The patch in the previous message is not complete, please use this one.
Thanks Timothy D. Lenz
Regards,
----------
Hi,
I have a update to this patch (attached file), try it and keep me
inform about your problem.
this patch is for vdr-1.7.8
Regards,
2009/8/8 Timothy D. Lenz <tlenz@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> I don't yet know if this patch is the cause, but I have a setup I am working on which has a FusionHDTV7 dual express and after it
> has been running for a few days, vdr seems to loose contact with the second tunner. When selecting other channels using vdradmin and
> then going back to the channel it had been left on for awhile, I get the xine no signal screen. Switching to any other channel
> works. Using femon I switch tunners while on the channel that no longer works and it starts working. I can go to any channel and
> swith between the tunners and only get video on the first tunner. The problem may be triggered by recording but sure. The amount of
> time to pass for it to show changes.
>
> Using vdr-1.7.8
>
> First I thought it was the driver crashing. So I tried restarting vdr, but not the drivers and that got the second tunner back.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jlacvdr" <jlacvdr@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "VDR Mailing List" <vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 10:35 AM
> Subject: [patch] optimize device selection
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> This patch is for vdr users's which have several cards.
>>
>> He changes the device selection, by adding two factors in the 'impact' choice :
>> - prefering a already tuned device
>> - the last usage time of device
>>
>> So, all devices are used and zapping time is reduce.
>>
>> Works better when eitscanner is disable.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> JLac
>>
>
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diff -bBurN vdr-1.7.8-orig/device.c vdr-1.7.8/device.c
--- vdr-1.7.8-orig/device.c 2009-06-06 15:25:58.000000000 +0200
+++ vdr-1.7.8/device.c 2009-08-09 20:20:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
camSlot = NULL;
startScrambleDetection = 0;
+ startReceiving = 0;
player = NULL;
isPlayingVideo = false;
@@ -238,6 +239,43 @@
cDevice *d = NULL;
cCamSlot *s = NULL;
+ int deviceTuneOld[MAXDEVICES];
+ time_t deviceTuneAge[MAXDEVICES];
+ time_t now = time(NULL);
+ for (int i = 0; i < numDevices; i++)
+ {
+ if( device[i]->IsTunedToTransponder(Channel) )
+ {
+ now = 0;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if( now != 0 )
+ {
+ for (int i = 0; i < numDevices; i++)
+ {
+ deviceTuneAge[i] = 1+(now-device[i]->startReceiving);
+ }
+ for (int i = 0; i < numDevices; i++)
+ {
+ int max = 0;
+ int idx = -1;
+ for (int j = 0; j < numDevices; j++)
+ {
+ if( deviceTuneAge[j] > max )
+ {
+ max = deviceTuneAge[j];
+ idx = j;
+ }
+ }
+ if( idx != -1 )
+ {
+ deviceTuneOld[idx] = i;
+ deviceTuneAge[idx] = 0;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
uint32_t Impact = 0xFFFFFFFF; // we're looking for a device with the least impact
for (int j = 0; j < NumCamSlots || !NumUsableSlots; j++) {
if (NumUsableSlots && SlotPriority[j] > MAXPRIORITY)
@@ -260,6 +298,9 @@
// to their individual severity, where the one listed first will make the most
// difference, because it results in the most significant bit of the result.
uint32_t imp = 0;
+
+ imp <<= 1; imp |= device[i]->IsTunedToTransponder(Channel) ? 0 : 1; // prefer device already tune
+ imp <<= 3; imp |= deviceTuneOld[i] & 0x07; // sort devices by last time usage
imp <<= 1; imp |= LiveView ? !device[i]->IsPrimaryDevice() || ndr : 0; // prefer the primary device for live viewing if we don't need to detach existing receivers
imp <<= 1; imp |= !device[i]->Receiving() && (device[i] != cTransferControl::ReceiverDevice() || device[i]->IsPrimaryDevice()) || ndr; // use receiving devices if we don't need to detach existing receivers, but avoid primary device in local transfer mode
imp <<= 1; imp |= device[i]->Receiving(); // avoid devices that are receiving
@@ -286,6 +327,7 @@
break; // no CAM necessary, so just one loop over the devices
}
if (d) {
+ d->startReceiving = time(NULL);
if (NeedsDetachReceivers)
d->DetachAllReceivers();
if (s) {
diff -bBurN vdr-1.7.8-orig/device.h vdr-1.7.8/device.h
--- vdr-1.7.8-orig/device.h 2009-06-06 13:15:49.000000000 +0200
+++ vdr-1.7.8/device.h 2009-08-09 20:20:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@
private:
time_t startScrambleDetection;
+ time_t startReceiving;
cCamSlot *camSlot;
public:
virtual bool HasCi(void);
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