[vdr] DVB-T UK and odd new drivers problems (was: RTL-group replay problems)

[Gregor Lawatscheck <gpel@mpex.net>]

At 12:33 17/03/2003, you wrote:
> Glad (unfortunately) to know that I'm not the only UK person to be doing this.
>
> A few questions (or comparisons) if I may:
>
> - I have a DVB-T card a regular Nova-T card - I'm never sure if the DVB-T 
> card can actually tune
>  anything as when recordings start I tend to get a black screen on most 
> channels. Playing with
>  the CA value seems to move the problem around (besides wrecking the 
> recording, which of
>  course was the whole point...). (I know that both cards work under windows)
>
> - When I first started with vdr recordings used to get labelled with 
> "text" names, now
>   I just channel name and time. Same for you ?
Hi John,
interesting. This sounds as though EPG (electronic programming guide) isn't 
being read.

> - Blue button crashes (in a non-self restarting kind of way) vdr when used 
> in the channel
>  list "switch" context. This *really* annoys the wife.
Are you using a drx3 for decoding? The "blue button crash" thing sounds 
like it.

My "stable" solution consists of using the 0.9.4 driver and vdr 1.1.13.
1.1.13 is the last version that works with the 0.9.4 driver but features 
support for extended DVB-T parameters.

Strangely enough it has some glitches in live replay (not recording) on the 
same channels that give tuning problems with the newer drivers. So maybe 
it's the firmware after all -- the only strange thing then is, why old 
firmware and new drivers don't rectify at least the tuning problem for 
these channels. 


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