That's how I assumed it worked, but when I run dvbtune in one session, and try and use dvbsnoop in another, dvbsnoop gives a "device busy" error... -----Original Message----- From: Nico Sabbi [mailto:nsabbi@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 11:59 AM To: Wade J. Weppler Cc: linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: How to achieve persistent DVB-S tuning? Wade J. Weppler wrote: >I'm trying to get szap (or dvbtune) to maintain a lock, even after dvbtune or szap have been closed. > >Whenever I tune to a transponder, it gets a lock, and then I close the application and open up dvbsnoop. Dvbsnoop will work for a few seconds, and then no further data will be available. I then have to re-run dvbtune or szap to get another lock. > >I've used applications other than dvbsnoop, like mplayer, etc., and I have the same issue. > >I'm using a SkyStar2 DVB-S, running on a Fedora 7 box. > > > it's how drivers are supposed to work: if the frontend is closed tuning is lost. Why is it a problem keeping szap or dvbtune running? They won't eat your food :-) -- Email.it, the professional e-mail, gratis per te: http://www.email.it/f Sponsor: Problemi di Liquidit?? Con Logos Finanziaria 30.000 ? in 24 ore a dipendenti e lavoratori autonomi con rimborsi fino a 120 mesi clicca qui * Clicca qui: http://adv.email.it/cgi-bin/foclick.cgi?mid=2907&d=12-7 _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
