> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Hans Werner <HWerner4@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > > If you have a stb0899 device, don't forget to add "-k 3". > > > > Oh. Can someone say what's different about the stb0899 here, > > and how -k 3 helps ? > > > Since I've added it, I'll try to defend it :) > > stb0899 driver (or maybe the chip?) has some buffers inside that are not > reset between tunnings. > In that case messages from *previous* channel will arrive after the > tunning > to new channel is complete. > Those messages will create a big mess in the results, such as channels > without names, duplicate channels on different transponders. > -k option specifies how many messages should be ignored before processing > it. I couldn't think of a more elegant way to ignore messages from > previously tuned channel. I use "-k 3" by myself, but after playing around > with "-k 2" saw that its also working. "-k 1" was still not enough. > > The proper way is to have an option to reset that buffer in the driver > after > tunning. > Since I don't know how it can be done and how it will affect tunning of > channels for viewing, I didn't want to go that way and solve it in > scan-s2. > > Regards, > Alex. OK, thanks, I will check if I see that problem. Which card(s) did you see this with? Hans -- Release early, release often. Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger _______________________________________________ linux-dvb users mailing list For V4L/DVB development, please use instead linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
