Many thanks to all of you trying to track down my problems with the SS2:-) My configuration: - Debian Gnu/Linux running a 2.4.22 kernel from ftp.kernel.org. - gcc 2.95.4 (Debian) - one FF card (frontend: ves1x93: Alps-BSRV) - one SS2 card rev. 2.6B (frontend: stv0229) - drivers: dvb-kernel CVS 031116 - dvbstream from CVS Dvbtools 031114, patched to *not* close the frontend if not requested from the command line (the current dvbstream seems to have the same default now as well.) - scan and szap from from linuxtv-dvb-1.0.1.tar.gz
For my tests, I only loaded the modules needed for the SS2, *not* the ones needed for the FF. I didn't have much time yet, but so far I can tell: - I found no way to get the full transport stream, no matter how many (valid) pids dvbstream was supposed to stream, with the last being 8192 [I used 30w, 11811v, with its (radio) pids 256-...] - With szap -r and then cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 |mplayer - everything is fine. - But: scan -c is not able to set all relevant filters (the one on the PMT seems to work fine, but not the filters for the different PATs). At the same time, cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 stops to deliver any data: I have to kill mplayer and szap; restarting szap and mplayer usually works, but not always; if it doesn't work, reloading the driver, some- times, doesn't work: dvb-core is used by some ghost and cannot be unloaded. Sometimes, this then even crashes the kernel: I only get some flashing CapsLock/ScrollLock leds on the keyboard, and that's it :-( [And no oops in the logs.] - Using pid 0x2000 for streaming seems to return the data of filters that other running programs have set already, but not all the streams, and not very reliably (first comes - first gets the data?). I'll make more tests when I find the time. Unfortunately, I cannot reproduce the dvb-core unload problems/kernel crashes reliably. My conclusion so far is that there must be something wrong - at least - with the filter handling in the skystar2 driver. I don't know whether this is a problem of the frontend. So: Q: Is anybody with a SS2 having no problems? What frontend? I'll postpone my other problem for later [driver needs reloading after the tuner lost lock.] Wolfgang -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
