[vdr] Re: Strange blackout and vdr going up/down

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

Jussi Paju wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I just built my HTPC last week and got it working perfectly with vdr
> v1.2.5 & DVB-drivers 2003-09-05 (card Hauppauge DVB-C, kernel 2.4.22,
> Debian stable), recordings working as they should etc.
> 
> Now, i have one problem: sometimes when recording, vdr begins this:
> 
> Sep 22 20:43:43 htpc -- MARK --
> Sep 22 21:03:00 htpc vdr[192]: timer 1 (4 2103-2145 'Isänmaan toivot') start
> Sep 22 21:03:00 htpc vdr[192]: record /video/Isänmaan_toivot/2003-09-22.21:03.50.99.rec

Are you running VDR with reduced logging (option -l), or are your
log messages spread over different files?

I'm asking because I would have expected to see some additional
message(s) here regarding the reason of the exit.

> Sep 22 21:03:27 htpc vdr[192]: timer 1 (4 2103-2145 'Isänmaan toivot') stop
> Sep 22 21:03:27 htpc vdr[192]: saved setup to /video/setup.conf
> Sep 22 21:03:27 htpc vdr[192]: exiting
> Sep 22 21:03:27 htpc vdr[589]: VDR version 1.2.5 started
> Sep 22 21:03:27 htpc vdr[589]: loading /video/setup.conf
> Sep 22 21:03:27 htpc vdr[589]: loading /video/sources.conf
> Sep 22 21:03:27 htpc vdr[589]: loading /video/channels.conf
> Sep 22 21:03:27 htpc vdr[589]: loading /video/timers.conf
> Sep 22 21:03:27 htpc vdr[589]: loading /video/svdrphosts.conf
> Sep 22 21:03:27 htpc vdr[589]: loading /video/remote.conf
> Sep 22 21:03:27 htpc vdr[589]: found 1 video device
> Sep 22 21:03:27 htpc vdr[589]: setting primary device to 1
> Sep 22 21:03:27 htpc vdr[589]: SVDRP listening on port 2001
> Sep 22 21:03:27 htpc vdr[589]: switching to channel 3
> Sep 22 21:03:28 htpc vdr[589]: timer 1 (4 2103-2145 'Isänmaan toivot') start
> Sep 22 21:03:28 htpc vdr[589]: record /video/Isänmaan_toivot/2003-09-22.21:03.50.99.rec
> Sep 22 21:03:28 htpc vdr[589]: switching to channel 3
> Sep 22 21:03:30 htpc vdr[589]: switching to channel 4
> Sep 22 21:23:43 htpc -- MARK --
> Sep 22 21:43:43 htpc -- MARK --
> Sep 22 21:45:00 htpc vdr[589]: timer 1 (4 2103-2145 'Isänmaan toivot') stop
> Sep 22 21:45:00 htpc vdr[589]: deleting timer 1
> 
> In other words, vdr starts recording, stops, exits, gets respawned by
> init, starts recording again etc. In the example above vdr did it only
> once but for 4 of 5 programs programmed last night this went on for the
> whole time. The first program in the afternoon was recorded ok, 4
> programs in the evening were not.
> 
> When I checked the system this morning, vdr was functioning ok (replay
> worked ok and changing channels was ok) but every "live" channel was
> black and so were the recordings saved last night. After reboot picture
> and sound were restored but off course that won't save me from a angry
> girlfried as yesterdays 'Will & Grace' and 'Friends' are not there.
> 
> Is that a driver problem or something to do with vdr?

We'll need to see the missing log messages to tell.

> P.S. As I have an "expensive" card as device #1, can I add an
> budget-card to the system as secondary device so that I can record from
> two MUX at the same time and still use device #1 as output device
> always?

Yes, that should work just fine (it does for me).

Klaus


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