Hello Linux-dvb,
After the really great news that descrambling with ca_zap and a
Twinhan clone Technisat SkyStar 1 CI now works, there is a minor
issue.
Basically, after a certain time (which can range from two minutes
to several hours), descrambling suddenly stops, and the stream I
get from /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 contains no sensible audio/video
data anymore.
Running ca_zap again (with the same parameters as the initial
run) makes the stream work again.
The first "solution" I tried to remedy this situation was to run
ca_zap periodically in the background. While this sort of cures
the problem (no long-time freezing anymore), it sometimes causes
a disruption of the stream right at the moment ca_zap is run.
Is there any better way to do this? Can we send something like a
"keep alive" command to the CAM that doesn't disturb a
descrambling operation that's already in place?
Or, is there a way to programmatically find out when the CAM
needs to get "reminded" of the fact that it should descramble, so
we don't have to run ca_zap every couple seconds, but only when
it's really needed?
In case this is important: I'm using a standard ("red") Viaccess
CAM with a smartcard to descramble SRG (Swiss national TV)
channels on Hotbird.
Any hints would be greatly appreciated.
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Andreas Trottmann
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