On 9/9/05, Kenneth Aafløy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lørdag 10 september 2005 03:40, skrev John P Poet: > > On 9/9/05, Daniel Kristjansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 17:33 +0100, John Pullan wrote: > > > > I wonder if Daniel could provide us with a new current list of > > > > problems ? > > > > > > As far as I'm aware it's down to two: > > > Mysterious rec vs livetv problem (Adam Egger) > > > Need "mythbackend -v record,channel,siparser" output from > > > both on same channel with latest SVN. > > > DVB lock threshold (John Poet -- DVB driver issue) > > > Need to know driver + driver/kernel version used. > > > > I have tried the stock DVB drivers in the 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 kernels. > > They behave the same. > > I have just downloaded the latest DVB patch dated 05Sep05 from the > > linuxtv site. I will try patching a 2.6.13 kernel with it, and see if > > that helps. > > Please don't put driver issues onto the MythTV project, if it behaves the > same, it should be a driver issue.
What is strange, is that this station was fine until I upgraded from the 13Aug SVN to the 07Sep SVN. I know that station is in the process of installing a new transmitter antenna, so this might be coincidence, but my TV still displays that station just fine. > > Playing with azap, I have seen it take up to 20 seconds to get a lock > > on that station (KOB-DT 4-1 or 26-3). > > > > Once it gets a lock, it holds it. Once it gets a lock, I can stop > > azap and restart it, and it immediately gets a lock. > > It could be something related to zig-zag scanning, if atsc frontends > permit that, since if you already have a lock it won't do it. > It could also be related to an internal scanning routine (they do exist) > which is not set up properly. > > > If I use azap to tune another station, then try to tune KOB again, it > > will once again take up to 20 seconds to get a lock. > > > > If I use azap to tune to another station, then tell it to tune KOB > > again and let it try for a second, then *stop* azap and wait 20 > > seconds, then start azap again, it immediately gets a lock. It is > > like the actual "tuning" process takes a while on that station. > > > > If the latest DVB driver does not help, I am wondering if I can make > > Myth retry for up to 20 seconds. Where would I look in the Myth > > source, if I want to play with this? > > IMHO, nothing should be done to Myth because of this, only driver vs. api > issues should be fixed in myth! I have never touched a linux driver. Myth I have a prayer of tweaking, though ;) > Kenneth John _______________________________________________ mythtv-dev mailing list mythtv-dev@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev