 and 1.3.30? It would help if we knew which version change exactly causes this.
Oh, and please try without any patches or plugins (as far as possible).
o.k., I will make some tests with 1.3.29 and earlier
I just made a short test with vdr 1.3.30, to confirm the problem: yes, again it took only a few minutes to freeze. This time I had started the EPG scan manually befor. With other vdr versions, I usually get a black picture at this moment, but it is possible to switch back to the channel. With vdr 1.3.30, the picture freezes in a funny way: The frozen picture contains of two halfs with the same content. Sorry, I can`t describe it better in english. (Das Bild besteht aus zwei Halften, von denen beide den gleichen Bildinhalt haben)
I pressed "2" and the ZDF picture appears back. After about a minute, the picture freezes and the log shows the "can`t set filter"-error. It seems that the problem only appears during an EPG scan.
Then I set "EPG scan timeout" to 0 ,and now there are no freezes!
It seems that the other problem I posted (live picture freezes when recording starts) does not appear als long as there is no EPG scan running.
My machine has a Fuji DVB-C with CI-modul (but no alphacrypt inside) and a Lorenzen DVB-T card. I use the old DVB HEAD driver for 2.4
Martin Dauskardt wrote:
Have you tested all versions between 1.3.24 and 1.3.30? It would help if we knew which version change exactly causes this.
Oh, and please try without any patches or plugins (as far as possible).
o.k., I will make some tests with 1.3.29 and earlier
I just made a short test with vdr 1.3.30, to confirm the problem: yes, again it took only a few minutes to freeze. This time I had started the EPG scan manually befor. With other vdr versions, I usually get a black picture at this moment, but it is possible to switch back to the channel. With vdr 1.3.30, the picture freezes in a funny way: The frozen picture contains of two halfs with the same content. Sorry, I can`t describe it better in english. (Das Bild besteht aus zwei Halften, von denen beide den gleichen Bildinhalt haben)
I pressed "2" and the ZDF picture appears back. After about a minute, the picture freezes and the log shows the "can`t set filter"-error. It seems that the problem only appears during an EPG scan.
Then I set "EPG scan timeout" to 0 ,and now there are no freezes!
It seems that the other problem I posted (live picture freezes when recording starts) does not appear als long as there is no EPG scan running.
My machine has a Fuji DVB-C with CI-modul (but no alphacrypt inside) and a Lorenzen DVB-T card. I use the old DVB HEAD driver for 2.4
Please try the attached patch. I guess it should fix this.
Klaus
--- eitscan.c 2005/08/07 11:29:54 1.27 +++ eitscan.c 2005/08/26 15:37:06 @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ if (!Channel->Ca() || Channel->Ca() == Device->DeviceNumber() + 1 || Channel->Ca() >= 0x0100) { if (Device->ProvidesTransponder(Channel)) { if (!Device->Receiving()) { - bool IsPrimaryDeviceReplaying = Device == cDevice::PrimaryDevice() && Device->Replaying(); + bool IsPrimaryDeviceReplaying = Device == cDevice::PrimaryDevice() && Device->Replaying() && cTransferControl::ReceiverDevice() != cDevice::PrimaryDevice(); if (Device != cDevice::ActualDevice() || (Device->ProvidesTransponderExclusively(Channel) && (IsPrimaryDeviceReplaying || now - lastActivity > Setup.EPGScanTimeout * 3600))) { if (!IsPrimaryDeviceReplaying && Device == cDevice::ActualDevice() && !currentChannel) { if (cTransferControl::ReceiverDevice())