> >What happens if no cable to the satellite is connected - will the driver
> >simply ignore this or will there be problems with stability or strange
> > things can happen?
>
> It introduces problems here. I have a DVB-T budget and a full featured
> DVB-s. If there's no proper stable signal on the DVB-s and I'm only using
> the DVB-s to decode streams from DVB-T in vdr transfer mode it will die
> within about 4 hours with outcom errors and eventual ARM crashes. With a
> strong signal on the DVB-s it's been stable in DVB-T transfermode for
> almost a week without any outcom errors or ARM crashes.
>
> 0.9.4 did not have show a problem with missing or weak signal on the DVB-s
> and replaying.
Mmm, that's ugly - anything one can do about it?
question at the driver developers: is it a change in the firmware or can one
"patch" it in the driver sources? (A simple solution might even simply
deactivate the receiving/tuning capabilites - people like us don't need it at
the moment).
Let me post this to the list.