On Wednesday 01 February 2006 15:18, Jouni Karvo wrote: > hi, > > Stefan Taferner writes: > > I had such a problem two days ago. VDR was terminating (with rc 1) > > around every 20 seconds. No log message. Threads simply end and VDR > > terminates. But only if a recording was active. > > > > After several hours of search I found that the non-primary DVB card in > > my system had no reception due to an unplugged cable at the dish. > > In your case, the symptoms were the same but the reason different than > in our case. For us, the device itself was/is working > properly. (could receive some other channels) I still think that we have the same problem: if the data stream is corrupted VDR terminates. Your observation also says that: > [...] but the recording mode is not patient enough, but enters > this unnecessary emergency exit loop. Same for my case. VDR terminates only when trying to record from the card. --Stefan