On Tuesday 31 May 2005 08:35, Adrian P Challinor wrote: > The antenna hasn't changed. The DVB-T TV uses the same antenna. It's > mounted on my roof and has a direct line-of-site to the transmitter (about > 4 miles away and clearly visible). A quick look from a window of a > neighbouring tall building shows that the antenna is standing, looks to be > correctly aligned. Well, that sounds ok to me ;) > > Interesting though. You are the second person to make this suggestion. How > would I check the signal? Is this a job for femon? The problem is that I > don't fully understand the output from femon so making sense of it is > tricky. Honestly, I don't know. I just saw all these blocks and green areas in my picture and tried to amplify the signal which helped. I think DVB-X cards are quite signal "consumptious" because my dbox was connected to the same antenna all the time and *always* had a brilliant picture. All this is, btw, with two cable cards, I have no experience with DVB-T. How is your picture with only one card ? BR Karsten > > Adrian > > -----Original Message----- > From: vdr-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vdr-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Karsten M?ller > Sent: 31 May 2005 07:26 > To: Klaus Schmidinger's VDR > Subject: Re: VDR Stability > > Well, UPT errors look like either a weak antenna signal or a driver issue. > I got rid of those by amplifying my antenna signal the other day. Does > your DVB-T work fine with *the same* antenna ? > > best regards > Karsten > > On Tuesday 31 May 2005 08:22, Adrian P Challinor wrote: > > I have used VDR successfully for about 18 months now, but in the last 2 > > months found that stability has gone completely out of the window. It > > started when I tried to get the vdrsync code working to burn dvd's (never > > successful). > > > > > > > > I have a Pentium P4, 2.4Ghz, 512 MB Ram, 2 x 120 GB IDE disks, with an > > ASUS > > > motherboard. Cards are a TT-FF DVB-T and a Nebula DVB budget card. I had > > so > > > many problems after I did a few kernel changes that I reverted to > > rebuilding the system from scratch. I was working on linux 2.6.4, but > > listening to the list I upgraded to 2.6.11 on the rebuild. > > > > > > > > Things have not got better. > > > > > > > > It is impossible to record anything from the budget card, which is VDR's > > preferred card. I get so many errors with skipped bytes to sync to a TS > > packet it is unwatchable. The recording makes old VCR's look good. Funny > > this, because the DVBT enabled television is just fine. > > > > > > > > I tried recording just of the TT-FF card. OK, I can only record one > > signal at a time, but at least it will be stable, right? Wrong. It's > > still unstable. > > > > > > > > For example: > > > > > > > > May 30 22:50:22 vdr vdr[8931]: timer 1 (1 2240-0045 'Total Recall') set > > to event Mon 30.05.2005 22:50-00:35 'Total Recall' > > > > May 30 22:54:11 vdr vdr[8935]: channel 1 (BBC ONE) event 22:50 'Total > > Recall' status 4 May 30 23:03:38 vdr vdr[8935]: channel 3 (BBC THREE) > > event > > > 23:00 'Ideal' > > > > status 4 > > > > May 30 23:07:45 vdr vdr[8991]: ERROR: unknown picture type '5' > > > > May 30 23:07:46 vdr vdr[8991]: ERROR: unknown picture type '4' > > > > May 30 23:11:01 vdr vdr[8931]: connect from 127.0.0.1, port 47508 - > > accepted May 30 23:11:01 vdr vdr[8931]: closing SVDRP connection May 30 > > 23:16:50 vdr vdr[8991]: ERROR: unknown picture type '5' > > > > May 30 23:18:30 vdr last message repeated 5 times May 30 23:18:51 vdr > > last message repeated 2 times May 30 23:21:02 vdr vdr[8931]: connect from > > 127.0.0.1, port 43811 - accepted May 30 23:21:02 vdr vdr[8931]: closing > > SVDRP connection May 30 23:25:15 vdr vdr[8991]: ERROR: unknown picture > > type > > > '5' > > > > May 30 23:25:15 vdr vdr[8991]: initiating emergency exit May 30 23:25:15 > > vdr vdr[8991]: ERROR: unknown picture type '4' > > > > May 30 23:25:15 vdr vdr[8991]: initiating emergency exit May 30 23:25:15 > > vdr vdr[8991]: ERROR: unknown picture type '5' > > > > May 30 23:25:15 vdr vdr[8991]: initiating emergency exit May 30 23:25:16 > > vdr vdr[8931]: emergency exit requested - shutting down May 30 23:25:16 > > vdr > > > vdr[8931]: timer 1 (1 2240-0045 'Total Recall') stop May 30 23:25:16 vdr > > vdr[8931]: saved setup to /root/vdr/setup.conf May 30 23:25:16 vdr > > vdr[8931]: exiting May 30 23:25:16 vdr vdr[8931]: emergency exit! > > > > > > > > > > > > My recording stops in the middle with an unknown picture type. At this > > point, nothing I do other than reboot will restore VDRAdmin (probably the > > most important feature of VDR IMHO). > > > > > > > > I have tried VDR 1.3.25, I have reverted to 1.3.20. I have taken the > > latest > > > versions of firmware, I have reverted to those that came with the card. > > > > > > > > Am I alone in thinking that, for anyone who wants to actually watch TV, > > the > > > answer is a SKY+ box. Please, god forbid it should come to that. > > > > > > > > What am I doing wrong here? > > > > > > > > > > > > HELP ! > > > > > > > > > > > > Adrian P Challinor > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > vdr mailing list > > > > vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr > > _______________________________________________ > vdr mailing list > vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr > > > _______________________________________________ > vdr mailing list > vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr -- with best regards --- Karsten Mueller Teamleader Qualityassurance and Support RATIO Entwicklungen GmbH Phone :+49-(0)40-369007-67 ? ? ? ?Admiralitaetstr. 59 Fax: ? +49-(0)40-369007-75 ? ? ? ?20459 Hamburg Email: mailto:kmu@xxxxxxxx
