[mythtv-users] Problems with encrypted channels
R. G. Newbury
newbury at mandamus.org
Fri Jan 5 00:31:34 UTC 2007
Rudy Zijlstra wrote:
> Neosat wrote:
>
>> I have mythtv with satcard and encrypted channel subscription card and
>> if I tune to a channel that can not get decryped after some seconds I get:
>>
>> ERROR ENCOUNTERED WHILE DISPLAYING VIDEO.
>>
>> After the message I get only one option to return to main menu. It is
>> very ennoying because if this happens it stack to that channel and it
>> is very hard to move away to other channel.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Neeesat
>
> I can confirm that one. If you look in the backend logs, you will notice
> that the CAM is giving some messages. Apparently the backend is not
> handling those messages too well. When the CAM cannot decrypt, the
> backend should give a message to frontend, and gracefully be ready to
> change channel. It should not keep trying to decrypt, as that will
> certainly fail.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rudy
>
> P.S. I am not a coder, willing to test though.
This question was raised recently and I posted a possible workaround
method and requested that the OP try it and report. It has not happened
to me, so I have not tried it.
check out: www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/24172
AS to your original problem, it is clear that the backend should fail
gracefully in this situation.
Get some logs which show the problem and post a bug report on TRAC. From
the description, it should not be too hard to code a fail-safe.
Geoff
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