Hi, since i installed a second dvbs-card in my vdr-pc i got some problems. My VDR-PC: Pentium 166 / Intel Chipset (FX?)/ RAM 128MB VDR 0.72 / Driver 0.82 / Mandrake with kernel 2.2.17 2 Hauppauge DVBs-Cards, 'old' Version, 80GB Maxtor Problem 1: Often (60%-70%) if i record with both cards and one recording stops vdr is unloaded and my pc reboots (the pc is installed to reboot if vdr stops). Problem 2: I get messages in the log regarding buffer overflow, example: Jun 8 20:16:10 VDR vdr[854]: record /mnt/video/vdr.00/Tagesschau/2001-06-08.19.59.10.04.rec Jun 8 20:16:10 VDR vdr[854]: recording to '/mnt/video/vdr.00/Tagesschau/2001-06-08.19.59.10.04.rec/002.vdr' Jun 8 20:16:11 VDR vdr[2088]: output thread started (pid=2088) Jun 8 20:16:11 VDR vdr[2089]: input thread started (pid=2089) Jun 8 20:16:43 VDR vdr[2089]: buffer usage: 76% Jun 8 20:16:43 VDR last message repeated 5 times Jun 8 20:16:43 VDR vdr[2089]: buffer usage: 77% Jun 8 20:16:43 VDR last message repeated 7 times Jun 8 20:16:44 VDR vdr[2089]: buffer usage: 78% Jun 8 20:16:44 VDR last message repeated 6 times [...] Jun 8 20:16:52 VDR vdr[2089]: buffer usage: 97% Jun 8 20:16:52 VDR last message repeated 6 times Jun 8 20:16:52 VDR vdr[2089]: buffer usage: 98% Jun 8 20:16:53 VDR last message repeated 7 times Jun 8 20:16:53 VDR vdr[2089]: buffer usage: 99% Jun 8 20:16:53 VDR last message repeated 6 times Jun 8 20:16:53 VDR vdr[2089]: buffer usage: 100% Jun 8 20:17:04 VDR vdr[854]: buffer stats: 1048575 (100%) used Jun 8 20:17:04 VDR vdr[854]: timer 3 stop ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ In this example vdr stops here and the pc resets. Sometimes i get such buffer-usage messages but vdr is running without problems. Even with only one dvbs-card i got such messages, but this never produced such effect. Problem 3: Picture distortions (blocks). If i record with both cards sometimes i get distorted recordings with blocks in it. Until now i only got this when i recorded Pro7 and Sat1 together, i tested few other combinations (will test more next days) but there where no problems (e.g. ARD and RTL). With Sat1 and Pro7 i can reproduce the errors. I guess i have a 'bottleneck' somewhere, how can i change this ? (faster processor, more ram ?) ...Andreas -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
