[linux-dvb] problems and workaround when tuning to a channel with DD enabled

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C.Y.M wrote:
> Wolfgang Rohdewald wrote:
> 
>>On Dienstag 14 Juni 2005 23:25, C.Y.M wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Jun 14 14:07:14 sid vdr[12949]: switching to channel 182
>>>Jun 14 14:07:14 sid vdr[14045]: transfer thread ended (pid=14045, tid=360458)
>>>Jun 14 14:07:14 sid vdr[12949]: buffer stats: 0 (0%) used
>>>Jun 14 14:07:14 sid vdr[12949]: ERROR (dvbdevice.c,819): Invalid argument
>>>Jun 14 14:07:14 sid vdr[12949]: ERROR: can't set PID 6437 on device 1
>>>Jun 14 14:07:14 sid vdr[12949]: ERROR (dvbdevice.c,831): Invalid argument
>>>Jun 14 14:07:14 sid vdr[12949]: ERROR: failed to set PIDs for channel 182 on device 1
>>
>>
>>well, what that patch does is
>>1. return -EINVAL instead of the unspecific -1 in many cases
>>2. propagate more errors back to the caller
>>
>>So maybe you found a bug in vdr or the driver which was there all along but hidden
>>and maybe harmless.
>>
>>it would be interesting to know which vdr statement gets that EINVAL from the driver.
>>Could you find that out?
>>
> 
> 
> Yes, I have a feeling you are correct about there being a bug all along but
> hidden.  This bug, either in VDR, the drivers, or both, is causing the firmware
> to crash.  I would be happy to find out which vdr statement gets that EINVAL
> from the driver, but my programming skills are fairly limited.
> 

Well, I feel dumb.  I rebuilt Mplayer from CVS and now the timers in VDR do not
seem to crash VDR anymore while the Mplayer plugin is running.  There is still a
problem with the 0x261e firmware though.. it cant play anything with the Mplayer
Plugin.  Sorry for the false alarm.


Thanks everyone.




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