> >>The problem I am facing (and many > >>others it seems) is that the TT DVB-T card falls over constantly and the > >>frontend locks up when you change channel more than a few times. It's not > >>clear if this is a problem with motherboard/powersupply/heat, etc, or > >>whether this card is simply fundamentally flawed. > > Hmm the card shouldn't be flawed but it looks like the drivers / firmware > really don't like too many reception errors and ARM crash on them after a > while.
... > >Are you sure your signal is good enough? I find that my set-top-box is > >pretty care-free, but my DVB-T cards are *exceptionally* picky about the > >signal - they'll click and break-up much more easily. > >I also find that the DVB drivers and/or VDR are not very good at > >recovering from bad/no signal conditions. They do like a stable signal! > >You can tell VDR to only use certain cards, but don't think you can tell > >it to use one only for the output (and not as a tuner). From what I've > >read, you need to keep all your DVB cards in supply of a good signal. > > I can second all of that. With current driver status it's absolutey crucial > to supply the primary card with a strong signal. BTW, interesting behavour > in CVS: One of the driver threads hangs at about 50% CPU when trying to > tune to the sat with a missing signal. Reloading drivers resolves the problem. I don't know what a strong signal looks like to be honest! TZAP reports "signal" of around 3333 right now (10pm at night). "ber" is sometimes zero on BBC ONE, but usually 0, 1, or 2 on most channels Is this a strong signal? Perhaps this is where my problem lies - the antenna is a standard in-the-loft terrestrial aerial and comes down from the roof to a splitter/booster box which then splits the signal to the main tv and the bedroom where the DVB card is currently. I haven't tuned the aerial for DVB it is just a standard terrestrial aerial which I inherited years ago when I bought the house... Thanks all Ed W -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
