[mythtv] DVB-r8369: Can't switch channels occasionally

[Daniel Kristjansson]

On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 12:41 +0100, Adam Egger wrote:
> On 12/23/05, Daniel Kristjansson <danielk at cuymedia.net> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-12-23 at 16:28 +0100, Adam Egger wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > Sometimes it's impossible to switch channels here when I watch livetv.
> > > LiveTV stays then on the last used channel forever without sound and
> > > the backend shows:
> > > 2005-12-23 16:16:25.209 DVBRec(0): PID 0x137 discontinuity detected
> > It looks like there is some problem with the stream we are not recovering
> > from. I'll look at your log...
> 
> Daniel, do you need any additional logs for the problem with the
> channels getting stuck? With the latest svn I can't change channels
> more than two or three times.

Can you create a ticket for this and assign it to me? I just haven't had
a chance to look at this closely as I've had my hands full working on
some playback problems.

> I also have always to start LiveTV three or four times initially. It
> always just leaves LiveTV immediately and the backend shows:
> 2005-12-30 12:33:43.936 TVRec(1): Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> 2005-12-30 12:33:44.399 DVB#0 DVB SI Table Parser Started
> 2005-12-30 12:33:44.737 Finished recording Wintersport: channel 2
> 2005-12-30 12:33:45.430 TVRec(1): Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
> 2005-12-30 12:33:45.546 Finished recording Wintersport: channel 2
> mpegts_read_header: read_packet() failed
> 2005-12-30 12:33:48.275 AFD Error: avformat err(-1) on av_open_input_file call.
> 2005-12-30 12:33:48.276 Couldn't open decoder for:
> /big/myth/record/2_20051230123343.mpg
> 2005-12-30 12:33:48.277 NVP, Error: Could not open file for preview.
It looks like zero length files are getting created.
Are you running a recent Linux kernel 2.6.14+ ?
What hardware is this?

-- Daniel