Markku Tavasti wrote: > I lost my temper with crashes with dxr3, and now I have DVB-S FF > (Technotrend 1.3) to be used as output only. Here are pros and cons: > > + display is not getting messed with OSD/mp3 plugin > + no more hard crashes where conputer needs reset. VDR watchdog takes > care > > - Jammed and killed by watchdog all the time. I had problems with > DXR3, but now usability is worse. After pressing back from viewing > recoderd program 50% it gets jammed and watchdog restart. There was > recording running at the same time, and also noad running (with nice). > - Picture, all colors are too bright. I need > to adjust brigtness, color and contrast (and still not happy). I > suppose this would need some module parameter, but did not had time > to study this far. > - After boot vdr thinks volume is 0, and when I start adjusting > volume, for 0.5s it is FULL, then it gets to where it should > be. > > My system is P350, 224M memory, vdr 1.3.23, 2.4 kernel, dvb-kernel > drivers from CVS ~2 weeks ago (needed CVS version for Airstar2) > > I was expecting to get stable usable system by getting FF card, but no > way. Any ideas what might the problem be: > > ... > - Using DVB-S as output only is bad idea Very bad idea [tm] if you have a rev. 1.3 DVB-S card. The ARM will crash very often without a sat signal. Oliver -- -------------------------------------------------------- VDR Remote Plugin available at http://www.escape-edv.de/endriss/vdr/ --------------------------------------------------------
