Hi Michael,
I don't think that you will have problems with a build in switch.
Mine was really broken, I had problems with a normal DVB-Reviver, too.
- Sometims (~once a month) the signal strength broke down. So I got a distorted
picture until I reset the switch.
- One transponder (only ORF seems to be on it) could be recived with one of my DVB
recivers, but not with the other, until I changed DISEqC A with DISEgC B manually on
the switch. (After the change I got at least a Signal, so I think it was ok. Couldn't
test it because ORF is scrambled. Damm hard to notice this error!)
- Sometimes my normal DVB- Box couldn't switch channel, too.
(But still much more relieable than VDR could:-)
So I guess that if your signal quality and signal strength are high, this couldn't be
your problem. I think the likly "viktims" are those with a external low bugged DISqC
switch.
I encountered video corruptin, too.
I thought this problem was gone, but one of my last recordings had Sound droppouts and
some squares in the video. But this may be caused by using the OSD while recording the
film, I think (only one card at the moment).
The other films seemed to be all right.
At the moment there EPG with EPGBugfixLevel 2 works perfectly. So it probably was a
one-time-glitch, perhaps triggered by reloading the old DVB-S driver and loading the
new one without restarting the system?
Alexander
p.s.
Michael, I think you send your mail only to me, not to the list.
You have to replace the recipent with [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Made the same error:-)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 23.08.01:
> hi all!
>
> since last weekend :-))) the trouble with channel not sync'ed returns to my system
>but only on startup and if i kill vdr on a encoded channel, if I leave vdr on a free
>to air channel and come back it works fine.
> today i lost the EPG-Data on most channels too (don't no why, will try make clean
>and make - not sure if clean up on sunday)
>
> but, i have a new bug - never heared bevore - in two differend recordings. the
>replay of the two movies works fine maybe for an half hour and then the picture
>'jumps' (I-frames?) for some seconds, i get squares nad
> it jumps again and so one - but not for the whole movie - only one hour or so, the
>rest of the replay seems normaly.
>
> i'am afraid about Alexander's mail, beacuse i use a dish with a LNB that have a
>built in switch (four connectors) - maybe the reason for my bugs ?
>
> hmm - last remark - i played around with lcdproc and tryed out the baragraph for the
>cpu work and I've see that the channel switch (of the second card - in background)
>cost lots of cpu power if i get a channel not
> sync'ed (more than 80% sometimes on my Athlon 850!!) but a 'top' says its not vdr -
>a process called 'dvb_mon'
>
> now reallly the last - tryed a 'make clean' and 'make' for vdr, my first problem
>gone away (8-)
>
> good time to all - and *many* thanks for the soft and patches
> by michael
>
>
> >Hello list and Klaus!
> >
> >I yust encoutered a similar problem with EIT.
> >
> >After a cvs update for the DVB drivers (~30min ago) and the rebuild/reload of the
>drivers
> >I got only the filmname and type. No film description on any chanel.
> >I switched "EPG BugfixLevel to 1, but nothing happened until I reload VDR.
> >And now I'm unable to reproduce the error. It works flawless with BugfixLevel 2.
> >
> >But nevertheless the error could be in the driver, couldn't it?
> >
> >Some generell feedback to DVB/VDR:
> >I really like it since I got (nearly) rid of the "channel not sync'ed" -> no
>picture error. At least for my system the weak spot was not DVB or VDR, it was the
>DISECQ Switch! After the "upgrade" to a technisat switch
> the channel zapping works good.
> >But from time to time I got the wrong channel. It is not a problem, but I noticed
>that it seems only to happen on a channel switch to 12088, vertical (e.g. Planet from
>PW) The problem was much worse with the old
> switch, where it was generallly impossible to switch to a channel on this
>transponder without entering the channel number at least twice. Often the screen got
>only black, but some times I got the wrong channel,
> too.
> >
> >All in all VDR is a great pice of software and I'm allready looking forward to the
>next "Weekend Relase" of Klaus.
> >
> >My VDR system:
> >PIII- 600
> >1 DVB-S Rev. 1.3 with AllCAM (second Card blown up:-(
> >DVB driver 0.9 (cvs today, ca. 21.00 Uhr Germany)
> >Suse 7.2 with Linux 2.4.5
> >
> >
>
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