[mythtv-users] Switching channels only possible while mythfrontend is "offline"

Martin Saldert martin at krelab.se
Sun Jul 4 06:17:07 EDT 2004


I have the same problem.
Let me know if you find a answer.

/DonLKSAB

Thomas wrote:

> One more fact I have just found out: switching channels works fine as 
> long as I stay within one bouquet (frequency) of DVB-T. For example 
> channels 4 and 8 in my setup are on the same frequency and I can 
> switch between them without problems. But switching to channel 3 
> (different frequency) requires a frontend restart. After the restart I 
> see channel 3 and can switch to other channels on the same frequency 
> as channel 3.
>
> Strange, isn't it ???
>
>
> Am 03.07.2004 um 08:43 schrieb Thomas Otten:
>
>> I have installed a new system using Fedora Core 2 and a self compiled
>> 2.6.7 kernel. The tv card is an AverTV DVB-T card. I imported the MySQL
>> database from my old installation (which did not have the problem I
>> describe here, but I do not know why...).
>>
>> When I start the frontend it shows the live program of channel 3 without
>> problems. But when I switch to channel 4 the frontend freezes. When I 
>> kill
>> the frontend and restart it, it shows channel 4. Switching back to 
>> channel
>> 3 freezes the frontend again.
>>
>> So it looks to me like the channel configuration is ok. I can do the 
>> same
>> with other channels,too. The "only" problem is changing channels.
>>
>> The backend logfile is as follows:
>> --- snip ---
>> 2004-07-02 21:36:51 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
>> 2004-07-02 21:36:51 DVB#0 Using DVB card 0, with frontend Microtune
>> MT7202DTF.
>> 2004-07-02 21:36:51 DVB#0 Successfully tuned to channel 3.
>> 2004-07-02 21:36:51 DVB#0 Recorder: Card opened 
>> successfully.Audiostream:
>> Layer: 1  BRate: 64 kb/s  Freq: 44.1 kHzVideostream: ASPECT: 4:3  Size =
>> 720x576  FRate: 25 fps  BRate: 15.00 Mbit/s
>> 2004-07-02 21:37:05 DVB#0 WARNING - Status: NO LOCK!
>> 2004-07-02 21:37:05 DVB#0 Successfully tuned to channel 4.
>> 2004-07-02 21:37:06 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
>> 2004-07-02 21:37:07 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
>> 2004-07-02 21:37:08 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
>> --- snip ---
>>
>> Does anyone know what I can check to find the cause?
>>
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