[vdr] Re: [linux-dvb] Grundlegende Probleme.

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

Carsten Koch wrote:
> 
> ...
> vdr does not work with a nova card alone.
> It requires at least one full card as a primary card.
> Secondary card(s) can be nova cards.
> VDR uses the full card's OSD for its GUI, which is displayed
> on the TV screen, not the computer monitor.
> 
> > Jan 20 21:18:06 router vdr[5286]: VDR version 0.98 started
> > Jan 20 21:18:06 router vdr[5286]: loading /disks/stuff/video/setup.conf
> > Jan 20 21:18:06 router vdr[5286]: loading /disks/stuff/video/channels.conf
> > Jan 20 21:18:06 router vdr[5286]: loading /disks/stuff/video/keys-pc.conf
> > Jan 20 21:18:06 router vdr[5286]: probing /dev/ost/frontend0
> > Jan 20 21:18:06 router vdr[5288]: EIT processing thread started (pid=5288) -
> > master
> > Jan 20 21:18:06 router vdr[5286]: probing /dev/ost/frontend1
> > Jan 20 21:18:06 router vdr[5286]: found 1 video device
> > Jan 20 21:18:06 router vdr[5286]: setting primary DVB to 1
> > Jan 20 21:18:06 router vdr[5286]: switching to channel 2
> > Jan 20 21:18:06 router vdr[5286]: ERROR (dvbapi.c,3074): Das Argument ist
> > ungültig
> > Jan 20 21:18:06 router vdr[5286]: ERROR: failed to set PIDs for channel 2
> > Jan 20 21:18:06 router vdr[5286]: retrying
> > Jan 20 21:18:07 router vdr[5286]: ERROR: channel 2 not sync'ed on DVB card
> > 1!
> > Jan 20 21:18:07 router vdr[5286]: panic level: 0
> > Jan 20 21:18:07 router vdr[5286]: retrying
> > Jan 20 21:18:09 router vdr[5286]: ERROR: channel 2 not sync'ed on DVB card
> > 1!
> > Jan 20 21:18:09 router vdr[5286]: panic level: 1
> > Jan 20 21:18:09 router vdr[5286]: retrying
> > Jan 20 21:18:09 router vdr[5286]: ERROR: illegal video device handle (-1)!
> 
> Klaus,
> 
> I agree with Carsten here: the above messages are
> not very informative to say the least.
> Maybe it would be useful if VDR could check for a supported
> configuration at initialization time and issue a understandable
> message like "Primary card must be a full DVB-S card" or
> "Budget card not supported as a primary card" in a case like
> the above?
> 
> Carsten.

I'd be glad to add this if somebody with a budget card and a full featured
card can send me some code that is able to detect the presence or absence
of the MPEG decoder.

Klaus
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