Bernhard Wager wrote: > Klaus Schmidinger wrote: >>> I'm using vdr for a few years now and last weekend I upgraded to version >>> 1.4.0. >>> >>> When vdr is running awhile and now starts a recording, it exits. On the >>> other hand when the recording starts immediately after booting my system >>> everything is fine. >>> >>> In the log file is a little difference between the two cases. In the >>> first case the cam module is already loaded, when the recording starts. >>> In the second case the recording starts before my cam module is loaded. >>> >>> My configuration: >>> Ubuntu 5.10, >>> one dvb device (fujitsu siemens dvb-c ff) with a cam - vdr primary >>> device, another dvb device (hauppauge dvb-c ff) without a cam. >> At startup VDR is supposed to wait until all devices (and their >> CAM modules, if any) are ready. Are you getting any log messages >> like "not all devices ready after 30 seconds"? >> > > I couldn't something like this :-( > > > The log looks like thes for the first case: > > May 8 18:22:53 localhost vdr: [8930] VDR version 1.4.0 started > May 8 18:22:53 localhost vdr: [8930] loading plugin: > VDR/PLUGINS/lib/libvdr-dvd.so.1.4.0 > May 8 18:22:53 localhost vdr: [8930] loading /root/vdr.conf/setup.conf > May 8 18:22:53 localhost vdr: [8930] loading /root/vdr.conf/sources.conf > May 8 18:22:53 localhost vdr: [8930] loading /root/vdr.conf/diseqc.conf > May 8 18:22:53 localhost vdr: [8930] loading /root/vdr.conf/channels.conf > May 8 18:22:53 localhost vdr: [8930] loading /root/vdr.conf/timers.conf > May 8 18:22:53 localhost vdr: [8930] loading /root/vdr.conf/svdrphosts.conf > May 8 18:22:53 localhost vdr: [8930] loading /root/vdr.conf/remote.conf > May 8 18:22:53 localhost vdr: [8930] loading /root/vdr.conf/keymacros.conf > May 8 18:22:58 localhost vdr: [8930] found 2 video devices > May 8 18:22:58 localhost vdr: [8930] initializing plugin: dvd (0.3.6-b03): > turn VDR into an (almost) full featured DVD playe > r > May 8 18:22:58 localhost vdr: [8930] setting primary device to 2 > May 8 18:22:58 localhost vdr: [8930] SVDRP listening on port 2001 > May 8 18:22:58 localhost vdr: [8930] > loading /root/vdr.conf/themes/sttng-default.theme > May 8 18:22:58 localhost vdr: [8930] starting plugin: dvd > May 8 18:22:58 localhost vdr: [8930] > loading /root/vdr.conf/themes/sttng-default.theme > May 8 18:23:02 localhost vdr: [8930] CAM: AlphaCrypt Light, 01, 4A20, 4A20 > May 8 18:23:02 localhost vdr: [8930] switching to channel 1 > [...] > May 8 20:49:12 localhost vdr: [8934] frontend 0 lost lock on channel 0, tp > 522 > May 8 20:49:14 localhost vdr: [8934] frontend 0 timed out while tuning to > channel 0, tp 522 > May 8 20:49:32 localhost vdr: [8934] frontend 0 regained lock on channel 106, > tp 113 > May 8 20:50:15 localhost vdr: [8934] frontend 0 lost lock on channel 0, tp > 338 > May 8 20:50:17 localhost vdr: [8934] frontend 0 timed out while tuning to > channel 0, tp 338 Well, maybe there's a problem with your sat cable or your multiswitch (if any). Apparently there is a problem with the signal. > May 8 20:51:00 localhost vdr: [8930] editing timer 1 (11 2055-2245 'Tatort: > T?dlicher Galopp') > May 8 20:51:05 localhost vdr: [8930] timer 1 (11 2052-2245 'Tatort: T?dlicher > Galopp') set to event Mon 08.05.2006 21:00-22: > 30 (VPS: 08.05 21:00) 'Tatort: T?dlicher Galopp' > May 8 20:51:05 localhost vdr: [8930] timer 1 (11 2052-2245 'Tatort: T?dlicher > Galopp') modified (active) > May 8 20:51:20 localhost vdr: [8934] frontend 0 timed out while tuning to > channel 0, tp 338 > May 8 20:51:55 localhost vdr: [8934] frontend 0 regained lock on channel 0, > tp 338 > May 8 20:51:56 localhost vdr: [8934] frontend 0 lost lock on channel 0, tp > 338 > May 8 20:51:58 localhost vdr: [8934] frontend 0 timed out while tuning to > channel 0, tp 338 > May 8 20:52:00 localhost vdr: [8930] timer 1 (11 2052-2245 'Tatort: T?dlicher > Galopp') start > May 8 20:52:00 localhost vdr: [8930] > record /media/video/Tatort:_T?dlicher_Galopp/2006-05-08.20.52.99.99.rec > May 8 20:52:01 localhost vdr: [8934] frontend 0 regained lock on channel 11, > tp 426 > May 8 20:52:11 localhost vdr: [8930] stopping plugin: dvd > May 8 20:52:12 localhost vdr: [8930] timer 1 (11 2052-2245 'Tatort: T?dlicher > Galopp') stop > May 8 20:52:12 localhost vdr: [8930] saved setup to /root/vdr.conf/setup.conf > May 8 20:52:12 localhost vdr: [8930] deleting plugin: dvd > May 8 20:52:12 localhost vdr: [8930] exiting From this log I can't see any real reason for the exit. Are you sure you have run VDR with maximum logging (-l3 or default), and that all your log messages go into *one* file? > ... and so for the second case: > > May 8 20:56:44 localhost vdr: [7574] VDR version 1.4.0 started > May 8 20:56:44 localhost vdr: [7574] loading plugin: > VDR/PLUGINS/lib/libvdr-dvd.so.1.4.0 > May 8 20:56:44 localhost vdr: [7574] loading /root/vdr.conf/setup.conf > May 8 20:56:44 localhost vdr: [7574] loading /root/vdr.conf/sources.conf > May 8 20:56:44 localhost vdr: [7574] loading /root/vdr.conf/diseqc.conf > May 8 20:56:44 localhost vdr: [7574] loading /root/vdr.conf/channels.conf > May 8 20:56:44 localhost vdr: [7574] loading /root/vdr.conf/timers.conf > May 8 20:56:44 localhost vdr: [7574] loading /root/vdr.conf/svdrphosts.conf > May 8 20:56:44 localhost vdr: [7574] loading /root/vdr.conf/remote.conf > May 8 20:56:44 localhost vdr: [7574] loading /root/vdr.conf/keymacros.conf > May 8 20:56:50 localhost vdr: [7574] found 2 video devices > May 8 20:56:50 localhost vdr: [7574] initializing plugin: dvd (0.3.6-b03): > turn VDR into an (almost) full featured DVD playe > r > May 8 20:56:50 localhost vdr: [7574] setting primary device to 2 > May 8 20:56:50 localhost vdr: [7574] SVDRP listening on port 2001 > May 8 20:56:50 localhost vdr: [7574] > loading /root/vdr.conf/themes/sttng-default.theme > May 8 20:56:50 localhost vdr: [7574] starting plugin: dvd > May 8 20:56:50 localhost vdr: [7574] > loading /root/vdr.conf/themes/sttng-default.theme > May 8 20:56:50 localhost vdr: [7574] switching to channel 1 > May 8 20:56:50 localhost vdr: [7574] timer 1 (11 2052-2245 'Tatort: T?dlicher > Galopp') set to event Mon 08.05.2006 21:00-22: > 30 (VPS: 08.05 21:00) 'Tatort: T?dlicher Galopp' > May 8 20:56:50 localhost vdr: [7574] timer 1 (11 2052-2245 'Tatort: T?dlicher > Galopp') start > May 8 20:56:50 localhost vdr: [7574] > record /media/video/Tatort:_T?dlicher_Galopp/2006-05-08.20.52.99.99.rec > May 8 20:56:51 localhost vdr: [7582] channel 8 (WDR K?ln) event Mon > 08.05.2006 20:15-21:00 (VPS: 08.05 20:15) 'Der Gro?e Ges > undheits-Check' status 4 > May 8 20:56:51 localhost vdr: [7582] channel 10 (hr-fernsehen) event Mon > 08.05.2006 20:15-21:00 (VPS: 08.05 20:15) 'S?dameri > kas Ameisenb?ren' status 4 > May 8 20:56:51 localhost vdr: [7579] channel 13 (MDR FERNSEHEN) event Mon > 08.05.2006 20:15-21:45 (VPS: 08.05 20:15) 'Das Tra > umhotel - Zauber von Bali' status 4 > May 8 20:56:52 localhost vdr: [7579] channel 184 (rbb Brandenburg) event Mon > 08.05.2006 20:15-21:00 (VPS: 08.05 20:15) 'WAS! > ' status 4 > May 8 20:56:52 localhost vdr: [7582] channel 9 (S?DWEST Ferns. BW) event Mon > 08.05.2006 20:15-21:45 (VPS: 08.05 20:15) 'Die > Schokoladenk?nigin' status 4 > May 8 20:56:52 localhost vdr: [7582] channel 1 (Das Erste) event Mon > 08.05.2006 20:15-21:00 (VPS: 08.05 20:15) 'Die Kommissa > rin' status 4 > May 8 20:56:52 localhost vdr: [7579] channel 11 (NDR FS MV) event Mon > 08.05.2006 20:15-21:00 (VPS: 08.05 20:15) 'markt' stat > us 4 > May 8 20:56:52 localhost vdr: [7579] channel 18 (EinsFestival) event Mon > 08.05.2006 20:15-21:00 (VPS: 08.05 20:15) 'Friedric > h Jahn' status 4 > May 8 20:57:16 localhost vdr: [7581] CAM: AlphaCrypt Light, 01, 4A20, 4A20 No frontend problems here, so maybe the signal problem is actually what's causing this. Klaus
