[vdr] Re: [ANNOUNCE] vdr-softdevice-0.0.7pre1

[raphael@ist.sowasvon.org]

> On Sonntag, 11. Juli 2004 23:33, raphael deimel wrote:
>> I just tried out softdevice 0.0.7pre1 and vdr 1.3.11, and i have this
>> "jerkiness" too.
>> (machine is an Athlon XP1700, kernel 2.6.7-rc3 and debian unstable)
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> So cpu speed should not be an issue. My box is running a 2.2GHz P4
> with kernel 2.4.27-pre5, linuxtv-dvb-1.1.1 and hauppauge DVB-T card.
>
> Do these problems disappear after a while (30 secs) ?
NO. actually, they are quite periodic, until vdr segfaults (i think it was
after about 10-15 minutes)

btw. my card is a skystar2-chip based DVB-S (as this problem may be
driver-related)

I'll have a look at the sources and try to find the real problem, as soon
as i can spare some time ;)
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> I tried vdr-1.3.11 and have no such problems with xv-out and directfb-out.
> At program switches to different channels I get those ac-tex.. messgages
> too,
> but I think they are driver related.
>
> With Suse 9.0 default driver+kernel, there
> were no such messages and program switches were faster
> (if I remember that correct).
>
>>
>> vdr tells syslog:
>> ERROR: 391 ring buffer overflows (73310 bytes dropped)
>
> Someone is not reading fast enough.
>
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> Stefan Lucke
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