VLC form DVB-S card: sync and lock but no data (video/audio)

[ben]

Hi all,

I am trying to see (actually stream), some program from a DVB-S card (Nova-s). All modules are loaded without error and vlc start ok, but does not get past this:

<snipped for brievety>
[00000196] stream_out_standard private debug: access opened
[00000199] main private debug: looking for sout mux module
[00000199] main private debug: probing 2 candidates
[00000199] mux_ts_dvbpsi private debug: Open
[00000199] mux_ts_dvbpsi private debug: shaping=200000 pcr=30000 dts_delay=200000
[00000199] mux_ts_dvbpsi private debug: invalid csa ck (it must be 16 chars long)
[00000019] main module debug: using sout mux module "mux_ts_dvbpsi"
[00000195] main stream output debug: muxer support adding stream at any time
[00000196] stream_out_standard private debug: mux opened
[00000157] main module debug: using sout stream module "stream_out_standard"
[00000194] main input debug: looking for access module
[00000194] main input debug: probing 1 candidate
[00000194] dvb input debug: Opening device /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
[00000194] dvb input debug: Frontend Info:
[00000194] dvb input debug: name = STV0299/TSA5059/SL1935 based
[00000194] dvb input debug: type = QPSK (DVB-S)
[00000194] dvb input debug: frequency_min = 950000 (kHz)
[00000194] dvb input debug: frequency_max = 2150000 (kHz)
[00000194] dvb input debug: frequency_stepsize = 125
[00000194] dvb input debug: frequency_tolerance = 32000
[00000194] dvb input debug: symbol_rate_min = 1000000 (kHz)
[00000194] dvb input debug: symbol_rate_max = 45000000 (kHz)
[00000194] dvb input debug: symbol_rate_tolerance (ppm) = 500
[00000194] dvb input debug: notifier_delay (ms) = 0
[00000194] dvb input debug: Frontend Info capability list:
[00000194] dvb input debug: inversion auto
[00000194] dvb input debug: forward error correction 1/2
[00000194] dvb input debug: forward error correction 2/3
[00000194] dvb input debug: forward error correction 3/4
[00000194] dvb input debug: forward error correction 5/6
[00000194] dvb input debug: forward error correction 7/8
[00000194] dvb input debug: forward error correction auto
[00000194] dvb input debug: card can do QPSK
[00000194] dvb input debug: End of capability list
[00000194] dvb input debug: trying to tune the frontend...
[00000194] dvb input debug: using inversion=0
[00000194] dvb input debug: using feq=3
[00000194] dvb input debug: using voltage=13
[00000194] dvb input debug: using tone=1
[00000194] dvb input debug: check frontend ... has signal
[00000194] dvb input debug: check frontend ... has carrier
[00000194] dvb input debug: check frontend ... has stable forward error correction
[00000194] dvb input debug: check frontend ... has sync
[00000194] dvb input debug: check frontend ... has lock
[00000194] dvb input debug: tuning succeeded
[00000194] dvb input debug: Bit error rate: 9472
[00000194] dvb input debug: Signal strength: 42241
[00000194] dvb input debug: SNR: 58674
[00000194] dvb input debug: Opening device /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
[00000194] dvb input debug: setting filter on PAT
[00000194] dvb input debug: Opening device /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
[00000194] dvb input debug: DMXSetFilter: DMX_PES_OTHER for PID 0
[00000132] main module debug: using access module "dvb"


If I do a :
cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0

I get positively nothing.

Moerover, I tried using zsap:
root@iptv util # ./szap/szap -c szap/channels.conf-dvbs-astra -n 002 -r
reading channels from file 'szap/channels.conf-dvbs-astra'
zapping to 2 'ZDF':
sat 0, frequency = 11954 MHz H, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x006e, apid = 0x0078
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
status 1f | signal a140 | snr dd25 | ber 0000c800 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a280 | snr ddb5 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a281 | snr dce6 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal a272 | snr da52 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
and it goes on and on, but cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 stays empty

How could I debug some more? It seems that some demux could be missing as there are no informations about the list of program available in this stream.

I am gratefull for any clue.

Regards,

Ben

[ben]

Well, this is strange, but now it works.

I tried with knoppix and it worked, so I copied demsg, lsmod, ls /dev/dvb. Then I rebooted the server under gentoo (amd64) loaded the modules and that was it, it worked.

Ben