[linux-dvb] Re: Full featured DVB-T card update

[Steffen Barszus <st_barszus@gmx.de>]

Am Freitag, 1. August 2003 23:59 schrieb Oliver Endriss:
> On Thursday 31 July 2003 17:44, Edward Wildgoose wrote:
> > Yep, happens if you just use tzap and don't even view the output.
> >
> > The issue is that when the card changes to a different mux, then
> > something suddenly dies.  For most people it still goes through the
> > motions of tuning, symptoms vary slightly, but the point is that to
> > all intents and purposes the card feigns being alive, but no data
> > comes out, and there is nothing coming out of the analogue either.  I
> > have posted some better descriptions in the past.
>
> Hm, I can confirm these lock-ups with DVB-S, too.
> It happens very, very rarely.
>
> Until now I found the following:
> (1) The frontend is fully operational. You can switch channels using
>      vdr or szap. Frontend status is normal, but there is no picture,
>      no sound, nothing. scan -c reports timeout.
> (2) The problem can be fixed by unloading dvb-ttpci and
>      loading it again. It's probably a firmware issue.
> (3) There is no ARM crash., so the problem cannot be detected
>      by [dvb-av7110].

I can confirm this too (DVB-s rev 1.3, vdr) After I have it a long time 
running without interaction. Sometimes only audio on some channels is 
missing. (2) applies to both. 


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