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DISCONTINUED - XVDR Plugin for VDR
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Prevent VDR EPG Scan while watching TV #40

Closed n37 closed 12 years ago

n37 commented 12 years ago

My VDR backend has its EPG scan timeout set to 5 hours. If I happen to be watching TV at the moment this timeout elapses, VDR sends a message "Starting EPG scan" and signal is lost. Afterwards, trying to switch to any channel produces a few seconds of picture and then again signal is lost. Apparently VDR continues its EPG scan despite the fact that the xbmc frontend is actively connected. I have observed this behavior for a couple of weeks. A restart of vdr "fixes" it, at least for the next 5 hours. :)

pipelka commented 12 years ago

I never stumbled into this till now. After inspecting the VDR code it seems that VDR will not start scanning on any receiving device. The only way this could happen is if the receiving device has a priority of -1. If you are using the latest versions of the plugin and the addon please check if the priority is set to -1 (and change it to something else).

n37 commented 12 years ago

Right on the spot. Changing the priority solved it. Iirc, I have not meddled with it so far, so it was set to -1 by default and produced this unwanted bahavior. Thanks.