Xbmc + xvdr + vdr - can't tune
#1
Guys


I'm trying to build a htpc with xbmc+vdr, using xvdr plugin

Everything seems to be in it's right place, but everytime I try to watch live tv, I get a annoyning error message on xbmc frontend and a syslog like this:


Code:
Feb 26 14:13:39 htpc vdr: [1920] loading /var/lib/vdr/plugins/xvdr/allowed_hosts.conf
Feb 26 14:13:39 htpc vdr: [1920] XVDR: Client with ID 2 connected: 127.0.0.1:51315
Feb 26 14:13:39 htpc vdr: [2103] XVDR: Welcome client 'XBMC Media Center' with protocol version '3'
Feb 26 14:13:39 htpc vdr: [2103] XVDR: Preferred language: eng,dos / type: 0
Feb 26 14:13:39 htpc vdr: [2103] XVDR: Channellist filter:
Feb 26 14:13:39 htpc vdr: [2103] XVDR: Free To Air channels: Yes
Feb 26 14:13:39 htpc vdr: [2103] XVDR: Only native language: No
Feb 26 14:13:39 htpc vdr: [2103] XVDR: Enabled CaIDs:
Feb 26 14:13:39 htpc vdr: [2103] XVDR: Setting channel update method: 3
Feb 26 14:13:39 htpc vdr: [1920] XVDR: Recordings state changed (3)
Feb 26 14:13:39 htpc vdr: [1920] XVDR: Requesting clients to reload recordings list
Feb 26 14:13:51 htpc vdr: [1920] loading /var/lib/vdr/plugins/xvdr/allowed_hosts.conf
Feb 26 14:13:51 htpc vdr: [1920] XVDR: Client with ID 3 connected: 127.0.0.1:51319
Feb 26 14:13:51 htpc vdr: [2116] XVDR: Welcome client 'XBMC Media Center' with protocol version '3'
Feb 26 14:13:51 htpc vdr: [2116] XVDR: Preferred language: eng,dos / type: 0
Feb 26 14:13:51 htpc vdr: [2116] XVDR: --------------------------------------
Feb 26 14:13:51 htpc vdr: [2116] XVDR: Channel streaming request: 30 - Canal Via
Feb 26 14:13:51 htpc vdr: [2116] XVDR-Error: Can't get device for channel 30 - Canal Via


(I'm concerned in that last line)

I've already contacted mr. Alexander Pipelka in his github, but he said he don't know the reasons why it happens, and that it seems that vdr tries to tune a channel but fails.
So I think in 3 possibilities:
1-Driver Problems - I don't think so, since scan-s2 works well
2-Incompatibility between xvdr and vdr or between xbmc-vdr-addon and xvdr - maybe
3-There's a communication problem between plugins/addons and vdr, and vdr are not getting right commands to tune

So, since I don't know so much about vdr and it's internals, I please ask your help to, at least, get to know what is going wrong.
Is there anyway we cant get a debug output from vdr ?
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#2
You should try to narrow this down step by step. Start vdr without xvdr and try tuning channels with svdrpsend.pl: http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/SVDRP

If this works enable the plugin and try again. Then connect xbmc, and so on. How far do you get?
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#3
[Well, sorry for the "short" delay on answer (only 3 months)]



I tryed to do this today. It send it's commands well. But the answer from vdr on syslog is always the same, for every channel:


Code:
frontend 0/0 timed out while tuning to channel 30, tp 211130

Maybe there is some problem between vdr and my dvb-s card ?
that channel (30) is the only one that I got that is FTA.

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