On 24.11.2009 22:38, Anssi Hannula wrote: > Klaus Schmidinger wrote: >> On 24.11.2009 19:22, Anssi Hannula wrote: >>> Klaus Schmidinger wrote: >>>> On 24.11.2009 18:28, Jouni Karvo wrote: >>>>> Jouni Karvo kirjoitti: >>>>>> Rolf Ahrenberg kirjoitti: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, 23 Nov 2009, Jouni Karvo wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> is there somewhere a patch that would remove the break when the >>>>>>>> broadcaster uses "dynamic pids" (such as YLE). Now, when a programme >>>>>>>> starts at YLE, they change the Audio PID number, leading to VDR >>>>>>>> re-tuning or something, that leads to a 1-2s break in the show. There is >>>>>>>> no change in frequency, so I don't see any reason why there is such a >>>>>>>> break. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> As a quick fix just disable the pid updates ("Channel update: no/names >>>>>>> only"). Yle is always using the same pid numbers although they're >>>>>>> switching them on and off, so you can easily fix these numbers in your >>>>>>> channel.conf. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Tried this, but it seems it loses the subtitling PIDs. Is there a way >>>>> to get both - subtitling and non-breaking TV viewing? >>>> It might be interesting to learn why they do this "PID cycling" >>>> in the first place. Have you ever tried contacting them and asking >>>> why they do such a stupid thing? >>> Different programmes have a different number of languages, so the number >>> of active pids changes. Isn't that correct behaviour? >> Sure, but why "cycle" them through various values, and not use the same >> ones for the same languages? > > As far as I can see they keep them the same, and VDR retunes just > because the number of tracks changes. > >> As long as the PID switch takes place outside a show, that's of course ok. >> Switching them *inside* a show is IMHO not a good idea. > > The change of active PIDs takes place when a show begins, causing 1-2s > of stream to go missing due to the retune as Jouni described in the > initial post. It sure wouldn't hurt if they changed the PIDs a little earlier. Other channels do that. Klaus _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr