[linux-dvb] Re: dvbstream eventually stops

[Peter Maersk-Moller <peter@maersk-moller.net>]

Hi

=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andreas_Bergstrøm?= wrote:
> > I have a problem with dvbstream where dvbstream after running for 
> > hours eventually
> > stops. It stops in the sense that it doesn't output more data. 
> > Pressing a ctrl-c
> > and restarting dvbstream makes it runs happily again for hours.
> > Has anybody else seen this behaviour ?
> Yes, on several 2.4 boxes. DVBstream runs happily for days, then 
> suddenly none of the three boxes receive any data, restart dvbstream and 
> everything is back to normal. (All cards are connected to the same 
> dish/receiver.
> We are suspecting something in the signal which dvbstream does not like.
I guess one could setup a timer in dvbstream that timeout if data has not been
received for an appropriate time, then retune and continue, but that
still gonna result in a noticable drop of packets. Could it be a 33
bit pts or dts counter wrap ?

I guess the fix has to be done in the firmware. Does anyone know if
the Windows driver has the same problem though I can't imagine anyone
running Windows for hours ;-) ?

Hmm, I'm connected a Spaun multiswitch in front of DVB cards. Could it be
a problem with the switches ? Andreas are you using sat-switches ?

--PMM