[vdr] Prefer non-CI equipped adapters for FTA channel recording

[Claus-Peter Behrens]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Klaus Schmidinger" <Klaus.Schmidinger at tvdr.de>
To: <vdr at linuxtv.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: [vdr] Prefer non-CI equipped adapters for FTA channel recording


> On 23.02.2012 10:21, Heikki Manninen wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:26, Klaus Schmidinger
>> <Klaus.Schmidinger at tvdr.de>  wrote:
>>
>>> On 23.02.2012 06:47, Heikki Manninen wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello, here's my current setup:
>>>>
>>>> 1 x Satelco DVB-C Budget with CI + CAM (Conax CIv1)
>>>> 1 x Satelco DVB-C Bidget wuthout CI
>>>>
>>>> When recording FTA channels VDR seems to sometimes select the one 
>>>> adapter
>>>> with CI. It would make sense to always try to use non-CI equipped 
>>>> adapter
>>>> for these recordings leaving the one with CI free for live 
>>>> viewing/recording
>>>> encrypted channels.
>>>>
>>>> Any way to achieve this through configuration?
>>>
>>>
>>> Actually VDR is supposed to avoid devices with CI for FTA recordings:
>>>
>>>   imp<<= 1; imp |= NumUsableSlots ? 0 : device[i]->HasCi(); // avoid 
>>> cards
>>> with Common Interface for FTA channels
>>>
>>> If this doesn't work on your system, you may want to debug the function
>>>
>>>   cDevice::GetDevice(const cChannel *Channel, int Priority, bool 
>>> LiveView)
>>>
>>> to see why it selects sich a device when it shouldn't.
>>
>> Ok, will do.
>>
>> Before I had a CI with both Satelco cards but only one of them had the
>> actual CAM installed. Would that have caused problems?
>
> I don't think so.
>
>> Could it be that if the other card is busy doing live viewing or
>> transponder scanning, VDR selects the CI-enabled device for recording?
>> I would still prefer the non-CI device even if it would cause retuning
>> of the channel that is being viewed.
>
> Live viewing should not stop VDR from using a device that has a CI for
> recording an FTA channel. However, if there is a cReceiver attached to
> the on-CI device for any reason, that might keep it from being used.
>
> Just check what's actually happening in the GetDevice() function.
>
> Klaus
>
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