Rainer Zocholl wrote: >> 1.4.7), so having no signal on DVB-S is not un-typical for my system. > > 1.4.3 had the problem to restart vdr in such cases, beraking all > other recording(*). > > This restart is not very noticable in the recording. Believe me, I do notice them. And they really only happen if a recording is totally stuck for at least one minute. >> I never had a restart due to EPG scan (at least not directly *), > > Me too (*) :-) > I have to disable EPG scan because i have 3 Cards but only a single LNB! > And, the "Single-LNB-Patch" did still not made its may into the release, > so if EPG scan starts after an unpredictable time it will try to > switch polarization, what fails and leads to "no a signal condition" > witch is not detected to the EPGscan. So it again and again try to > switch to that channel (see log in last mail) instead of skipping it. > At least the logfile entries gives that impression. Question is, is that really the cause? Yesterday, I had my USB DVB-T connected, and forgot about it while a recording started on second DVB-S. First DVB-S was used for live TV, leaving just the DVB-T without antenna as free device. While 2 hours of recording, EPG scan permanently switched between three DVB-T transponders without receiving anything at all. No problems. > IOW: During a VDR restart the "crashed" ARM was not detected > and the black screeen state not healed. A DVB reload resets the ARM anyway, so the crash cannot exist across a restart. Maybe you suffer from strange tuning issues like me, and the 'blank screen' is just failure to tune anything? Have you tried experimenting with femon and signal levels? I have a similar 'blank screen' issue, but for me, the 'cure' is not a replay, but to force tuning the second DVB-S card to a channel. (Don't ask me why EPG scan on second DVB-S is not enough here.) After that, the tuner of the first card mysteriously reappears too. Cheers, Udo _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
