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Hi,

after update kodi-pvr-vdr-vnsi from 1.10.4-1 to 1.10.6-1 I can't switch to another channel for my DVB-S receiver. Only one channel is available.
For all other channels I get following message:
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May 25 11:05:34 voyager vdr: [2307] VNSI: Client with ID 6 connected: 127.0.0.1:52822
May 25 11:05:34 voyager vdr: [2468] VNSI: Welcome client 'XBMC Media Center' with protocol version '8'
May 25 11:05:34 voyager vdr: [2468] VNSI: LiveStreamer::Close - close
May 25 11:05:34 voyager vdr: [2468] VNSI: close video input ...
May 25 11:05:34 voyager vdr: [2308] VNSI: Client with ID 5 seems to be disconnected, removing from client list
May 25 11:05:49 voyager vdr: [2468] VNSI: cxSocket::read: eof, connection closed
May 25 11:05:49 voyager vdr: [2468] VNSI: LiveStreamer::Close - close
May 25 11:05:49 voyager vdr: [2468] VNSI: close video input ...
May 25 11:05:49 voyager vdr: [2468] VNSI: close video input ...
May 25 11:05:49 voyager vdr: [2307] loading /var/lib/vdr2/plugins/vnsiserver/allowed_hosts.conf
May 25 11:05:49 voyager vdr: [2307] VNSI: Client with ID 7 connected: 127.0.0.1:52823


Log entry for the working channel:
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May 25 11:05:49 voyager vdr: [2471] VNSI: Welcome client 'XBMC Media Center' with protocol version '8'
May 25 11:05:49 voyager vdr: [2471] VNSI: LiveStreamer::Close - close
May 25 11:05:49 voyager vdr: [2471] VNSI: close video input ...
May 25 11:05:49 voyager vdr: [2471] VNSI: Successfully found following device: 0x13bfc90 (2) for receiving
May 25 11:05:49 voyager vdr: [2471] status: cStatusTest::ChannelSwitch 1 0 0
May 25 11:05:49 voyager vdr: [2471] status: cStatusTest::ChannelSwitch 1 1 0
May 25 11:05:49 voyager vdr: [2471] VNSI: Successfully switched to channel 1 - Das Erste HD (S)
May 25 11:05:49 voyager vdr: [2471] VNSI: Started streaming of channel Das Erste HD (S) (timeout 10 seconds)
May 25 11:05:49 voyager vdr: [2473] cLiveStreamer stream processor thread started (pid=2291, tid=2473, prio=high)
May 25 11:05:50 voyager vdr: [2308] VNSI: Client with ID 6 seems to be disconnected, removing from client list
May 25 11:05:50 voyager vdr: [2300] VNSI: Video Input - new pmt, attaching receiver
May 25 11:05:50 voyager vdr: [2473] VNSI: Created stream for pid=5101 and type=8
May 25 11:05:50 voyager vdr: [2473] VNSI: Created stream for pid=5106 and type=1
May 25 11:05:50 voyager vdr: [2473] VNSI: Created stream for pid=5102 and type=2
May 25 11:05:50 voyager vdr: [2473] VNSI: Created stream for pid=5103 and type=2
May 25 11:05:50 voyager vdr: [2473] VNSI: Created stream for pid=5105 and type=9
May 25 11:05:50 voyager vdr: [2473] VNSI: Created stream for pid=5104 and type=11
May 25 11:05:50 voyager vdr: [2291] [xine..put] cXinelibOsd::CanHandleAreas(): Device does not support ARGB
May 25 11:05:50 voyager vdr: [2291] status: cStatusTest::OsdChannel 1 Das Erste HD (S)
May 25 11:05:50 voyager vdr: [2291] status: cStatusTest::OsdProgramme
May 25 11:05:50 voyager vdr: [2291] 11:00 Tagesschau
May 25 11:05:50 voyager vdr: [2291]
May 25 11:05:50 voyager vdr: [2291] 11:10 Erdmännchen - Ein unschlagbares Team
May 25 11:05:50 voyager vdr: [2291] Erlebnis Erde
May 25 11:05:56 voyager vdr: [2291] status: cStatusTest::OsdClear
May 25 11:05:56 voyager vdr: [2291] status: cStatusTest::ChannelSwitch 0 0 0
May 25 11:05:56 voyager vdr: [2291] status: cStatusTest::ChannelSwitch 0 56 0


Channel switch for all DVB-T devices works good as before. Rollback to previous version of kodi-pvr-vdr-vnsi solve the problem.

Thanks in advance.

Environment:
* Linux Ubuntu 15.04
* vdr 2.2.0 inclusive all plugins (latest GIT version) are self compiled
* kodi 15.0 beta (latest nightly build)

Go to vnsi addon-on settings and set priority to -1

(2015-05-25, 12:16)FernetMenta Wrote: [ -> ]Go to vnsi addon-on settings and set priority to -1

Hi,

thanks for the fast reply.

I install the new version of kodi-pvr-vdr-vnsi again and change the priority to -1 but this didn't solve the problem (full restart of kodi). The same behaviour as before.

Some additional information:

* 2 DVB-T USB devices and one DVB-S USB device are connect to my VDR server.
* set priority -1 also for version 1.10.4-1

Does it work with priority 0 or greater?
v1.10.4 displayed priority incorrectly. -1 actually was 0.

(2015-05-25, 14:26)FernetMenta Wrote: [ -> ]Does it work with priority 0 or greater?
v1.10.4 displayed priority incorrectly. -1 actually was 0.

Hi,

thanks. I set the priority to 0 and it works now. .

Hint: After update to version 1.10.6-1 the priority is automatic set/change from -1 to -99. It is good to know, that you have to look deeper into the configuration .

Regards,
Stefan

ps: Danke und noch einen ruhigen Pfingstmontag.

setting it to "0" does also sovle a problem with "dvbapi". With "-1" or lower, dvbapi didn't work also.

do you have any other plugins installed for vdr?

Note that you can't use VDR's activate CAM function when priority is > -1

(2015-05-25, 17:42)FernetMenta Wrote: [ -> ]do you have any other plugins installed for vdr?

Note that you can't use VDR's activate CAM function when priority is > -1

Yes, but not something like CAM support. Anyway thanks for the info. For me everything works good, now.

If I understand it correctly, there is a problem that should be solved anyway. So I can wait for the fix.

Actually all should work as expected with 1.10.6 and current master branch of vnsiserver.

Quote:Yes, but not something like CAM support.

The problem is that some plugins pretend to be a dvb device which may influence channel priority required for getting a device for a channel requested. If you start vdr with native gui you won't expect a remote client to interrupt playback. There are plugins for vdr with make vdr believe it was native in gui mode.
I am quite sure that -99 and -1 will work if you disable other plugins. In order to locate the culprit you could re-enable them one by one.