Hello list,
After 4 yeras of SD-VDR I tried to move to HD with my VDR box.
Current hardware: Asus M3N78-VM with GF9400 Athlon BE2350 TT3200 DVB-S2
Software: Ubuntu 9.04 x86 S2API drivers from linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb hg xine-vdpau xine-ui cvs plain vdr-1.7.9
I'm mainly focused on S9.0E source, because I have a Conax subscription for Hello HD package (http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/hello.html)
After the first install and some finetunings, FTA HD channels (M2HD, Luxe HD) worked well, but I had broken image on Hello HD channels (on SD and HD as well, all of them are in DVB-S2 Mpeg4), and log was full with TS continuity error. My channels list was generated with w_scan. After a while I realized that if I let vdr to update my channel.conf, all the channels are working fine. And then came the disaster. Ubuntu said that 9.10 is available, and I choosed to upgrade. After the upgrade I had no sound at all on my system. As I saw, many others had this problem with Ubuntu 9.10. After a day and a half I managed to fix the sound (compiling alsa, etc), but the "TS continuity error" came back on vdr. Since then I tried everything, I reinstalled the dvb drivers, xine-lib, xine-ui, I tried vdr-xine plugin and xineliboutput also, but no luck: i have broken image on Hello HD package. I also tried to make some records from those channels without any output plugin, and I end up with 0 sized recordings (on other channels recordings are fine), so IMHO this has nothing to do with xine. I'm suspecting two things: 1. DVB drivers. 2. Incorrect channels.conf
Reinstalling dvb drivers from liplianin did not help, nor various channels.conf's
One more detail: I have a Kathrein UFS-910 linux receiver. I have two systems on that: the original firmware and Enigma2. If I try my Conax card in the Kathy, everything works well under E2, but in the original firmware I had the same broken image issue as with VDR.
As I am stuck with this for more than a day, any help or any ideas are welcomed.
thanks, István
After 4 yeras of SD-VDR I tried to move to HD with my VDR box.
Current hardware: Asus M3N78-VM with GF9400 Athlon BE2350 TT3200 DVB-S2
Software: Ubuntu 9.04 x86 S2API drivers from linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb hg xine-vdpau xine-ui cvs plain vdr-1.7.9
are you using vdr-xine plugin 093 or vdr-xineliboutput ? which version ?
I'm mainly focused on S9.0E source, because I have a Conax subscription for Hello HD package (http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/hello.html)
After the first install and some finetunings, FTA HD channels (M2HD, Luxe HD) worked well,
what about another FTA channels from 9E - are they working fine ?
but I had broken image on Hello HD channels (on SD and HD
as well, all of them are in DVB-S2 Mpeg4), and log was full with TS continuity error. My channels list was generated with w_scan.
you can try to scan with patched for s2api reelchannelscan vdr plugin - see my announce in this ML
After a
while I realized that if I let vdr to update my channel.conf, all the channels are working fine. And then came the disaster. Ubuntu said that 9.10 is available, and I choosed to upgrade.
it was your fault
After the upgrade I had no sound at all on my system. As I saw, many others had this problem with Ubuntu 9.10.
yep
After a day and a half I managed to fix the sound (compiling alsa, etc), but the "TS continuity error" came back on vdr. Since then I tried everything, I reinstalled the dvb drivers, xine-lib, xine-ui, I tried vdr-xine plugin and xineliboutput also, but no luck: i have broken image on Hello HD package.
what about of 5 FTA channels ?
I also tried to make some records from those channels without any output plugin, and I end up with 0 sized recordings (on other channels recordings are fine), so IMHO this has nothing to do with xine. I'm suspecting two things:
- DVB drivers.
- Incorrect channels.conf
Reinstalling dvb drivers from liplianin did not help, nor various channels.conf's
One more detail: I have a Kathrein UFS-910 linux receiver. I have two systems on that: the original firmware and Enigma2. If I try my Conax card in the Kathy, everything works well under E2, but in the original firmware I had the same broken image issue as with VDR.
As I am stuck with this for more than a day, any help or any ideas are welcomed.
show please your channels.conf try patched vdr-channelscan
Goga
On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, Goga777 wrote:
are you using vdr-xine plugin 093 or vdr-xineliboutput ? which version ?
First I used vd-xine-0.9.3. Then I tried vdr-xineliboutput based on this wiki: http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu_VDR_DVB-S2_mittels_Xine_und_VDP...
what about another FTA channels from 9E - are they working fine ?
All the FTA channels are working fine from 9E and 13E. In Hello HD package there is only one FTA channel, and it's a radio channel... and it's working fine.
you can try to scan with patched for s2api reelchannelscan vdr plugin - see my announce in this ML
I will try this evening.
choosed to upgrade.
it was your fault
Offtopic: I totally agree! I lived about 3 years with OpenSuse 10.0 without any upgrade, without any problem.
what about of 5 FTA channels ?
All working.
My channels.conf: m1 HD;HD Platform:12034:vC34M5O0S1:S9.0E:27500:320=27:0;321=hun:0:BAA:4:158:6600:0 Filmbox Extra;HD Platform:12034:vC34M5O0S0:S9.0E:27500:656=2:657=hun:0:BAA,B00:25:158:6600:0 HirTV;HD Platform:12034:vC34M5O0S0:S9.0E:27500:672=27:673=hun:676:BAA:26:158:6600:0 Eurosport 2;HD Platform:12034:vC34M5O0S0:S9.0E:27500:704=27:705=hun:0:BAA:28:158:6600:0 Minimax;HD Platform:12034:vC34M5O0S0:S9.0E:27500:560=27:561=hun:0:BAA:31:158:6600:0 Viasat 3;HD Platform:12034:vC34M5O0S0:S9.0E:27500:576=27:577=hun:0:BAA:32:158:6600:0 MTV Hungary;HD Platform:12034:vC34M5O0S0:S9.0E:27500:768=27:769=hun:0:BAA:33:158:6600:0 Animal Planet;HD Platform:12034:vC34M5O0S0:S9.0E:27500:784=27:785=hun:0:BAA:34:158:6600:0 VIVA Hungary;HD Platform:12034:vC34M5O0S0:S9.0E:27500:816=27:817=hun:0:BAA:36:158:6600:0 Comedy Central;HD Platform:12034:vC34M5O0S0:S9.0E:27500:832=27:833=hun:0:BAA:37:158:6600:0 National Geographic;HD Platform:12034:vC34M5O0S0:S9.0E:27500:864=27:865=hun:0:BAA:39:158:6600:0 Nat Geo Wild;HD Platform:12034:vC34M5O0S0:S9.0E:27500:880=27:881=hun:0:BAA:40:158:6600:0 Travel Channel;HD Platform:12034:vC34M5O0S0:S9.0E:27500:912=27:913=hun:0:BAA:42:158:6600:0 Jazzradio.hu;HD Platform:12034:vC34M5O0S1:S9.0E:27500:0:961=hun:0:0:44:158:6600:0
try patched vdr-channelscan
OK, i'll do it.
Thanks.
My channels.conf:
your channels list is wrong
wrong modulation - should be everytime S1 and O35 or O25
read please man vdr about this parameters
m1 HD;HD Platform:12034:vC34M5O0S1:S9.0E:27500:320=27:0;321=hun:0:BAA:4:158:6600:0 Filmbox Extra;HD Platform:12034:vC34M5O0S0:S9.0E:27500:656=2:657=hun:0:BAA,B00:25:158:6600:0 HirTV;HD Platform:12034:vC34M5O0S0:S9.0E:27500:672=27:673=hun:676:BAA:26:158:6600:0
please try to use roll-off factor = 0,35 (as here - O35)
HD-Test ARD ZDF;IRT:11361:hC23M5O35S1:S19.2E:22000:0:0:0:0:11140:1:1011:0
or
O25
as here
HD4 TEST;Poverkhnost TV:12111:HC34M5O25S1:S36.0E:27500:1213=27:1313=eng:0:654,500:3213:878:12100:0
Goga
your channels list is wrong
wrong modulation - should be everytime S1 and O35 or O25
The channels.conf was as vdr generated it, but I tried different modifications, so maybe that time I changed the modulation, but it didn't helped.
read please man vdr about this parameters
Believe me, I read it very often, and I had read about channels.conf parameters not in the vdr manual but on the german wiki.
please try to use roll-off factor = 0,35 (as here - O35)
I tried.
I also installed vdr-reelchannelscan plugin, it generated a new channels.conf, but my image remanined broken, and log was full with TS continuity error. One thing: I was wrong about that single FTA radio channel from Hello HD packet: it's also not working, I can hear only some glitches if I tune to.
I will reinstall Ubuntu 9.04 on this weekend, and I hope that will help.
thanks for your quick answers.
István
On Tue, 10 Nov 2009, Gerald Dachs wrote:
I will reinstall Ubuntu 9.04 on this weekend, and I hope that will help.
This is never a good idea, this way you will never find out the reason for the problem. So there is no warranty that it will not happen again.
Gerald
I agree. But I miss my vdr box, and for watching television I need to use that Kathrein box, which I don't like :)
wrong modulation - should be everytime S1 and O35 or O25
The channels.conf was as vdr generated it, but I tried different modifications, so maybe that time I changed the modulation, but it didn't helped.
read please man vdr about this parameters
Believe me, I read it very often, and I had read about channels.conf parameters not in the vdr manual but on the german wiki.
please try to use roll-off factor = 0,35 (as here - O35)
I tried.
I also installed vdr-reelchannelscan plugin, it generated a new channels.conf, but my image remanined broken, and log was full with TS continuity error. One thing: I was wrong about that single FTA radio channel from Hello HD packet: it's also not working, I can hear only some glitches if I tune to..
what about of LOCK - do you have permanent stable LOCK ? have you any figures concerning of SNR BER ?
Goga
Yes, i have signal, as my LNB cable is coming from the Kathrein's loopthrough, and channels are fine on Kathrein's Enigma2. I also tried to connect my LNB directly to TT3200, with same results.
I compared Engima2's lamedb channels list to vdr's channels.conf, and I can see only one difference. On Kathrein there is a parameter for tp's called Pilot and is set to off, I don't have this option on VDR.
One more (stupid) question: Is there a way to record a channel if i don't have any output device (such as vdr-xine plugin), just the skincurses loaded? This software output device stuff is very unfamiliar for me, as I used vdr with an FF card for many years, never having to work with budget cards.
In a very last attempt I will try to recompile everything related to vdr stuff (dvb driver, xine-lib, xine-ui, reinstall nvidia drivers) in this weekend. If it won't work, I will sadly reinstall Ubuntu 9.04.
István
to upgrade. After the upgrade I had no sound at all on my system. As I saw, many others had this problem with Ubuntu 9.10. After a day and a half I managed to fix the sound (compiling alsa, etc), but the "TS continuity error" came back on vdr.
Is ubuntu using Pulse Audio volume control? In many cases I like pulse way of allowing to manage and switch between multiple sound cards inputs and outputs even application by application but at least with Mandriva the old configs have been lost couple of times and I have needed to run both the alsaconfig and pulseaudio config for my system to get things working fine.
I use spdif output and couple of times after system updates I have not had any sounds available. In those cases I have needed to: 1)alsamixer -c (--> unmute spdif output) 2)pulse-audio config (select spdif for default output channel instead of hdmi and check from the application view that apps running realized the config change. 3) check that my denon amplifier realized the config change by pressing "auto" button that forces it's to check both the digital and analog input...
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