[vdr] Re: Problems with Finnish DVB-T channel Nelonen D

[Jarkko Santala <jake@iki.fi>]

On Sun, 22 Jun 2003, Seppo Ingalsuo wrote:

> Do other people get video freezes on this channel? Every 3rd minute the
> video stops and normally doesn't continue without switching to another
> channel and then back to "Nelonen D". The errors are present on both
> live video and recordings.

Watching Nelonen right now without such problems. The one difference it
has to other DVB-T channels in Finland is that unless there's programming
on Nelonen+ (which there rarely is), it is the only channel that has
almost the whole bundle of bandwidth available. I believe that's why it
also has the best picture. Other bundles have much more active channels.

In other words, one explanation for your problems could be that your setup
cannot handle a channel that so much bandwidth compared to others. My
setup is almost identical to yours, except no EPG preferred language patch
yet or VDRAdmin. The kernel version is basically the same, but its ac2 and
few more patches such as lm_sensors stuff and pre-empt patches. I also run
VDR at a negative nice value.

I might have to install EPG preferred language patch at some point though,
lately VDR has started using mainly the Swedish EPG which has some fun
value, but not much practical. ;)

	-jake

> I use Linux 2.4.20, DVB 2003-06-08, vdr 1.2.1, dxr3 plugin 0.2.0, etc. I
> tried to remove patches such as EPG preferred language and subtitles but
> it didn't change the behavior. Vdradmin 0.90 "timeout" is 10 min.
>
> I included the log file. The freezes happened ~ 11:43, 11:46, 11:49,
> 11:52 (continued live video after a couple of seconds), and 11:55.
> Channel 4 is the only problematic one.
>
> Jun 22 11:41:36 napsu vdr[9501]: switching to channel 4
> Jun 22 11:41:36 napsu vdr[9695]: transfer thread ended (pid=9695)
> Jun 22 11:41:36 napsu vdr[9696]: receiver thread ended on device 1
> (pid=9696)
> Jun 22 11:41:36 napsu vdr[9501]: cTS2PES got 0 TS errors, 1 TS
> continuity errors
> Jun 22 11:41:36 napsu vdr[9501]: cTS2PES got 0 TS errors, 1 TS
> continuity errors
> Jun 22 11:41:36 napsu vdr[9501]: buffer stats: 76704 (7%) used
> Jun 22 11:41:36 napsu vdr[9699]: transfer thread started (pid=9699)
> Jun 22 11:41:36 napsu vdr[9700]: receiver thread started on device 1
> (pid=9700)
> Jun 22 11:42:34 napsu vdr[9501]: dxr3: no translation found for 'DXR3'
> in language 8 (suomi)
>
> Jun 22 11:43:57 napsu vdr[9501]: switching to channel 5
> Jun 22 11:43:57 napsu vdr[9699]: transfer thread ended (pid=9699)
> Jun 22 11:43:57 napsu vdr[9700]: receiver thread ended on device 1
> (pid=9700)
> Jun 22 11:43:57 napsu vdr[9501]: cTS2PES got 0 TS errors, 3 TS
> continuity errors
> Jun 22 11:43:57 napsu vdr[9501]: cTS2PES got 0 TS errors, 3 TS
> continuity errors
> Jun 22 11:43:57 napsu vdr[9501]: buffer stats: 75388 (7%) used
> Jun 22 11:43:58 napsu vdr[9711]: transfer thread started (pid=9711)
> Jun 22 11:43:58 napsu vdr[9712]: receiver thread started on device 1
> (pid=9712)
>
> Jun 22 11:44:05 napsu vdr[9501]: switching to channel 4
> Jun 22 11:44:05 napsu vdr[9711]: transfer thread ended (pid=9711)
> Jun 22 11:44:05 napsu vdr[9712]: receiver thread ended on device 1
> (pid=9712)
> Jun 22 11:44:05 napsu vdr[9501]: cTS2PES got 0 TS errors, 3 TS
> continuity errors
> Jun 22 11:44:05 napsu vdr[9501]: buffer stats: 5640 (0%) used
> Jun 22 11:44:05 napsu vdr[9713]: transfer thread started (pid=9713)
> Jun 22 11:44:05 napsu vdr[9714]: receiver thread started on device 1
> (pid=9714)
> Jun 22 11:44:05 napsu vdr[9501]: ERROR: illegal OSD device handle
> (-462130583)!
>
> Jun 22 11:46:48 napsu vdr[9501]: switching to channel 3
> Jun 22 11:46:48 napsu vdr[9713]: transfer thread ended (pid=9713)
> Jun 22 11:46:48 napsu vdr[9714]: receiver thread ended on device 1
> (pid=9714)
> Jun 22 11:46:48 napsu vdr[9501]: cTS2PES got 0 TS errors, 39 TS
> continuity errors
> Jun 22 11:46:48 napsu vdr[9501]: cTS2PES got 0 TS errors, 3 TS
> continuity errors
> Jun 22 11:46:48 napsu vdr[9501]: buffer stats: 52452 (5%) used
> Jun 22 11:46:48 napsu vdr[9726]: transfer thread started (pid=9726)
> Jun 22 11:46:48 napsu vdr[9727]: receiver thread started on device 1
> (pid=9727)
>
> Jun 22 11:46:53 napsu vdr[9501]: switching to channel 4
> Jun 22 11:46:53 napsu vdr[9726]: transfer thread ended (pid=9726)
> Jun 22 11:46:53 napsu vdr[9727]: receiver thread ended on device 1
> (pid=9727)
> Jun 22 11:46:53 napsu vdr[9501]: buffer stats: 42864 (4%) used
> Jun 22 11:46:54 napsu vdr[9728]: transfer thread started (pid=9728)
> Jun 22 11:46:54 napsu vdr[9729]: receiver thread started on device 1
> (pid=9729)
> Jun 22 11:46:54 napsu vdr[9728]: ERROR: unknown picture type '7'
>
> Jun 22 11:49:41 napsu vdr[9501]: switching to channel 3
> Jun 22 11:49:41 napsu vdr[9728]: transfer thread ended (pid=9728)
> Jun 22 11:49:42 napsu vdr[9729]: receiver thread ended on device 1
> (pid=9729)
> Jun 22 11:49:42 napsu vdr[9501]: cTS2PES got 0 TS errors, 74 TS
> continuity errors
> Jun 22 11:49:42 napsu vdr[9501]: cTS2PES got 0 TS errors, 7 TS
> continuity errors
> Jun 22 11:49:42 napsu vdr[9501]: buffer stats: 52300 (4%) used
> Jun 22 11:49:42 napsu vdr[9742]: transfer thread started (pid=9742)
> Jun 22 11:49:42 napsu vdr[9743]: receiver thread started on device 1
> (pid=9743)
>
> Jun 22 11:49:47 napsu vdr[9501]: switching to channel 4
> Jun 22 11:49:47 napsu vdr[9742]: transfer thread ended (pid=9742)
> Jun 22 11:49:48 napsu vdr[9743]: receiver thread ended on device 1
> (pid=9743)
> Jun 22 11:49:48 napsu vdr[9501]: buffer stats: 40420 (3%) used
> Jun 22 11:49:48 napsu vdr[9744]: transfer thread started (pid=9744)
> Jun 22 11:49:48 napsu vdr[9745]: receiver thread started on device 1
> (pid=9745)
> Jun 22 11:51:36 napsu vdr[9501]: connect from 192.168.1.4, port 32918 -
> accepted
> Jun 22 11:51:36 napsu vdr[9501]: timer 2 modified (active)
> Jun 22 11:51:36 napsu vdr[9501]: timer 6 modified (active)
> Jun 22 11:51:37 napsu vdr[9501]: closing SVDRP connection
> Jun 22 11:56:18 napsu vdr[9501]: switching to channel 3
>
> BR,
> Seppo
>
>

-- 
Jarkko Santala <jake@iki.fi>            http://www.iki.fi/~jake/
System Administrator                    2001:670:83:f08::/64


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