[vdr] Re: Videobufsize

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

Andreas Share wrote:
> 
> > >
> > > i use three DVB Cards and ac3overdvb and autopid patch with these i get
> ringbuffer
> > > overflows, very soon after starting vdr. This does also happen with
> plain vdr, but only
> > > if the card go into transfer-mode which it always do (when watching
> Premiere), because
> > > the cam is connected to the third card.
> > >
> > > If you increase the buffer from
> > > transfer.c:#define VIDEOBUFSIZE  MEGABYTE(1)
> > > to
> > > transfer.c:#define VIDEOBUFSIZE  MEGABYTE(3)
> > >
> > > i didn't get the ringbuffer overflow messages
> > >
> > > Gerald
> >
> > Strange... I also watch Premiere via Transfer Mode and never get
> > buffer overflows.
> >
> > Klaus
> 
> Hello,
> 
> i think the used kernel have some influence to this. In my latest setup with
> kernel 2.4.20/2.4.21 i have the same "problem" with "ZDF" in transfer-mode
> (i have setup ZDF for testings to transfermode, to see if my second card
> could receive or not (crashed)).
> 
> I will test it this afternoon with a higher buffer size to see if it is the
> same problem.
> 
> Greetings
> 
> Andreas Share

Well, maybe another reason for me to stay with my good old kernel 2.4.10 ;-)

Klaus

PS: please don't CC: me - I do read the VDR-ML ;-)


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