[mythtv] CAM reset needed

[Wim Fokkens]

> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm finding that after using the CAM in a recording for about 1 hour or
> > more, i appear to need to reset the CAM. I've seen some strange
> > behaviour in tha past days and started testing yesterday and today. Each
> > time the what i see is that after watching an encrypted channel for a
> > while (seems to be >1hour), changing to another channel results in no
> > decryption (status LMSc in stead of LMSC). Each time this happens, if i
> > restart the backend the problem is solved and decryption works again.
> >
> > Would it be an idea to reset the CAM after each recording / before each
> > tune?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Rudy
> 
> I still have similar problems, although it has improved recently
> (running 12465), I sometimes have to restart the backend to get cam
> working, while its not the best solution the option to completely
> reset the cam on channel change would be a huge improvement!
> 
> I tried to make a patch to do it but I didnt get very far :(
> 
> Andy

I think it would be smarter to program some kind of watchdog for the CAM.
Witch resets the cam when the cam is not responding properly instead on each
channel change (the last option would make channel changes unnecessary slow)

Wim