Hi,
I'm experiencing problems with my VDR box. I've used different VDR releases (1.3.37 to 1.3.48), different firmwares (f62623 to fd2623) and different DVB drivers (this monday's hg and original kernel 2.6.14.2). The box features 2 FF cards (1.3 and 2.2).
So what happens? When a timer starts while watching LiveTV (ZDF or BR) the live picture gets disturbed and audio consists only of some peaks. Even if I'm watching ZDF and the timer is recording ZDF. The recording is fine. It's impossible to continue viewing that channel. The picture is only fine when switching to a limited number of channels: Pro7, Sat1, Kabel1 (and what else belongs to this group). Switching to Das Erste, ZDF, BR, WDR, NDR... or the RTL group shows trash.
The log is full of lines like: frontend 0 timed out while tuning to channel 2, tp 111953 regained lock...
It doesn't help if the timer stops. But restarting VDR then (no DVB drivers are reloaded!) LiveTV is fine again.
I don't know what else I can do/try :(
Any help/hints appreciated!
Regards, Andreas
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:46:46 +0200 Andreas Mair Andreas.Mair@linogate.com wrote:
Hi,
I'm experiencing problems with my VDR box. I've used different VDR releases (1.3.37 to 1.3.48), different firmwares (f62623 to fd2623) and different DVB drivers (this monday's hg and original kernel 2.6.14.2). The box features 2 FF cards (1.3 and 2.2).
So what happens? When a timer starts while watching LiveTV (ZDF or BR) the live picture gets disturbed and audio consists only of some peaks. Even if I'm watching ZDF and the timer is recording ZDF. The recording is fine. It's impossible to continue viewing that channel. The picture is only fine when switching to a limited number of channels: Pro7, Sat1, Kabel1 (and what else belongs to this group). Switching to Das Erste, ZDF, BR, WDR, NDR... or the RTL group shows trash.
The log is full of lines like: frontend 0 timed out while tuning to channel 2, tp 111953 regained lock...
It doesn't help if the timer stops. But restarting VDR then (no DVB drivers are reloaded!) LiveTV is fine again.
I don't know what else I can do/try :(
Any help/hints appreciated!
Hi Andreas, do you have two different sat cables running to the two cards or are you using the pass through cable of the rev 1.3 card to feed the sat siggnal to the 2.2 card ?
In the latter case, it is a standar behaviour, since you will be able to tune the second card only to channels that have the same polarity as the channel you are recording on the first card.
If you have indeed two different cables running from your dish, then maybe you have a faulty dual LNB and or problems with the connection.
If you explein how you connected the dish to your two cards it would help to start guessing in the right direction
Regards
Mattia
---MR.---
Hi Mattia,
every DVB-S card has a cable of its own, no pass through.
Regards, Andreas
On Wednesday 26 April 2006 16:18, Mattia Rossi wrote:
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:46:46 +0200
Andreas Mair Andreas.Mair@linogate.com wrote:
Hi,
I'm experiencing problems with my VDR box. I've used different VDR releases (1.3.37 to 1.3.48), different firmwares (f62623 to fd2623) and different DVB drivers (this monday's hg and original kernel 2.6.14.2). The box features 2 FF cards (1.3 and 2.2).
So what happens? When a timer starts while watching LiveTV (ZDF or BR) the live picture gets disturbed and audio consists only of some peaks. Even if I'm watching ZDF and the timer is recording ZDF. The recording is fine. It's impossible to continue viewing that channel. The picture is only fine when switching to a limited number of channels: Pro7, Sat1, Kabel1 (and what else belongs to this group). Switching to Das Erste, ZDF, BR, WDR, NDR... or the RTL group shows trash.
The log is full of lines like: frontend 0 timed out while tuning to channel 2, tp 111953 regained lock...
It doesn't help if the timer stops. But restarting VDR then (no DVB drivers are reloaded!) LiveTV is fine again.
I don't know what else I can do/try :(
Any help/hints appreciated!
Hi Andreas, do you have two different sat cables running to the two cards or are you using the pass through cable of the rev 1.3 card to feed the sat siggnal to the 2.2 card ?
In the latter case, it is a standar behaviour, since you will be able to tune the second card only to channels that have the same polarity as the channel you are recording on the first card.
If you have indeed two different cables running from your dish, then maybe you have a faulty dual LNB and or problems with the connection.
If you explein how you connected the dish to your two cards it would help to start guessing in the right direction
Regards
Mattia
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Hallo Andreas,
Am Mittwoch, 26. April 2006 16:31 schrieb Andreas Mair:
Hi Mattia,
every DVB-S card has a cable of its own, no pass through.
Don't know the strategy of vdr to allocate cards for recordings and live TV, so my guess would be, you have a problem with one of your cards - the one, that is only used when at least one recording started (or with the cabel/switch/lnb/dish used by that card)
Regards, Andreas
On Wednesday 26 April 2006 16:18, Mattia Rossi wrote:
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:46:46 +0200
Andreas Mair Andreas.Mair@linogate.com wrote:
Hi,
I'm experiencing problems with my VDR box. I've used different VDR releases (1.3.37 to 1.3.48), different firmwares (f62623 to fd2623) and different DVB drivers (this monday's hg and original kernel 2.6.14.2). The box features 2 FF cards (1.3 and 2.2).
Did it work in the past? What changed since then?
HTH,
Joachim Banzhaf
Hello,
On Wednesday 26 April 2006 20:21, Joachim Banzhaf (compuserve) wrote:
Hallo Andreas,
Am Mittwoch, 26. April 2006 16:31 schrieb Andreas Mair:
Hi Mattia,
every DVB-S card has a cable of its own, no pass through.
Don't know the strategy of vdr to allocate cards for recordings and live TV, so my guess would be, you have a problem with one of your cards - the one, that is only used when at least one recording started (or with the cabel/switch/lnb/dish used by that card)
Yesterday I made some more tests. I was watching ZDF. Then started a recording on Das Erste (Card 2). LiveTV was fine. So I started another recording on BR (Card 2 again) and everything was still fine. Then I recorded ZDF (Card 1): still everything fine. Then I watched some recordings. Still no problems. So I'd say my cards are OK, aren't they? After stopping all recordings and waiting some time LiveTV is broken.
I've taken a look at may satelite dish/switch and noticed that the switch's power supply wasn't connected. I connected it again went down to the living room and LiveTV on ZDF was fine again. Broken LiveTV never cured itself before so maybe my problems came due to the disconnected power supply. What do you think?
Regards, Andreas
On Wednesday 26 April 2006 16:18, Mattia Rossi wrote:
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:46:46 +0200
Andreas Mair Andreas.Mair@linogate.com wrote:
Hi,
I'm experiencing problems with my VDR box. I've used different VDR releases (1.3.37 to 1.3.48), different firmwares (f62623 to fd2623) and different DVB drivers (this monday's hg and original kernel 2.6.14.2). The box features 2 FF cards (1.3 and 2.2).
Did it work in the past?
Yes.
What changed since then?
Many things changed, which I all tried to downgrade to the last known working configuration: VDR, firmware, DVB driver, but not kernel version (IIRC). I had no chance to downgrade the DVB drivers as I can't find out what date they were from :( And obviously the switch's power supply had been disconnected, let's hope that re-connecting it brings back my beloved stable VDR box...
Thanks for your attention!
Regards, Andreas
Hi Andreas,
Am Donnerstag, 27. April 2006 13:39 schrieb Andreas Mair:
...
I've taken a look at may satelite dish/switch and noticed that the switch's power supply wasn't connected. I connected it again went down to the living room and LiveTV on ZDF was fine again. Broken LiveTV never cured itself before so maybe my problems came due to the disconnected power supply. What do you think?
I'd bet on that. Not my life or my right hand though :-) Maybe now you have time to look at my brand new vdradmin-am patches ;-)
Joachim
Andreas Mair wrote:
Yesterday I made some more tests. I was watching ZDF. Then started a recording on Das Erste (Card 2). LiveTV was fine. So I started another recording on BR (Card 2 again) and everything was still fine. Then I recorded ZDF (Card 1): still everything fine. Then I watched some recordings. Still no problems. So I'd say my cards are OK, aren't they?
Not necessarily. All these channels are high band horizontal. My system for example still has the 'bug' that if both cards tune vertical, one of them looses signal. Or that if the first isn't tuned at all, the second never catches a signal, but is able to hold a signal. Both effects are power related. (horizontal=18v, vertical=14v)
After stopping all recordings and waiting some time LiveTV is broken.
probable cause is EPG scan. EPG scan sometimes ruins live TV for me, but only on some channels.
Cheers,
Udo
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