[mythtv-users] [SOLVED] Two tuner sticks unstable together - need help

[Sven Bretfeld]

Hi to all

"Sven Bretfeld" <sven.bretfeld at gmx.ch> writes:

> Bill Meek <keemllib at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> There appeared to be some EIT activity that was duplicated.  You might
>> try shutting EIT scanning off on the cards and channels temporarily.
>> Then turn it back on one (if required.)
>
> I think you've got it. I had set up both cards to request EIT data.
> Yesterday evening, I once again reconfigured both sticks and deactivated
> EIT for the second one (the problematic one). What then happened is
> stunning. This morning when I tested what had happened over night, I
> found the second stick still working, but now the first one had
> vanished. That never happened before. I think we can infer that EIT is
> the or part of the problem.
>
> Now I let the second card look up the EIT data and deactivated it on the
> first one, to see what happens. Up to now it's working since 7 hours
> (what is a record).

Yes, that was indeed the whole problem. Meanwhile my setup is stable
since Sunday. I even added a third DVB-T stick and have three sources
now.

Apparently only one source should request EIT data. I didn't know that
and have never read that. It's not quite clear to me if I made an
obvious mistake or if this is a bug. I thought every source needs to
scan for EIT autonomously, but that's not necessary as the EIT data of
one source is passed on to the other sources. And obviously scanning for
EIT data with more than one card can cause problems.

I thank all of the kind persons who helped me on the way. I would never
have found the problem on my own.

Greetings

Sven