[linux-dvb] Re: hw_sections=0 causes disrupted recordings

[Oliver Endriss <o.endriss@gmx.de>]

Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> Oliver Endriss wrote:
> > ...
> > Hm, I'm using hw_sections=0 for a long time without any problems
> > (single DVB-S 2.1). Maybe this problem occurres with multi-card
> > setups only?
>
> Have you tried doing a recording on that (full featured) card?

Sure, I can do 3 recordings at the same time without any problems.

If it occurres with >= 2 cards only, it might be a driver problem, not a 
firmware problem...

> > With hw_sections=1 I sometimes get an almost unreadable OSD
> > (wrong/transparent colors) after heavy zapping.
>
> Strange, I always had hw_sections=1, but that doesn't happen here
> Although I did observe it once, but was never able to reproduce it.
> Since I was heavily messing around with the driver at that time I
> assumed that I had just screwed up and reloaded the driver.

It did not happen very often, but it completely disappeared with 
hw_sections=0. It appears to be a firmware bug.

Oliver


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