Hi,
> I've been wondering for quite a while why I do not see a EIT scan to
> happen on my system.
>
> I had a look into (VDR-1.3.24's) eitscan.c:19-20. These lines contain
> the following conditions (wrapped to separate lines for readability):
>
> if (Device != cDevice::PrimaryDevice()
> || (cDevice::NumDevices() == 1
> && Setup.EPGScanTimeout
> && now - lastActivity > Setup.EPGScanTimeout * 3600)) {
>
> if (!(Device->Receiving(true)
> || Device->Replaying())) {
>
> A setup like mine has two devices: the first one is the budget card and
> the second one is provided by the vdr-xine plugin, with the latter
> beeing the primary device. So, the first "if" only selects the budget
> card and ignores Setup.EPGScanTimeout completely, as
> cDevice::NumDevices() is 2, which is not == 1.
>
> Then, the second "if" blocks as the budget card is receiving most of the
> time, as it feeds the transfer thread which replays on the primary device.
>
> So a system like mine will only do an EIT scan while I'm watching a
> recording. Furthermore, it won't stop transfer mode to start an EIT scan
> on it's own after Setup.EPGScanTimeout hours.
>
> I currently have no idea how to solve this issue.
PS: the osdteletext plugin keeps the budget card receiving and therefore
no EIT scan can happen while replaying a recording.
Bye.
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Dipl.-Inform. (FH) Reinhard Nissl
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