Problem changing between dif. TV-cards (1 Viewer)

[gibman]

I did a qucik 5min test late last nite.
multiseat.
1 dvb-t device.
1 dvb-s device.

When changing channel from one device to another and vicer versa and works just fine. Also when doing channel changes on the same device, obviously hehe

So this part works fine. The speed is about the same.
Although I am eager to hear about tompa's observations.

Issue3 that I described above does not work for me.
I guess this part of the code is not in SVN.

btw. nice with that animated circular waiting cursor on screen when doing channel changes. Now we just need that wait cursor 1000x other places where it is missing

/Gibman

 

[joboehl]

Gibman, thanks for the reply. Nice to see it's working.

For the third issue what you have to do is disable the channel. To do this, instead of using the disable in guide, unmap it from the DVB-S device.

This will avoid the channel to be considered by the TVServer on a channel change. Disable in guide only disable it's visibility but doesn't prevent it to be used on a channel change.

As for the WaitCursor, it's not as easy as you might think. Depending on how it's implemented, it might cause some problems, specially not disapearing in some situations. But I like the idea of a waitcursor and wife was asking for it, so I decided to give it a try.

 

[gibman]

hi joboehl!

Somehow the "missus" allways gets her way huh ?

Yes I know that I could just remove the channel entirely or even unmapping it as you say. This would also make sense for me since the dvb-s version of the channel is scrambled an unwatchable for me.

Lets ignore the fact that I cant use this scrambled channel for anything.
But shouldn't card priority get into consideration when you have the same channel with the same name spread over multiple (DVB) devices ?

/Gibman

 

[iosub]

Hi with this situation::

1 dvb-t device. channel 1, channel2, channel 3 , channel 4 (these are in group Terrestial)
1 dvb-s device. Channel 2, channel 4 (These are in group Satellite)

Steps:
1 .- Now I'm wathing channel1 (so I'm on DVB-T Group Terrestial)
2.- zap to channel 2 with CH+ on the remote
3.- TVServer change to DVB-S (Satallite)

Why? I think it should stay in DVB-T because
1.- It cost lest to keep on the same card.. Faster change of channels
2.- I'm in group "Terrestial" and whant to keep zapping on the terrestial..

Any idea?

Thanks!

 

[tompa]

Hello!

Tested first senario (Issue 1) and still having problem going back to recording channel.

SVN 14623 - Multiseat
3x DVB-T devices (all 3 maped with same channels)

1) start MP
2) goto myTV section
3) Tune ch#1 (SVT1) on DVB device 1, watch it for 5 sec - OK
4) start recording ch#1 (SVT1) DVB device 1, watch it for 5 sec - OK
5) Tune ch#2 (TV4) on DVB device 2, observe wether or not it works - OK
6) go back to ch#1 (SVT1) on DVB device 1 - NOT OK
5) close MP.

something else needed let me know!

Thanks! tompa

 

[gibman]

For the third issue what you have to do is disable the channel. To do this, instead of using the disable in guide, unmap it from the DVB-S device.

This will avoid the channel to be considered by the TVServer on a channel change.

I tried this 2nite and it didn't do me any good on issue#3.

When I restarted MP and entered myTV section (multiseat) I got an error about that channel not being mapped to any card.
That's true, but shouldn't it look on the dvb-t card for the same channel.

Did u have a look at the patch I did for this specific issue?
"TVController.cs.PRIORITY.diff"

Anyways client/server logs attached.

/Gibman

 

[joboehl]

tompa,

Can you please provide also the tv.log from the server. The problem is propably at the server, we just need to find where.

 

[joboehl]

When I restarted MP and entered myTV section (multiseat) I got an error about that channel not being mapped to any card.
That's true, but shouldn't it look on the dvb-t card for the same channel.

Gibman, that depends on how your channels are configured. Did you combined the channels on DVB-T and DVB-S into one channel? If so, you are right, it shouldn't give you an error. If it's a single channel mapped to both devices you shouldn't have the issue too, but have to look at the code.

From what I see in your logs, the DVB-T device seems not able to map to the specific channel, so the message is correct. We just need to know why DVB-T can't map to channel DR1 (with the specific ID you see in the log).

If the channels are not combined, than no. The server shouldn't in use the DVB device, even if they have the same name.

I have to take a deeper look at the controler issues related to this thread. I can't test you diff right now, but will do it tomorrow when I get back to my dev machine.

 

[joboehl]

Steps:
1 .- Now I'm wathing channel1 (so I'm on DVB-T Group Terrestial)
2.- zap to channel 2 with CH+ on the remote
3.- TVServer change to DVB-S (Satallite)

Why? I think it should stay in DVB-T because
1.- It cost lest to keep on the same card.. Faster change of channels
2.- I'm in group "Terrestial" and whant to keep zapping on the terrestial..

iosub,

This is actually a different issue. I think (haven't looked at the code, just replying from memory) that zapping doesn't currently respect the current group, altough it should.

What should have happened to you is that you zapped from group Terrestrial to group Sattelite and then zapped to a specific channel ID. The server looks for a card capable of tunning that specific channel and it might only find the DVB-S device.

If the channel is a combined channel (ie: the same channel exists on both terrestrial and sattelite and you combined both into a single channel), than the Server could have found the DVB-T. It should also priorize the current card over another. The same should have happened if it's a single channel mapped to both devices.

 

[tompa]

tompa,

Can you please provide also the tv.log from the server. The problem is propably at the server, we just need to find where.

Hi joboehl!
Here is a new batch of files from this morning, same senario.
/tompa