Re: [vdr] Re: VDR prefers my CI DVB device for recordings and blocks it unnecessarily

2006-08-26 Thread Klaus Schmidinger
Anssi Hannula wrote: ... Attached is a patch which has this approach. So after *this* patch the above quoted scenario would continue like this instead: - recording is made via budget card (same behaviour as VDR 1.4.1) if AvoidPrimaryDevice is set - recording is made via FF card (leaving budget f

Re: [vdr] Re: VDR prefers my CI DVB device for recordings and blocks it unnecessarily

2006-08-26 Thread Klaus Schmidinger
Udo Richter wrote: Klaus Schmidinger wrote: So how shall we distinguish between cReceivers that do actual recordings and such that just receive, e.g., teletext data? Or those that receive a radio channel for streaming it to a remote client? Where's the limit? Is there a way to predict whether

Re: [vdr] Re: VDR prefers my CI DVB device for recordings and blocks it unnecessarily

2006-08-26 Thread Udo Richter
Klaus Schmidinger wrote: So how shall we distinguish between cReceivers that do actual recordings and such that just receive, e.g., teletext data? Or those that receive a radio channel for streaming it to a remote client? Where's the limit? Is there a way to predict whether receiving a channel

Re: [vdr] Re: VDR prefers my CI DVB device for recordings and blocks it unnecessarily

2006-08-26 Thread Anssi Hannula
Anssi Hannula wrote: > Klaus Schmidinger wrote: >> Anssi Hannula wrote: >>> >>> diff -Nurp -x '*~' vdr-1.4.1-5/device.c vdr-1.4.1-5-mod/device.c >>> --- vdr-1.4.1-5/device.c2006-08-20 21:59:20.0 +0300 >>> +++ vdr-1.4.1-5-mod/device.c2006-08-23 18:41:26.0 +0300 >>> @@ -292,7

Re: [vdr] Re: VDR prefers my CI DVB device for recordings and blocks it unnecessarily

2006-08-26 Thread Anssi Hannula
Klaus Schmidinger wrote: > Anssi Hannula wrote: >> Anssi Hannula wrote: >>> Klaus Schmidinger wrote: In this particular case I guess the recording really shouldn't start on the primary card, because the osdteletext plugin isn't a "real" recording process. So how shall we di

Re: [vdr] Re: VDR prefers my CI DVB device for recordings and blocks it unnecessarily

2006-08-26 Thread Klaus Schmidinger
Anssi Hannula wrote: Anssi Hannula wrote: Klaus Schmidinger wrote: In this particular case I guess the recording really shouldn't start on the primary card, because the osdteletext plugin isn't a "real" recording process. So how shall we distinguish between cReceivers that do actual recordings

Re: [vdr] Re: VDR prefers my CI DVB device for recordings and blocks it unnecessarily

2006-08-23 Thread Anssi Hannula
Anssi Hannula wrote: > Klaus Schmidinger wrote: >> In this particular case I guess the recording really shouldn't >> start on the primary card, because the osdteletext plugin isn't >> a "real" recording process. >> >> So how shall we distinguish between cReceivers that do actual >> recordings and s

Re: [vdr] Re: VDR prefers my CI DVB device for recordings and blocks it unnecessarily

2006-08-21 Thread Jörn Reder
Udo Richter wrote: > > It makes no sense that a CAM budget card is always used to > > record a free channel, which makes it impossible to view and/or record > > encrypted channels at the same time. A CAM is a valuable resource, > > wasting it is obviously a bad idea. > > What if the FF card is

Re: [vdr] Re: VDR prefers my CI DVB device for recordings and blocks it unnecessarily

2006-08-21 Thread Anssi Hannula
Klaus Schmidinger wrote: > Udo Richter wrote: > >> Jörn Reder wrote: >> >>> Hmm, it's not that easy because it ignores the original intention of >>> this thread. >> >> >> Not really. The side effect that osdteletext will force recordings on >> the FF card on the same transponder was caused by the

Re: [vdr] Re: VDR prefers my CI DVB device for recordings and blocks it unnecessarily

2006-08-20 Thread Klaus Schmidinger
Udo Richter wrote: Jörn Reder wrote: Hmm, it's not that easy because it ignores the original intention of this thread. Not really. The side effect that osdteletext will force recordings on the FF card on the same transponder was caused by the change in 1.4.1-2, that was some time before your

Re: [vdr] Re: VDR prefers my CI DVB device for recordings and blocks it unnecessarily

2006-08-20 Thread Udo Richter
Jörn Reder wrote: Hmm, it's not that easy because it ignores the original intention of this thread. Not really. The side effect that osdteletext will force recordings on the FF card on the same transponder was caused by the change in 1.4.1-2, that was some time before your post. Its going bac

Re: [vdr] Re: VDR prefers my CI DVB device for recordings and blocks it unnecessarily

2006-08-20 Thread Jörn Reder
Udo Richter wrote: > The primary device should be available for live viewing as long as > possible. Even if I do a recording, the primary device should be > available for channel switching, and not requiring transfer mode. > Recording is the job of the budget card. Hmm, it's not that easy beca

Re: [vdr] Re: VDR prefers my CI DVB device for recordings and blocks it unnecessarily

2006-08-20 Thread Udo Richter
Anssi Hannula wrote: Consider this scenario: - user watches channel 1, transponder 1, via FF - recording starts for channel 1, transponder 1, via FF add here: - live view is interrupted as FF switches to transfer mode - recording starts for channel 2, transponder 2, via budget The primary d

Re: [vdr] Re: VDR prefers my CI DVB device for recordings and blocks it unnecessarily

2006-08-20 Thread Anssi Hannula
Udo Richter wrote: > Klaus Schmidinger wrote: > >> Udo Richter wrote: >> >>> Lots of transfer buffer overflows and sluggish OSD, because VDR used >>> the primary FF card for recording, while the secondary budget card is >>> idle. System is back to normal if I switch to another channel. >> >> >> Ju

Re: [vdr] Re: VDR prefers my CI DVB device for recordings and blocks it unnecessarily

2006-08-20 Thread Udo Richter
Klaus Schmidinger wrote: Udo Richter wrote: Lots of transfer buffer overflows and sluggish OSD, because VDR used the primary FF card for recording, while the secondary budget card is idle. System is back to normal if I switch to another channel. Just tested it by recording ARD from the primar

Re: [vdr] Re: VDR prefers my CI DVB device for recordings and blocks it unnecessarily

2006-08-20 Thread Klaus Schmidinger
Martin Dauskardt wrote: Klaus Schmidinger wrote: > @Martin: any news on this? With recent drivers and firmware it should be > possible to record and watch even the high-bandwidth channels like ZDF > on a FF card. The problem appeared with "Tagesschau" on ARD. Not every recording on ARD or ZDF

Re: [vdr] Re: VDR prefers my CI DVB device for recordings and blocks it unnecessarily

2006-08-20 Thread Klaus Schmidinger
Udo Richter wrote: Klaus Schmidinger wrote: @Martin: any news on this? With recent drivers and firmware it should be possible to record and watch even the high-bandwidth channels like ZDF on a FF card. Question is, how recent. I'm just running a recording on ARD. vdr-1.4.1-5, DVB driver of ke

Re: [vdr] Re: VDR prefers my CI DVB device for recordings and blocks it unnecessarily

2006-08-20 Thread Udo Richter
Klaus Schmidinger wrote: @Martin: any news on this? With recent drivers and firmware it should be possible to record and watch even the high-bandwidth channels like ZDF on a FF card. Question is, how recent. I'm just running a recording on ARD. vdr-1.4.1-5, DVB driver of kernel 2.6.16.19, late

Re: [vdr] Re: VDR prefers my CI DVB device for recordings and blocks it unnecessarily

2006-08-20 Thread Klaus Schmidinger
Anssi Hannula wrote: Martin Dauskardt wrote: I upgraded to 1.4.1-4, which seems to include the patch from Anssi (http://linuxtv.org/pipermail/vdr/2006-August/010360.html ) I am not happy with this patch: My machine has a FF-card and Budget-Card+CAM. There was no timer for any encrypted channel

Re: [vdr] Re: VDR prefers my CI DVB device for recordings and blocks it unnecessarily

2006-08-15 Thread Anssi Hannula
Martin Dauskardt wrote: > I upgraded to 1.4.1-4, which seems to include the patch from Anssi > (http://linuxtv.org/pipermail/vdr/2006-August/010360.html ) > > I am not happy with this patch: My machine has a FF-card and > Budget-Card+CAM. There was no timer for any encrypted channel > programmed.