On Thursday 22 Jun 2006 14:23, Anssi Hannula wrote: > Laz wrote: > > I've got one PCI DVB device and two USB DVB devices. Sometimes vdr > > would only find one device, even though the others seemed to be > > working OK. I've now tracked down why. > > > > vdr starts with /dev/dvb/adapterX/frontend0 where X = 0, increments X > > until it can't access the device, and then stops looking. This is > > probably the right way to do this but occasionally, I end up with the > > following devices: > > > > /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 > > /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend2 > > /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend3 > > Do you mean: > /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 > /dev/dvb/adapter2/frontend0 > /dev/dvb/adapter3/frontend0 DOH! Yes, exactly that (damn cut-and-paste!). > This can happen in "normal" situations too: just unplug the USB DVB > adapter1. I'm not unplugging anything: they sometimes disconnect and reconnect themselves for no apparent reason. I don't think these USB devices (Nova-T USB2) like working together! Actually, this may be why vdr occasionally dies when a timer starts recording. It could be trying to use a device which has now disappeared (not looked to see what checks are made when tuning a device). Cheers, Laz
