Sorry to bother this list but maybe someone could help me.
I´m using vdr1.4.7 on a Suse10.3 with one FF-DVB-S-Card (technotrend rev.1.3) and one budget DVB-T (winTV nova). Everything worked well until yesterday. When I turned on the TV there was no output on the TV and when one timer started recording vdr terminated and runvdr tried to start it again - but the videosignal didn´t come up.
/var/log/message gives
vdr: [4524] switching device 2 to channel 16 Jul 21 18:28:41 vdr vdr: [4524] timer 2 (16 1813-1850 'Wunderbare Reise des kle Jul 21 18:28:41 vdr vdr: [4524] Title: 'Wunderbare Reise des kleinen Nils Holge Jul 21 18:28:41 vdr vdr: [4524] record /video/Wunderbare_Reise_des_kleinen_Nils Jul 21 18:28:41 vdr vdr: [4524] cFileName::SetOffset: removing zero-sized file Jul 21 18:28:41 vdr vdr: [4524] recording to '/video/Wunderbare_Reise_des_klein Jul 21 18:28:41 vdr vdr: [4537] transfer thread started (pid=4524, tid=4537) Jul 21 18:28:41 vdr vdr: [4538] receiver on device 2 thread started (pid=4524, Jul 21 18:28:41 vdr vdr: [4539] file writer thread started (pid=4524, tid=4539) Jul 21 18:28:41 vdr vdr: [4540] recording thread started (pid=4524, tid=4540) Jul 21 18:28:41 vdr vdr: [4541] TS buffer on device 2 thread started (pid=4524, Jul 21 18:28:49 vdr vdr: [4533] frontend 1 timed out while tuning to channel 16 Jul 21 18:28:50 vdr vdr: [4524] max. latency time 1 seconds Jul 21 18:29:12 vdr vdr: [4539] ERROR: video data stream broken Jul 21 18:29:12 vdr vdr: [4539] initiating emergency exit
This happens every minute. When I deleted the timer vdr didn´t exit anymore and one could watch recordings and the channels from the DVB-T-device, but all satelite-channels were gone.
The LNB seems alright for I can watch the satelite-channels with my old external reciver.
It seems to me, that the tuner on the FF-card is done in?! Or is ther another explanation for this behavior? I didn´t update the kernel or change the driver.
Thank you in advance for any advice
Siegfried
Hi Siegfried,
Siegfried Haas wrote:
I´m using vdr1.4.7 on a Suse10.3 with one FF-DVB-S-Card (technotrend rev.1.3) and one budget DVB-T (winTV nova). Everything worked well until yesterday. When I turned on the TV there was no output on the TV and when one timer started recording vdr terminated and runvdr tried to start it again - but the videosignal didn´t come up.
I had a similar problem like you. I disabled the automatic restart in VDR and then got log entries that video stream is broken and the picture on the TV stays blank. Sometimes after switching it's working sometimes not. Recordings are sometimes blank and sometimes full of distortions sometimes they are fine.
Finally it was a defect FF card. I replaced it and everything worked fine. Maybe you have the same problem but before you replace the card you maybe want to check all cable etc. These F-connectors are really ugly.
Bye, Matthias
Matthias Fechner schrieb:
Hi Siegfried,
Siegfried Haas wrote:
I´m using vdr1.4.7 on a Suse10.3 with one FF-DVB-S-Card (technotrend rev.1.3) and one budget DVB-T (winTV nova). Everything worked well until yesterday. When I turned on the TV there was no output on the TV and when one timer started recording vdr terminated and runvdr tried to start it again - but the videosignal didn´t come up.
I had a similar problem like you. I disabled the automatic restart in VDR and then got log entries that video stream is broken and the picture on the TV stays blank. Sometimes after switching it's working sometimes not. Recordings are sometimes blank and sometimes full of distortions sometimes they are fine.
Finally it was a defect FF card. I replaced it and everything worked fine. Maybe you have the same problem but before you replace the card you maybe want to check all cable etc. These F-connectors are really ugly.
Bye, Matthias
Thank you very much! That is exactly the problem. I wondered all the last weeks why there were every now and then distortions in the recordings - well and now it obviously broke down at last. I got told something about a broken LNBP16+Elko that provides the power for the F-connector - but I don´t think I am able to replace it without damaging the card.
Well, I will have to invest something at last.
Bye Siegfried
Hi Siegfried,
Siegfried Haas wrote:
I got told something about a broken LNBP16+Elko that provides the power for the F-connector - but I don´t think I am able to replace it without damaging the card.
hm, that is interesting. Maybe that will enable me to repair my two damaged FF cards.
Do you have more information about this? Maybe a website, forum etc (German is also fine for me :) ).
Bye, Matthias
Matthias Fechner schrieb:
Hi Siegfried,
Siegfried Haas wrote:
I got told something about a broken LNBP16+Elko that provides the power for the F-connector - but I don´t think I am able to replace it without damaging the card.
hm, that is interesting. Maybe that will enable me to repair my two damaged FF cards.
Do you have more information about this? Maybe a website, forum etc (German is also fine for me :) ).
Bye, Matthias
Hello,
here is the link - it´s at the german vdr-portal:
http://www.vdr-portal.de/board/thread.php?threadid=73927&hilight=lnbp16
And searching with "lnbp16" gives a lot more maybe helpful hits.
And I was also told, that one could still use the FF-card together with a budget-card.
Bye
Siegfried
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