CAM limit not always respected (1 Viewer)

[Wbunaarf]

MediaPortal Version: 1.4.0

Description
Under some circumstances the CAM limit for a certain card isn't respected. With the limit set to 1, MP starts a recording even though it's already timeshifting when both channels are on the same transponder. If the hardware doesn't support it the recording and/or the timeshifted channel might lose decryption.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set CAM limit to 1 and disable other tuners if available (not necessary but easier when testing)
2. Start timeshifting an encrypted channel
3. Try starting a recording on another encrypted channel on the same transponder as the channel in '2.'
4. Note that the CAM limit is ignored and that MP tries to tune the second channel as well

 

[mm1352000]

Under some circumstances the CAM limit for a certain card isn't respected. With the limit set to 1, MP starts a recording even though it's already timeshifting when both channels are on the same transponder.

In your example the channels are not just on the same transponder - they're one and the same channel. In other words, you start timeshifting on the channel, then you start recording it. The CAM is not being asked to decrypt two channels... so I don't see the problem.

 

[Wbunaarf]

Sorry for being thick, but I don't understand. Are you saying that C More Hits HD and First HD are the same channel or that I somehow messed up my test and recorded the wrong channel (ie the same as I was timeshifting)?

//W

 

[HomeY]

I have been playing around a lot with these settings in the past. I've got a dual-tuner and when i had my CAM limit undefined, it always conflicted between recordings & timeshifting.
Since i've set the CAM limit to 1 and set only to decode 1 stream at a time, i've never seen conlifts. Every time a recording is planned, and i do not have a free card, the popup informs me that timeshifting has stopped due to a planned recording.

Long story short: i'm not able to reproduce this (1.5 + multi-seat)

 

[Wbunaarf]

Attached are two new sets of logs.

As Before, I disabled all receivers but one and set the CAM limit to 1.

23.33 MP is started
23.34 Starting timeshift on TV11 -> works
23.35 Starting recording on 'sjuan' -> works
23.36 MP is stopped
Please see the first zip, untitled.png and 23-35-24.png.
This works because 'TV11' and 'sjuan' aren't just on the same transponder but in fact are the same channel (in some respect)?


23.39 MP is started
23.40 Recording is started on TV11 -> works
23.41 Starting timeshift on 'sjuan' -> fails, no available cards
23.42 MP is stopped

Please see the second zip and 23-41-33.png.
If above is true then this should work as well, right?


//W

 

[relobe]

MediaPortal Version: 1.4.0

Description
Under some circumstances the CAM limit for a certain card isn't respected. With the limit set to 1, MP starts a recording even though it's already timeshifting when both channels are on the same transponder. If the hardware doesn't support it the recording and/or the timeshifted channel might lose decryption.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set CAM limit to 1 and disable other tuners if available (not necessary but easier when testing)
2. Start timeshifting an encrypted channel
3. Try starting a recording on another encrypted channel on the same transponder as the channel in '2.'
4. Note that the CAM limit is ignored and that MP tries to tune the second channel as well

Using MediaPortal 1.4.0 (multi-seat), I can reproduce this issue!

In my case the first and/or second channel loses the decryption as described above, due to the CAM not being able to decrypt multiple channels simultaneously. This likely explains why I sometimes end up with corrupt recordings -- I have simply started timeshifting a channel on the same transponder where a recording is already taking place.

Interestingly, the other way around works as it should: if a recording is under way and I start timeshifting another channel on the same transponder, the CAM limit is respected and thus the timeshift starts on the next available tuner.

 

[Wbunaarf]

In your example the channels are not just on the same transponder - they're one and the same channel.

Sorry for being thick, but I don't understand. Are you saying that C More Hits HD and First HD are the same channel or that I somehow messed up my test and recorded the wrong channel (ie the same as I was timeshifting)?

@mm1352000 - Could you please clarify?

//W