[ivtv-users] What does "filter timeout" mean?

[Devin Heitmueller]

On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Dale Pontius <DEPontius at edgehp.net> wrote:
> I'm running your drivers that you announced back on Oct 29, and I
> downloaded on Nov 1.  I never got a decent chance to A-B them against
> the standard drivers, so I never reported anything.  It was only a few
> weeks ago that I got back into messing with the digital side, again.

There actually was an additional fix made after the original
announcement, committed on November 1st at 23:30.  Depending on
specifically when you installed, this will dictate whether you got the
fix.  Everything was merged into the mainline v4l-dvb tree though, so
you should stop using my tree and switch to the main
http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb tree.

> Which leaves me wondering, what is "good" and "bad" for SNR?  It looks
> to me as if it takes a consistent 146+ to lock and stay there, but is
> that really "good", or just "adequate?"

Yeah, around 32 is marginal.  And if you don't have the second fix,
then that could definitely explain why you are gaining/losing lock.

> Have there been more changes since Oct 29/Nov 1?  I'm a little behind on
> my kernel, and wouldn't mind refreshing.  Is your stuff into the v4l
> mainline, or still just in your space?

Yeah, like I said above, switch to the mainline and see if it works
better (since we know that has *all* the fixes).

Devin

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