[vdr] Re: Anyone using 2 DVB cards with VIA EPIA ME 6000?

[Wolfgang Fritz <wolfgang.fritz@gmx.net>]

Wolfgang Fritz wrote:
> Conrad Micallef wrote:
> 
>>Did you try the latest "dvb-kernel" driver - seems to be much more stable on
>>these budget cards - you have to get it through cvs though.
>>
> 
> 
> 
> happens with nearly all combinations of drivers / kernels (different CVS
> versions, different kernels [2.4.x, 2.6.x], different boards). I'll
> start with the driver/kernel version I'm currently using and try to find
> a hint by classic debugging, starting from the simple.
> 

OK. I started with the simple: szap on both cards. Results:

FF card: locks, can play video via netcat with xine on my desktop PC. Fine.

Budget card: no lock. Bad. But this has worked in my computer shack
before, why doesn't it work in my living room? Simple: I overstretched
the SAT cable and broke it. I fixed it, and now VDR is working fine (2
recordings running right now).

Brown paperbag time.

But I think VDR should handle such situations more gracefully, shouldn't it?

> Wolfgang
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