From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.18]:59904 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752182Ab3ABAMg (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jan 2013 19:12:36 -0500 Received: from mailout-eu.gmx.com ([10.1.101.210]) by mrigmx.server.lan (mrigmx001) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0Lj83k-1TJsKq3j82-00dHv1 for ; Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:12:34 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: "Antti Palosaari" Subject: Re: AverTV_A918R (af9035-af9033-tda18218) / patch proposal References: <50E36298.3040009@iki.fi> Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:12:32 +0100 Cc: "linux-media@vger.kernel.org" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Diorser Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <50E36298.3040009@iki.fi> Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > Does it show 100% even antenna is unplugged ? It seems in fact that signal indicator is not reliable. I have to sometimes reset dvb with: for I in dvb_usb_af9035 af9033 tda18218 dvb_usb_v2 dvb_core rc_core; do rmmod $I; done modprobe dvb-usb-af9035 The antenna signal input is fine, this is at least the point I am sure. > You mean you see LOCK flag gained, then there is maybe error pid filter > timeouts ? Not sure of that. tzap test seems to show the opposite: tzap -r TEST using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' reading channels from file '/home/test_r/.tzap/channels.conf' tuning to 586167000 Hz video pid 0x0200, audio pid 0x028a status 00 | signal 0000 | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | status 00 | signal ffff | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | status 00 | signal ffff | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | status 00 | signal ffff | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | status 00 | signal ffff | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | status 00 | signal 0000 | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | status 00 | signal ffff | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | status 00 | signal ffff | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | status 00 | signal ffff | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | status 00 | signal 0000 | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | status 00 | signal ffff | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | status 00 | signal 0000 | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | status 00 | signal 0000 | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | status 00 | signal 0000 | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | I also took the kaffeine dvb files perfectly working with saa7134 card, but A918R card does not tune on any channel. Then, the lack of signal strength stability / front-end problem is may be the root cause. Thanks again for your time