[streaming] Re: Diseqc problems using VLC + Spaun 17089NF multiswitch

[Christophe Massiot]

At 22:20 +0200 14/06/07, Zoilo Gomez wrote:

>It looks like there is something in the VLC implementation that 
>causes the Spaun switch to ignore the DiSeqC command, and it then 
>uses Voltage+22kHz instead.
>
>Also if I first use szap to tune to the correct sat+pol+band, then 
>Ctrl-C followed by immediate start of vlc: it works. If I wait 10 
>seconds before I start VLC, then it does not work.

Well I have always thought there was something weird with VLC Diseqc 
implementation, but I have never been able to test. Could you try a 
patch along those lines :

Index: modules/access/dvb/linux_dvb.c
===================================================================
--- modules/access/dvb/linux_dvb.c      (révision 13833)
+++ modules/access/dvb/linux_dvb.c      (copie de travail)
@@ -810,7 +810,9 @@
          }

          msleep(15000 + cmd.wait * 1000);
-
+    }
+    else if( val.i_int )
+    {
          /* A or B simple diseqc ("diseqc-compatible") */
          if( (i_err = ioctl( p_sys->i_frontend_handle, FE_DISEQC_SEND_BURST,
                        ((val.i_int - 1) % 2) ? SEC_MINI_B : SEC_MINI_A )) < 0 )

-- 
Christophe Massiot.

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