[vdr] Re: "video data stream broken" running vdr without connection to LNB

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Michael Nausch wrote:
> 
> Griaseichallemidananda!
> 
> English isn't my foreign language, so I try to do my best! :-)
> 
> This days I'm working on my first vdr-box. My SAT-antenna isn't installed jet,
> so I tried to use VDR as an DVD player first. I hope I can do this ...
> 
> After starting runvdr, vdr crashes down every few minutes. In
> /var/log/messages are written those lines:
> 
> <import>
> Dec 28 20:21:56 vdr vdr[1289]: KBD remote control thread started (pid=1289)
> Dec 28 20:21:56 vdr vdr[1267]: remote control KBD - keys known
> Dec 28 20:21:56 vdr vdr[1267]: switching to channel 7
> Dec 28 20:21:56 vdr vdr[1290]: receiver thread started on device 1
> (pid=1290)
> Dec 28 20:21:56 vdr vdr[1267]: setting watchdog timer to 30 seconds
> Dec 28 20:22:02 vdr vdr[1267]: assuming manual start of VDR
> Dec 28 20:22:02 vdr vdr[1267]: max. latency time 1 seconds
> Dec 28 20:22:27 vdr vdr[1290]: ERROR: video data stream broken on device 1
> Dec 28 20:22:27 vdr vdr[1290]: initiating emergency exit
> Dec 28 20:22:27 vdr vdr[1267]: emergency exit requested - shutting down
> Dec 28 20:22:27 vdr vdr[1289]: KBD remote control thread ended (pid=1289)
> Dec 28 20:22:27 vdr vdr[1267]: saved setup to
> /usr/local/src/VDRtmp/setup.conf
> Dec 28 20:22:27 vdr vdr[1271]: EIT processing thread ended (pid=1271) -
> master
> Dec 28 20:22:27 vdr vdr[1272]: tuner thread ended on device 1 (pid=1272)
> Dec 28 20:22:27 vdr vdr[1290]: receiver thread ended on device 1 (pid=1290)
> Dec 28 20:22:27 vdr vdr[1275]: EIT processing thread ended (pid=1275)
> Dec 28 20:22:27 vdr vdr[1277]: tuner thread ended on device 2 (pid=1277)
> Dec 28 20:22:27 vdr vdr[1280]: EIT processing thread ended (pid=1280)
> Dec 28 20:22:27 vdr vdr[1282]: tuner thread ended on device 3 (pid=1282)
> Dec 28 20:22:27 vdr vdr[1285]: EIT processing thread ended (pid=1285)
> Dec 28 20:22:28 vdr vdr[1286]: tuner thread ended on device 4 (pid=1286)
> Dec 28 20:22:28 vdr vdr[1267]: stopping plugin: prefermenu
> Dec 28 20:22:28 vdr vdr[1267]: stopping plugin: teletext
> Dec 28 20:22:28 vdr vdr[1267]: stopping plugin: vdrmail
> Dec 28 20:22:28 vdr vdr[1267]: stopping plugin: lcdproc
> Dec 28 20:22:29 vdr vdr[1267]: stopping plugin: tetris
> Dec 28 20:22:29 vdr vdr[1267]: stopping plugin: stream
> Dec 28 20:22:29 vdr vdr[1267]: stopping plugin: vdrcd
> Dec 28 20:22:29 vdr vdr[1267]: stopping plugin: vdrc
> Dec 28 20:22:29 vdr vdr[1267]: saved setup to
> /usr/local/src/VDRtmp/setup.conf
> Dec 28 20:22:29 vdr vdr[1267]: stopping plugin: tvtv
> Dec 28 20:22:29 vdr vdr[1267]: stopping plugin: vcd
> Dec 28 20:22:29 vdr vdr[1267]: stopping plugin: dvd
> Dec 28 20:22:29 vdr vdr[1267]: max. latency time 1 seconds
> Dec 28 20:22:29 vdr vdr[1267]: exiting
> Dec 28 20:22:29 vdr vdr[1267]: emergency exit!
> Dec 28 20:22:29 vdr su: pam_unix2: session finished for user root, service
> su
> Dec 28 20:22:40 vdr kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00
> <import>
> 
> The line "vdr[1290]: ERROR: video data stream broken on device 1" appears,
> 'cause the TT-DVB-S card has no connection to the antenna. Isn't it so?
> 
> Is it possible to run VDR without the connection to the antenna?

You'll probably need to disable those plugins that read data from the DVR
device (the 'teletext' plugin, I believe, would be such a candidate).

Try doing it _without_ any plugins and then activate them one by one to
see which ones can work w/o an antenna connection.

Klaus
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