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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 706228" data-attributes="member: 82144">Sure, happy to answer <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />The reason I'd like to get the PID filter working is to minimise the required bandwidth between the tuner and the system. This is not so important for a PCI device like yours (for PCI-e, even less important), but it could be important for Melstig with his USB H7 tuner. Especially if multiple HD (DVB-S2) channels are being viewed/recorded. PID filtering is already used with the DigitalEverywhere devices when HD channels are being viewed, but no other hardware supports it yet in MediaPortal. It is true that it is not *absolutely* necessary at present (and it may never prove useful), however I thought it would be a good addition if we could get it working...I think the use of the device/CI/CAM reset is more immediately obvious. Sometimes CAMs just behave weirdly and they need a reset. I have seen plenty of threads (especially relating to the DigitalEverywhere tuners it seems) complaining about CAM issues after a long period of use or waking from sleep/hibernate. Melstig has issues with his CAM misbehaving on resume so I'd *really* like that to work. It should be simple too, but it is proving to be frustrating...Anyhow, I hope that is interesting to you <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 706228, member: 82144"] Sure, happy to answer :) The reason I'd like to get the PID filter working is to minimise the required bandwidth between the tuner and the system. This is not so important for a PCI device like yours (for PCI-e, even less important), but it could be important for Melstig with his USB H7 tuner. Especially if multiple HD (DVB-S2) channels are being viewed/recorded. PID filtering is already used with the DigitalEverywhere devices when HD channels are being viewed, but no other hardware supports it yet in MediaPortal. It is true that it is not *absolutely* necessary at present (and it may never prove useful), however I thought it would be a good addition if we could get it working... I think the use of the device/CI/CAM reset is more immediately obvious. Sometimes CAMs just behave weirdly and they need a reset. I have seen plenty of threads (especially relating to the DigitalEverywhere tuners it seems) complaining about CAM issues after a long period of use or waking from sleep/hibernate. Melstig has issues with his CAM misbehaving on resume so I'd *really* like that to work. It should be simple too, but it is proving to be frustrating... Anyhow, I hope that is interesting to you ;) [/QUOTE]

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