Andr? Bischof wrote: > Klaus Schmidinger schrieb: > >> Andr? Bischof wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm running vdr 1.3.31 with a nova-t and a dxr3. I'm experiencing a >>> lot sync problems, investigating in that problem I had to recognize >>> that vdr builds a lot of subprocesses. > > ... > >>> Is that normal behaviour or some kind of misconfiguration? If so, how >>> I can I put that right? >> >> >> >> Depending on how many DVB devices your system has, this is normal. >> See the log file for information on what these threads do. > > > Hello Klaus, > > thanks for your immediate answer, but I cannot see anything regarding > processes in the logs - maybe I simply look at the wrong place? Or is > one vdr-kbd process started for each plugin? > > Starting vdr I get (first lines are the error I'm investigating in): > > ==> /var/log/messages <== > Dec 13 09:21:54 linux vdr[15164]: cAudioRepacker: skipped 1117 bytes to > sync on next audio frame > Dec 13 09:21:54 linux vdr[15164]: cAudioRepacker: skipped 769 bytes to > sync on next audio frame > Dec 13 09:21:54 linux vdr[15164]: cAudioRepacker: skipped 269 bytes to > sync on next audio frame > Dec 13 09:21:54 linux vdr[15164]: cAudioRepacker: skipped 1467 bytes > while syncing on next audio frame > Dec 13 09:21:55 linux vdr[15164]: cAudioRepacker: skipped 1467 bytes > while syncing on next audio frame > Dec 13 09:21:55 linux vdr[15164]: cAudioRepacker: skipped 504 bytes to > sync on next audio frame > Dec 13 09:21:55 linux vdr[15164]: cAudioRepacker: skipped 146 bytes to > sync on next audio frame > ... > Dec 13 11:15:56 linux vdr-kbd: deleting plugin: femon > Dec 13 11:15:56 linux vdr-kbd: deleting plugin: remote > Dec 13 11:15:56 linux vdr-kbd: deleting plugin: dxr3 > Dec 13 11:15:56 linux vdr-kbd: deleting plugin: epgsearch > Dec 13 11:15:56 linux vdr-kbd: deleting plugin: dvd > Dec 13 11:15:56 linux vdr-kbd: deleting plugin: mp3 > Dec 13 11:15:56 linux vdr-kbd: deleting plugin: sysinfo > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: VDR version 1.3.31 started > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: loading plugin: > /usr/lib/vdr/plugins/libvdr-sysinfo.so.1.3.31 > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: loading plugin: > /usr/lib/vdr/plugins/libvdr-mp3.so.1.3.31 > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: loading plugin: > /usr/lib/vdr/plugins/libvdr-dvd.so.1.3.31 > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: loading plugin: > /usr/lib/vdr/plugins/libvdr-epgsearch.so.1.3.31 > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: loading plugin: > /usr/lib/vdr/plugins/libvdr-dxr3.so.1.3.31 > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: loading plugin: > /usr/lib/vdr/plugins/libvdr-remote.so.1.3.31 > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: loading plugin: > /usr/lib/vdr/plugins/libvdr-femon.so.1.3.31 > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: loading /var/lib/vdr/setup.conf > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: loading /var/lib/vdr/sources.conf > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: loading /var/lib/vdr/diseqc.conf > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: loading /var/lib/vdr/channels.conf > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: loading /var/lib/vdr/timers.conf > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: loading /var/lib/vdr/commands.conf > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: loading /var/lib/vdr/reccmds.conf > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: loading /var/lib/vdr/svdrphosts.conf > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: loading /var/lib/vdr/ca.conf > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: loading /var/lib/vdr/remote.conf > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: loading /var/lib/vdr/keymacros.conf > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: found 1 video device > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: initializing plugin: sysinfo (0.0.4a): > System information plugin > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: initializing plugin: mp3 (0.9.13): A > versatile audio player > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: loading > /var/lib/vdr/plugins/mp3sources.conf > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: loading id3 cache from > /video/id3info.cache > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: initializing plugin: dvd (0.3.6-b03): > turn VDR into an (almost) full featured DVD player > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: initializing plugin: epgsearch > (0.9.7): search the EPG for repeats and more > Dec 13 11:15:57 linux vdr[18068]: initializing plugin: dxr3 (0.2.4): > Hardware MPEG decoder > Dec 13 11:15:58 linux kernel: adv717x.o: Configuring for PAL > Dec 13 11:15:58 linux kernel: em8300_audio.o: Analog audio enabled > Dec 13 11:15:58 linux kernel: em8300: Microcode version 0x29 loaded > Dec 13 11:15:58 linux kernel: adv717x.o: Configuring for PAL > Dec 13 11:15:58 linux vdr[18068]: initializing plugin: remote (0.3.3): > Remote control > Dec 13 11:15:58 linux vdr[18068]: initializing plugin: femon (0.9.1): > DVB Signal Information Monitor (OSD) > Dec 13 11:15:58 linux vdr[18068]: setting primary device to 2 > Dec 13 11:15:58 linux vdr[18068]: SVDRP listening on port 2001 > Dec 13 11:15:58 linux vdr[18068]: loading > /var/lib/vdr/themes/classic-default.theme > Dec 13 11:15:58 linux vdr[18068]: starting plugin: sysinfo > Dec 13 11:15:58 linux vdr[18068]: starting plugin: mp3 > Dec 13 11:15:58 linux vdr[18068]: starting plugin: dvd > Dec 13 11:15:58 linux vdr[18068]: starting plugin: epgsearch > Dec 13 11:15:58 linux vdr[18068]: loading > /var/lib/vdr/plugins/epgsearch.conf > Dec 13 11:15:58 linux vdr[18068]: starting plugin: dxr3 > Dec 13 11:15:58 linux vdr[18068]: starting plugin: remote > Dec 13 11:15:58 linux vdr[18068]: starting plugin: femon > Dec 13 11:15:58 linux vdr[18068]: loading > /var/lib/vdr/themes/classic-default.theme > Dec 13 11:15:58 linux vdr[18068]: switching to channel 13 > Dec 13 11:15:58 linux vdr[18068]: dxr3: Setting digital PCM audio mode > Dec 13 11:15:58 linux kernel: em8300_audio.o: Digital PCM audio enabled > > Andr? You are either running VDR with a limited log level (option -l), or your syslog setup is spreading the various log messages all over the place. Normally all log messages should go into /var/log/messages. Klaus
