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

[Juri Haberland <juri@koschikode.com>]

Oliver Endriss wrote:
> 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].

Whoops, exactly what we see with our DVB-Ts with an ALPS TDLB7 tuner.
You are the first one to report this with a DVB-S though.
Interesting.
Can you confirm that in these situations the OSD still works and you can
replay old recordings or use mplayer for playing videos?

Cheers,
Juri



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