Hi
Chun Chung Lo wrote:
Thanks for your quick reply.
As the STB is operating under linux kernel 2.4 (powerpc), so my driver
is composed by several versions of DVB-T codes:
For SAA7130/4 driver, I used the source codes from
http://www.linuxtv.org/download/kfir/mpex.tar.gz
From a quick glance, this code looks very old. You should be more lucky
when you search the linuxtv.org download archive for the last version
that compiles with kernel 2.4.
Does anybody know by heart which one this is?
For the driver of TDA10046 + TD1316, I used the codes from linux kernel
2.6.16.18.
This is ok.
I know the SAA7130/4 driver is old, but the main problem is I do not
know how to back port the video-buf-dvb.c (SAA7130/4 DMA buffer handling
functions)from linux kernel 2.6 to linux kernel 2.4 (mainly due to the
"kthread_run()", "kthread_create()" stuff) as I am a newbie on driver
porting.
Indeed, this might be difficult.
But if you stick to the old version, you really should compare the code with
the recent version. You need to port several bug fixes, especially the ts
buffer handling bug and most probably the fixes in the I2c driver.
As the TS capture of the SAA7130/4 driver is not done by kernel thread,
it consumes lots of resources and the performance is not so good during
I capture TS.
Are there any suggestion to me?
Thanks for your kindly help.
Best regards,
Lo Chun Chung
-----Original Message-----
From: Hartmut Hackmann [mailto:hartmut.hackmann@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, 17 August, 2006 5:50 AM
To: Chun Chung Lo
Cc: linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Question about Frontend performance (TDA10046 +
TD1316)
Hi,
Chun Chung Lo wrote:
Hi all,
I am now working on a DVB-T STB projects. SAA7130HL + TDA10046A +
TD1316 is used.
Previously I have made some tests on our STB. The TDA10046 + TD1316
status are monitored during all the tests performed, by using the
'tzap' utilities (bundled in linuxtv-dvb-app-1.1.1)
Different degrees of corrupted TS is captured (a TS-to-PES software is
used to runtime convert the catpured TS to a normal mpeg2 movie).
There are different fields can be monitored by using 'tzap', such as
Signal Strength, SNR, BER, UNC, etc ... And I would like to know the
following things:
1. All tests has a zero UNC, but a little BER is recorded (about 120
out of 128K). Will this is the main reason of the corrupted TS?
I can't tell right now how these values are scaled. UNC stands for
uncorrected blocks while BER stands for the raw bit error rate.
2. When BER > 0, is this means there exists some corrupted TS packets?
If no, what does BER > 0 means (under this circumstance)?
It depends on the DVB configuration, but to my experience in Germany,
you are fine as long as BER is less than ~4500 (and UNC is 0)
3. When UNC or BER (or both) > 0, will this means the discontinuity of
the TS stream?
yes.
4. Or the corruption of the captured TS is due to insufficient
processing speed of the driver? (DMA? Buffers processing?)
There was a bug in the transport stream capture (saa7134-ts.c) i fixed
11 months ago. If your driver is older, you need to update it. Processor
load is low if you just capture the stream. But a problem might be that
IDE DMA is not working properly on your system. This might cause high
latencies in the kernel and thus data loss.
5. Will the TS stream BW (or other settings) affect the capture
performance? (I do not know but I have tried Test A and B several
times and the result are quite coherent, as stated above).
If you use wrong parameters for the channel decoder, it will not lock in
most cases. But what about the code for the TD1316? Where does this come
from? do you have a TD3116A or do you use some seperate IF amplifier?
Please help and thank you for your attention.
Best regards,
Lo Chun Chung
Hope this helps
Hartmut
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Hartmut
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