[vdr] Re: Video Disk Recorder version 1.0.0pre3

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

Klaus Gerding wrote:
> 
> Sergei Haller schrieb:
> >
> > On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, Klaus Schmidinger (KS) wrote:
> >
> > KS> > Just a thought:
> > KS> >   maybe it should be possible to define which cards are able to receive
> > KS> >   "Free To Air" mode and which not (in the case where one or more cards
> > KS> >   are not connected to the sat cable at all, e.g. a two-card system, where
> > KS> >   only the second card is connected and the primary card is only used for
> > KS> >   timeshifting & co.)
> > KS>
> > KS> You can do that by changing the 'Ca' parameter in channels.conf from 0
> > KS> to some other value (maybe 99) and define that CICAM value on all cards
> > KS> that have an antenna connection.
> >
> > ah, that's fine.
> 
> yeah, great. but what is the cicam value??? and where to change it?

Go into the Setup menu and scroll all the way down.

> i run this solution in my box. a primary haupauge-dvbs and a secondary
> nova-card. connected to *free to air* is only the nova.
> and i have some problems. remaining version and version.
> my vdr box runs 24*7. if i look tv the transfermode is working.
> but some time later i only have a blank screen. this also happens
> if i have played a recording. no sound no video. but if i switch
> channels the epg-window will show the correct data

There are problems with using a CAM in the primary DVB card, because
after replay the driver/firmware/CAM(?) gets stuck. It is the best to
have the CAM in a non-primary card.

Klaus
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