[vdr] Re: CAM Read Error

["Lübeck, Harald" <Harald.Luebeck@gft.com>]

I have an Irdeto 4.6 All Cam !

-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Carpenter [mailto:adrian.carpenter@btinternet.com] 
Sent: Mittwoch, 9. April 2003 08:51
To: vdr@linuxtv.org
Subject: [vdr] Re: CAM Read Error


I'm pretty sure it's not a firmware issue anymore, I'm at the stage where it does decode (For a small period of time) and menus are accessible, but with previous versions of the LL vdr it didn't work at all, and the menu's didn't work either (Although VDR did find the cam).  What sort of CAM do you have?

As far as I'm aware (correct me if I'm wrong!) but I've not seen another piece of software which compares to VDR, certainly nothing i've seen on windows comes close.

Adrian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lübeck, Harald" <Harald.Luebeck@gft.com>
To: <vdr@linuxtv.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 7:28 AM
Subject: [vdr] Re: CAM Read Error


My Card a Nexus-s with an 3.5" CI doesn't even show the CAM Menu! I think there is something to do in the firmware. The Multidec Project( on Windows :-( )work's well with this CI.

-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Carpenter [mailto:adrian.carpenter@btinternet.com]
Sent: Dienstag, 8. April 2003 19:23
To: vdr@linuxtv.org
Subject: [vdr] Re: CAM Read Error


I'm slightly more optimistic now that I was a couple of months ago, it's only with the latest driver and version of vdr that it nearly works, it does work with encrypted channels but something cause's it to reset - i never got it to work with the previous versions at all.

I have an STB, so it's not that much of an issue, but I'd like to use VDR because it allows recording to HD etc - functions which my STB doesn't do. Until VDR works 100% i'll keep using the STB and use windows when I want to record a programme.

I've asked the question about the PCI CI interfaces a number of times on the list, I've never recieved a response - I take this to mean that you cannot get them anywhere now.

I know you can get the PCI CI interface for the SkyStar 1 card (Technotrend/Siemens/Hauppauge/SkyStar 1 all apparently the same or similar), but I don't know whether it works with the hauppauge.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Micael Beronius" <micael.beronius@telia.com>
To: "Adrian Carpenter" <vdr@linuxtv.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 5:21 PM
Subject: [vdr] Re: CAM Read Error


> Hello Adrian,
>
> Well, I have to disappoint you. I have been using windows for some 
> months, since I never got my 1.6 3.5" CI/CAM to work under Linux, so I 
> was very exited when people started to say that this works. But just 
> trying, there's no go for me. I tried both the Metzler and the pre2, 
> none works with encrypted channels. (Viaccess)
>
> With the old driver I could get it to work sort of, by restarting the 
> firmware until I got some response from the CAM, but that was a bit 
> too tedious for me, so I gave up.
>
> Does anyone know if it is possible to get hold of the old 1.3 CI 
> anywhere?
>
>
> Oh, I get Outcommand errors, and I have a P-III, so ..
>
> In detail, I get:
> OutCommand: timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
> SOutCommand error
> outcom error
>  .. repeated.
>
> Micael
>
> Tuesday, April 8, 2003, 5:57:21 PM, you wrote:
>
> AC> Humn, I tried that earlier, I can't say whether or not it works 
> AC> for me
with
> AC> the old firmware because I can't get it to work with the old 
> AC> firmware,
if I
> AC> revert to using it, the "Convergence" logo starts to scroll off 
> AC> the
screen
> AC> and then halts, menawhile on the console I get an error saying
something
> AC> like sync error or outcommand error - VDR doesn't work and 
> AC> generally
run's
> AC> very slowly - the CAM definately for me doesn't work with the old
firmware.
>
> AC> I'm not sure whether the problem with the old firmware is related 
> AC> to
my
> AC> machine, maybe it's because it's an athlon - I seem to remember
outcommand
> AC> problems being due to interrupt issues, but I really can't face
setting my
> AC> my old 500 Mhz PII and installing RedHat 8 and recompiling the 
> AC> kernel
to get
> AC> VDR to work (At least not at the moment!).
>
> AC> Does anybody else have the Rev 1.6 3.5" cam working with either
firmware?
>
> AC> Anyway, thanks for the suggestion Norbert.
>
> AC> Adrian
> AC> ----- Original Message -----
> AC> From: "Norbert Schmidt" <nschmidt-nrw@t-online.de>
> AC> To: <vdr@linuxtv.org>
> AC> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 4:31 PM
> AC> Subject: [vdr] Re: CAM Read Error
>
>
> >> Adrian Carpenter schrieb:
> >> >
> >> > I read a post from march about someone who was getting this 
> >> > problem, (CAM: Read Error) - I think the person had a PCI CI 
> >> > Interface, and they resolved the problem by reverting back to the 
> >> > older firmware without the LL.
> >> >
> >> > With the latest VDR & pre2 driver, I'm now at the stage where my 
> >> > system will now decode an encrypted channel for maybe 30 seconds 
> >> > or so - before I get a CAM: Read Error in the log file followed 
> >> > by the CAM resetting and it taking maybe 20 seconds to start 
> >> > decoding again - this then repeats forever.
> >> >
> >> > Anybody else got this problem, I know klaus said he's not looking 
> >> > at any LL problems until after the next release, so can anybody 
> >> > tell me if this is still a 3.5" drive bay ci interface related 
> >> > issue, or is it my cam?  I've tried it with 2 different IRDETO 
> >> > CAM's (Both are normal cams, not the All-Cam version) and they 
> >> > both exhibit the same problem.
> >> >
> >> > Also, if I do a replay and fast forward, on the console I get a 
> >> > whole load of OutCommand errors and VDR crashes.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks.
> >> >
> >> > Adrian
> >> >
> >> >
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> >> >
> >>
> >> Hi Adrian,
> >>
> >> I have got stable vdr working with a 3.5" CI with irdeto allcam 4.7 
> >> SE. I am using the old firmware of the driver.
> >>
> >> See DVB/Driver/av????/firmware-readme for details.
> >>
> >> CU Norbert
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -- 
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> >>
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