[linux-dvb] WinTV DVB-c - tuning issues PART 3

[a.akhavan@ndr.de]

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Then I've tried vdr, with the following outcome after "make insmod":

Jul 31 15:57:47 pauli4 vdr[12337]: VDR version 1.0.4 started
Jul 31 15:57:47 pauli4 vdr[12337]: loading /www/video/setup.conf
Jul 31 15:57:47 pauli4 vdr[12337]: loading /www/video/channels.conf
Jul 31 15:57:47 pauli4 vdr[12337]: loading /www/video/svdrphosts.conf
Jul 31 15:57:47 pauli4 vdr[12337]: loading /www/video/ca.conf
Jul 31 15:57:47 pauli4 vdr[12337]: loading /www/video/keys-pc.conf
Jul 31 15:57:47 pauli4 vdr[12337]: probing /dev/ost/frontend0
Jul 31 15:57:47 pauli4 vdr[12339]: EIT processing thread started (pid=12339)
- master
Jul 31 15:58:01 pauli4 vdr[12340]: VDR version 1.0.4 started
Jul 31 15:58:01 pauli4 vdr[12340]: loading /www/video/setup.conf
Jul 31 15:58:01 pauli4 vdr[12340]: loading /www/video/channels.conf
Jul 31 15:58:01 pauli4 vdr[12340]: loading /www/video/svdrphosts.conf
Jul 31 15:58:01 pauli4 vdr[12340]: loading /www/video/ca.conf
Jul 31 15:58:01 pauli4 vdr[12340]: loading /www/video/keys-pc.conf
Jul 31 15:58:01 pauli4 vdr[12340]: probing /dev/ost/frontend0
Jul 31 15:58:01 pauli4 vdr[12340]: ERROR: can't open video device 0
Jul 31 15:58:01 pauli4 vdr[12340]: probing /dev/ost/frontend1
Jul 31 15:58:01 pauli4 vdr[12340]: found 1 video device
Jul 31 15:58:01 pauli4 vdr[12340]: setting primary DVB to 1
Jul 31 15:58:01 pauli4 vdr[12340]: reading EPG data from /www/video/epg.data
Jul 31 15:58:01 pauli4 vdr[12340]: switching to channel 1
Jul 31 15:58:01 pauli4 vdr[12340]: ERROR: attempt to set channel with
unknown DVB frontend type
Jul 31 15:58:01 pauli4 vdr[12340]: retrying
Jul 31 15:58:01 pauli4 vdr[12340]: ERROR: attempt to set channel with
unknown DVB frontend type
Jul 31 15:58:01 pauli4 vdr[12340]: retrying
Jul 31 15:58:01 pauli4 vdr[12340]: ERROR: attempt to set channel with
unknown DVB frontend type
Jul 31 15:58:01 pauli4 vdr[12340]: retrying
Jul 31 15:58:01 pauli4 vdr[12340]: SVDRP listening on port 2001
Jul 31 15:58:13 pauli4 vdr[12340]: switching to channel 2
Jul 31 15:58:13 pauli4 vdr[12340]: ERROR: attempt to set channel with
unknown DVB frontend type
Jul 31 15:58:13 pauli4 vdr[12340]: retrying
Jul 31 15:58:13 pauli4 vdr[12340]: ERROR: attempt to set channel with
unknown DVB frontend type
Jul 31 15:58:13 pauli4 vdr[12340]: retrying
Jul 31 15:58:13 pauli4 vdr[12340]: ERROR: attempt to set channel with
unknown DVB frontend type
Jul 31 15:58:13 pauli4 vdr[12340]: retrying
Jul 31 15:58:16 pauli4 vdr[12340]: switching to channel 3
Jul 31 15:58:16 pauli4 vdr[12340]: ERROR: attempt to set channel with
unknown DVB frontend type
Jul 31 15:58:16 pauli4 vdr[12340]: retrying
Jul 31 15:58:16 pauli4 vdr[12340]: ERROR: attempt to set channel with
unknown DVB frontend type
Jul 31 15:58:16 pauli4 vdr[12340]: retrying
Jul 31 15:58:16 pauli4 vdr[12340]: ERROR: attempt to set channel with
unknown DVB frontend type
Jul 31 15:58:16 pauli4 vdr[12340]: retrying


As far as I understand, this means vdr can't figure out if it's a
dvb-s or dvb-c, or dvb-t. 

Then I've used up my own startup script (as shown above) for the modules:

Jul 31 18:04:56 pauli4 kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00
Jul 31 18:04:56 pauli4 kernel: dvb: dvb_init_done called
Jul 31 18:04:58 pauli4 kernel: dvb0: AV7111 - firm f0240009, rtsl b0250018,
vid 71010068, app 00012119
Jul 31 18:05:00 pauli4 kernel: dvb: 1 dvb(s) found!
Jul 31 18:05:11 pauli4 kernel: mon_fail(0): freq=-930210247, sr=-979886348
Jul 31 18:05:30 pauli4 vdr[819]: VDR version 1.0.4 started
Jul 31 18:05:30 pauli4 vdr[819]: loading /www/video/setup.conf
Jul 31 18:05:30 pauli4 vdr[819]: loading /www/video/channels.conf
Jul 31 18:05:30 pauli4 vdr[819]: loading /www/video/svdrphosts.conf
Jul 31 18:05:30 pauli4 vdr[819]: loading /www/video/ca.conf
Jul 31 18:05:30 pauli4 vdr[819]: loading /www/video/keys-pc.conf
Jul 31 18:05:30 pauli4 vdr[819]: probing /dev/ost/frontend0
Jul 31 18:05:30 pauli4 vdr[821]: EIT processing thread started (pid=821) -
master
Jul 31 18:05:30 pauli4 vdr[819]: probing /dev/ost/frontend1
Jul 31 18:05:30 pauli4 vdr[819]: found 1 video device
Jul 31 18:05:30 pauli4 vdr[819]: setting primary DVB to 1
Jul 31 18:05:30 pauli4 vdr[819]: reading EPG data from /www/video/epg.data
Jul 31 18:05:30 pauli4 vdr[819]: switching to channel 87
Jul 31 18:05:30 pauli4 vdr[819]: SVDRP listening on port 2001
Jul 31 18:06:00 pauli4 vdr[819]: switching to channel 1
Jul 31 18:06:01 pauli4 vdr[819]: ERROR: channel 1 not sync'ed on DVB card 1!
Jul 31 18:06:01 pauli4 vdr[819]: panic level: 0
Jul 31 18:06:01 pauli4 vdr[819]: retrying
Jul 31 18:06:06 pauli4 vdr[819]: ERROR: timeout while tuning
Jul 31 18:06:11 pauli4 vdr[819]: switching to channel 2
Jul 31 18:06:16 pauli4 vdr[819]: ERROR: timeout while tuning
Jul 31 18:06:22 pauli4 kernel: mon_fail(0): freq=394000000, sr=6900000
...
etc.

and I guess that's a driver issue. 

Now, my 2 questions:

1. Is there a remote chance to get this thing to work with a recent
   driver? Has anyone recently succeded in installing a DVB-c card?

2. Following earlier recommendations from this mailing list, I've
   tried to set it all up with the dvb-20010921.tar.bz2 version (and some
   others), which is supposedly the last version to work with a DVB-c tuner.

   But not for me (I've applied numerous "patches" to get it to
   compile and run, but nevertheless I can't tune in anything so far. 
   I won´t report on this any further in this posting - it was a real
hassle). 

   Is there some info about what old driver to use, and if so does it
   work with a recent kernel / a newer DVB-c card? 
   Anyone's success stories are welcome. 

I'm using all this in a productive environment at a broadcasting
station, so there are "time constraints" in setting up a linux DVB-c box
- there are alternatives that I dislike and there are some
technical reasons for using linux, but what can I say? 

Anyway, thanks, and I really hope I've missed something ;-)

p.s. Respond to PART1 - the need to split up the posting undermines 
the whole concept of threads on the mailing list.


Amir C. Akhavan
Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Abt. Kommunikationssysteme
Hugh-Greene-Weg 1
22529 Hamburg
e-mail: a.akhavan@ndr.de



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