[vdr] Re: which driver / vdr version should I use

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Uwe Freese wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> As there are several driver and vdr versions and some well known problems
> like "channel switching", "ARM crash", that lead to a restart of vdr
> (->broken recording) or even a state where the user has to reboot the
> system manually, my question:
> 
> Which driver/vdr combination should I use that has least of this "heavy"
> problems?
> 
> I use Suse 7.3, Kernel 2.4.9, two DVB cards and the system is a K6II-300.
> 
> P.S: Maybe one should create a html-page somewhere in the web that lists
> all combinations and short "user test reports" that contain the main
> problems with this combination?
> 
> Thanks and bye,
> Uwe.

I'm using

  ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/pub/people/kls/vdr/siemens_dvb-0.9-20011117.tgz
  ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/pub/people/kls/vdr/vdr-0.99pre1.tgz

with SuSE 7.3, kernel 2.4.10-4GB (original SuSE) on an AMD K6/II 450
and have none of the ARM crashes that have been reported recently.
My system does an occasional restart ("emergency exit") when it tries
to record an encrypted channel, but that's apparently due to the CAM
stopping decoding. After a driver reload it works fine again.
I haven't missed a recording in months

Klaus
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