[vdr] Re: Multiple Card Setup Problem

["Reinhard Walter Buchner" <rw.buchner@freenet.de>]

Hi Klaus,

> > I did some tests today and apparantly there _is_ something wrong in
> > that area. I'll look further into this...

> there actually isn't really a bug, it's more like a feature.
> In the old days, when simultaneous recording and replay on the primary
> interface wasn't working stable, VDR tried to avoid the primary interface
> when recording. Since this now works very stable, we might as well drop
> that by setting

> #define DEFAULTPRIORITY  -1

> in device.c (used to be '-2'). Now if you set your primary limit to 0 VDR
> will use that interface for recording if feasible.

Okay, I will try this tonight ;o)) and let you know.

> However, this only works if your primary limit is 0. Any higher values

Okay, that shouldn't be a problem (or at least I can't think of a
situation where it might become one ;o))

> will still cause the old behaviour. Maybe the cDevice::GetDevice()
> function that selects the most appropriate device should now prefer
> cards with lower Ca() values, rather than checking priorities first...

Yes, that sounds like it might be a feasable solution for the problem.

Greetz,
Reinhard


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