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[linux-dvb] Re: NEWSTRUCT doesn't tune



On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 10:20:32AM +0100, Frank Meyering wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> the problem occurs also with DVB-c cards. The first time I noticed the
> problem was with driver snapshot from 20021022. Therfore I guess the
> critical change was made in 21st October 2002. Older driver versions don't
> have these problems, but they don't work with vdr-1.1.15 :-(.
> 
> I added a line calling czap in the runvdr script. Since czap manages it
> sooner or later to tune a channel this is a nice workaround. Please notice:
> The problem occurs only direct after module initialisation. Once a channel
> is tuned there is no problem further on. Also a vdr restart with loaded
> driver causes no problem. But reloading the driver will cause trouble.
> Sometimes czap reports a lock in the second line, sometimes it takes up to
> 30 lines until it locks. Status is eiher "00" or "07", signal, snr, ber and
> unc are changing randomly. I was not able to detect an algorithm or to
> reproduce the same czap output twice (for example loading the driver direct
> after a cold start and tuning "Das Erste" causes every time different
> outputs).

I can approve that with Hauppauge DVB-C Rev. 2.1.  But as czap manages
to tune, I am not absolutely sure, whether this is a bug in the driver
or in the client application vdr.

Robert

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Robert Schiele			Tel.: +49-621-181-2517
Dipl.-Wirtsch.informatiker	mailto:rschiele@uni-mannheim.de

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