[vdr] Re: Buffer Overflows in vdr-1.3.13

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

"C.Y.M" wrote:
> 
> C.Y.M wrote:
> > After having tested vdr-1.3.13 for a while, channel zapping appears to
> > function properly without any issues.  But, when I set recordings on
> > timers, this seems to crash VDR after a few recordings with the
> > following error (takes me no longer than 6-12 hours to crash VDR by
> > setting a bunch of timers).  The buffer overflow seems to happen right
> > after the show begins to record so maybe this has to do with the
> > FE_HAS_LOCK issue.  I have tested this with and without the dvbdevice
> > patch for vdr-1.3.13 with the same results.  I am using a Nexus-S. I do
> > not have any of these problems with vdr-1.3.12.
> >
> 
> I would also like to add that this can be reproduced by setting about
> 5-10 1 minute timers on various channels.  I think this error is caused
> by the initial buffer overrun when a recording is initiated.  This seems
> to have something to do with the new buffer optimizations.  When I watch
> a timer go off, the buffer immediately fills up (then it goes back down).

Can you send me a sample set of timers.conf entries with which
you can reproduce this?

Also, just to be sure: your VDR has _one_ full featured DVB card, right?

Klaus