[fixed] cam limit broken in rc6 (2 Viewers)

[elliottmc]

Hi,

I have just confirmed that there are no problems with one of the common use scenarios, single tuner DVB-T. What I did for this was to disable all but one tuner, then schedule a recording on BBC1. While the recording was in progress, I turned on live TV on BBC2. All worked fine. Checked TV config, and this confirmed that both were using the same card.

So, looking good here, no regression. Been watching TV all evening and all works fine.

Mark

 

[ronnie_t]

Are you sure the recording is still running while watching live TV on BBC2?. In my case it looked as though the recording was still running (both in tv guide and active recordings), but when I watched the recording, It allready stopped, exactly when I started watching live tv on BBC2


I will test tomorrow with a clean mp 1.1rc6

 

[elliottmc]

Are you sure the recording is still running while watching live TV on BBC2?. In my case it looked as though the recording was still running (both in tv guide and active recordings), but when I watched the recording, It allready stopped, exactly when I started watching live tv on BBC2


I will test tomorrow with a clean mp 1.1rc6

Yes, I am sure.

Remember though that I am using FTA with no CAM, so not quite the same scenario.

Mark

 

[elliottmc]

Please bear in mind that this patch could conceivably cause problems with CAM limits in other situations.

Since no-one is bothering to test the patch (or at least not reporting that they have done so) I assume that if this patch is committed on the basis of the information we have at present, if a bug is found in 1.1.0 no-one will complain about it and demand that it gets fixed.

Come on guys, we need your help to make MP 1.1.0 stable in its core functionality.

Please take a little time to test and report back.

Mark

 

[cfforce]

Im using u're fix atm; seems ok; no crashes; no strange behauviours, not using cam on my test pc, tested on FTA and Md...

 

[mcrob83]

AW: cam limit broken in rc6

I'll test this evening, because if i want to watch two channels on the same transponder, it's not possible, altough i've got 2x dvb-c cards installed. Maybe this will be better then.

 

[pnyberg]

elliotmc,

I'm sorry I'e been late with my testing - I'm on vacation (although at home) but since we are blessed with good weather that we haven't had for a long time here in sweden I haven't been prioritizing MP. Especially as I'm self with my two kids who only wants to go swimming in our local lake...

But I can confirm that the tvservice.exe on the previous page is working for my scenario:

Tune to TV3 - start a manual recording.
Then try tune to Kanal 5 (on the same MUX/TP).
And it works.

Thanks for your effort, elliotmc (and the other team members of course).

 

[nip.nyborg]

Hi elliottmc
I have testet your patch, and everything seems to work fine.
I don´t have more than two scrambeled channels on the same transponder,
but they work fine. I run with Viaccess CAM.

 

[yahoodee]

AW: cam limit broken in rc6

Hi elliottmc,

i can confirm that your new tvservice binary is working fine. i can also confirm the bad behaviour before. dont know if you need some logs...
the first one is with rc6 tvservice, the second with the patch and simultanous decrypted channels and last but not least six simultanous recordings on patched tvservice with fta-channels.

i'm using it with an alphacrypt classic cam with my cable-provider unitymedia.

cheers

 

[ronnie_t]

It looks to me there is definitely a problem with the cam-limit, because I did a full re-install of MP 1.1 RC6 and I get the message "no card available".

These are the steps I took:
- uninstall Mediaportal + Mysql
- reinstall Mediaportal 1.1 rc6 + mysql
- let the tvserver config scan for channels
- set the cam limit to 2
- reinstall SAF 4
- start MP client and watch BBC1. Then choose record from context menu.
- go to tv guide and click BBC2
- I get the error there is no free card available

see attachment log record 9h-24m.zip

Next I tried the patched tvservice.exe
- start MP client and watch BBC1. Then choose record from context menu.
- go to tv guide and click BBC2
- I don't get an errormessage and I can watch BBC2, but the recording on BBC1 stopped, because when I go and watch the active recrding (from the beginning, or from live point), it stopped playing exactly at the time I switched to BBC2. The program on BBC1 stays RED in tv guide, as if it is still recording, but it isn't.

see attachment log record 9h-30m patched.zip

Windows 7 64 bit (i have a dual boot setup XP/7)
One tuner: Twinhan 2033 DVB-C tuner (Mantis driver) + CAM + AlphaCrypt
Cam Limit set to 2, this has worked for the last year or so with MP 1.02
Cable Provider: Ziggo - The Netherlands
BBC-channels are on the same TS and both not free to air with Ziggo