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Klaus wrote:
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The question is can the total PID count be reduced when VDR is idle, or
is there an assumption that a channel uses fewer than 4 PID's in
calculating how many to leave spare for recordings (if that's how it
works)?
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VDR doesn't do any calculations regarding the number of PID filters.
It just assumes that there will be enough of them ;-)
You might want to try VDR 1.7.14, which saves a few PID filters.
Here's what you could try in VDR 1.6.0-2:
- in eit.c exchange the code after the line "// --- cEitFilter -----------"
with that from VDR 1.7.14. You may need to leave out the "disable until" part.
That saves two PID filters.
- disable setting the system time from the transponder (saves another
filter in eit.c)
Klaus
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Great work, thanks Klaus - I patched version 1.6 as you suggest,
leaving out the "disable until" bit. <br>
The Freecom USB receiver will
now do at least 2 channels simultaneously, sometimes 3. <br>
When idle, 6
PID's are now in use normally instead of 8 (I wasn't setting system
time - using NTP).<br>
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Are you aware of anywhere the PID capacity of receivers is published -
it's not in <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB-T_USB_Devices">http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB-T_USB_Devices</a> for
example? <br>
- it would be good to publish, so buyers can select better hardware<br>
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cheers<br>
Richard<br>
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