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Continuity counter error & Transport error indicator

Added by tilo Stadi over 4 years ago

*Version of TVHeadend: version 4.2.8-34~g24a2f59e9
*Running on what OS and version: Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
*Package that came with the OS or something you compiled yourself: from apt, default sources.
*Adapter/tuner chipset or make/model:Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL2838 DVB-T
*Detailed description of problem:

Hi, I just installed tvheadend on a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus Rev 1.3.

There are 2 usb devices, including the DVB device:

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 174c:55aa ASMedia Technology Inc. Name: ASM1051E SATA 6Gb/s bridge, ASM1053E SATA 6Gb/s bridge, ASM1153 SATA 3Gb/s bridge, ASM1153E SATA 6Gb/s bridge                                                                                                            
Bus 001 Device 012: ID 0bda:2838 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL2838 DVB-T
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0424:7800 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:2514 Standard Microsystems Corp. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:2514 Standard Microsystems Corp. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

I'm facing artifacts and freezes.

Here is the when these problems occur:

Mar 17 22:56:22 raspberrypi tvheadend[13670]: TS: DVB-T Network/570MHz/France 5 Transport error indicator (total 393)
Mar 17 22:56:22 raspberrypi tvheadend[13670]: TS: DVB-T Network/570MHz/France 5: H264 @ #420 Continuity counter error (total 277)
Mar 17 22:56:22 raspberrypi tvheadend[13670]: TS: DVB-T Network/570MHz/France 5: EAC3 @ #430 Continuity counter error (total 20)
Mar 17 22:56:33 raspberrypi tvheadend[13670]: TS: DVB-T Network/570MHz/France 5 Transport error indicator (total 396)
Mar 17 22:56:36 raspberrypi tvheadend[13670]: TS: DVB-T Network/570MHz/France 5: H264 @ #420 Continuity counter error (total 279)
Mar 17 22:56:44 raspberrypi tvheadend[13670]: TS: DVB-T Network/570MHz/France 5 Transport error indicator (total 401)
Mar 17 22:56:46 raspberrypi tvheadend[13670]: TS: DVB-T Network/570MHz/France 5: H264 @ #420 Continuity counter error (total 284)
Mar 17 22:56:54 raspberrypi tvheadend[13670]: TS: DVB-T Network/570MHz/France 5 Transport error indicator (total 406)
Mar 17 22:56:56 raspberrypi tvheadend[13670]: TS: DVB-T Network/570MHz/France 5: H264 @ #420 Continuity counter error (total 286)
Mar 17 22:56:56 raspberrypi tvheadend[13670]: TS: DVB-T Network/570MHz/France 5: EAC3 @ #430 Continuity counter error (total 21)
Mar 17 22:56:56 raspberrypi tvheadend[13670]: TS: DVB-T Network/570MHz/France 5: EAC3 @ #431 Continuity counter error (total 18)
Mar 17 22:57:05 raspberrypi tvheadend[13670]: TS: DVB-T Network/570MHz/France 5 Transport error indicator (total 410)
Mar 17 22:57:16 raspberrypi tvheadend[13670]: TS: DVB-T Network/570MHz/France 5 Transport error indicator (total 415)
Mar 17 22:57:21 raspberrypi tvheadend[13670]: TS: DVB-T Network/570MHz/France 5: H264 @ #420 Continuity counter error (total 289)
Mar 17 22:57:26 raspberrypi tvheadend[13670]: TS: DVB-T Network/570MHz/France 5 Transport error indicator (total 417)
Mar 17 22:57:32 raspberrypi tvheadend[13670]: TS: DVB-T Network/570MHz/France 5: H264 @ #420 Continuity counter error (total 291)
Mar 17 22:57:37 raspberrypi tvheadend[13670]: TS: DVB-T Network/570MHz/France 5 Transport error indicator (total 420)
Mar 17 22:57:42 raspberrypi tvheadend[13670]: TS: DVB-T Network/570MHz/France 5: H264 @ #420 Continuity counter error (total 292)
Mar 17 22:57:53 raspberrypi tvheadend[13670]: htsp: 192.168.1.106 [ teleuser | Kodi Media Center ]: Disconnected

dmesg output when DVB usb key is plugged:

[425264.386906] usb 1-1.1.3: new high-speed USB device number 11 using dwc_otg
[425280.196929] usb 1-1.1.3: new high-speed USB device number 12 using dwc_otg
[425280.338828] usb 1-1.1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=2838, bcdDevice= 1.00
[425280.338847] usb 1-1.1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[425280.338856] usb 1-1.1.3: Product: RTL2838UHIDIR
[425280.338865] usb 1-1.1.3: Manufacturer: Realtek
[425280.338875] usb 1-1.1.3: SerialNumber: 00000001
[425280.346483] usb 1-1.1.3: dvb_usb_v2: found a 'Realtek RTL2832U reference design' in warm state
[425280.400909] usb 1-1.1.3: dvb_usb_v2: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer
[425280.400952] dvbdev: DVB: registering new adapter (Realtek RTL2832U reference design)
[425280.431586] i2c i2c-3: Added multiplexed i2c bus 4
[425280.431603] rtl2832 3-0010: Realtek RTL2832 successfully attached
[425280.431672] usb 1-1.1.3: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Realtek RTL2832 (DVB-T))...
[425280.431920] r820t 4-001a: creating new instance
[425280.438924] r820t 4-001a: Rafael Micro r820t successfully identified
[425280.466280] Registered IR keymap rc-empty
[425280.466464] rc rc0: Realtek RTL2832U reference design as /devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1.3/rc/rc0
[425280.466675] input: Realtek RTL2832U reference design as /devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1.3/rc/rc0/input1
[425280.468081] rc rc0: lirc_dev: driver dvb_usb_rtl28xxu registered at minor = 0, raw IR receiver, no transmitter
[425280.468261] usb 1-1.1.3: dvb_usb_v2: schedule remote query interval to 200 msecs
[425280.476639] usb 1-1.1.3: dvb_usb_v2: 'Realtek RTL2832U reference design' successfully initialized and connected
[425285.010595] usb 1-1.1.3: DVB: adapter 0 frontend 0 frequency 0 out of range (174000000..862000000)

Any idea to solve these problems?

Thanks in advance for your kind help!


Replies (9)

RE: Continuity counter error & Transport error indicator - Added by Hiro Protagonist over 4 years ago

What's your signal strength like?

Sometimes you'll find USB devices require more signal strength to work reliably than a TV does.

RE: Continuity counter error & Transport error indicator - Added by tilo Stadi over 4 years ago

Thanks for your quick answer!

As far as I know, the signal strength is excellent:

Which is quite normal because it's a dvb-c tuner, I don't use a small internal antenna but the wall antenna plug.

EDIT : and I just tested to plug this same dvb usb key, connected to the same antenna, directly to my laptop. Now it's perfectly working, no freeze nor artifact.

So it seems to be linked to my raspberry pi setup.

Any idea?

RE: Continuity counter error & Transport error indicator - Added by Hiro Protagonist over 4 years ago

"[425280.400909] usb 1-1.1.3: dvb_usb_v2: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer"

Does your pi have an MPEG2 license?

RE: Continuity counter error & Transport error indicator - Added by tilo Stadi over 4 years ago

I haven't.
But these tv streams are in H264, not in MPEG2 right?
" H264 @ #420 Continuity counter error (total 289)"

RE: Continuity counter error & Transport error indicator - Added by Hiro Protagonist over 4 years ago

Yeah, if it's H264 you should be good.

Have you checked if there is updated firmware for the tuner?

RE: Continuity counter error & Transport error indicator - Added by tilo Stadi over 4 years ago

There is not.
As I said earlier, the same tuner is perfectly working on my laptop. Which is also running debian buster.
So I guess the problem is somewhere else than in the tuner.

Any idea?

RE: Continuity counter error & Transport error indicator - Added by tilo Stadi over 4 years ago

I assume not, according to line 5:

{
        "rootpath": "/dev/dvb/adapter0",
        "frontends": {
                "DVB-T #0": {
                        "lna": false,
                        "pids_max": 32,
                        "pids_use_all": true,
                        "powersave": false,
                        "tune_repeats": 0,
                        "skip_bytes": 0,
                        "ibuf_size": 188000,
                        "status_period": 1000,
                        "old_status": false,
                        "enabled": false,
                        "priority": 0,
                        "spriority": 0,
                        "displayname": "Realtek RTL2832 (DVB-T) #0 : DVB-T #0",
                        "ota_epg": true,
                        "initscan": true,
                        "idlescan": true,
                        "free_weight": 0,
                        "remove_scrambled": false,
                        "networks": [
                        ],
                        "linked": "",
                        "type": "DVB-T",
                        "uuid": "8ae0da8f7c739bae71753082a2c9ee30" 
                }
        },
        "ca_devices": {
        }
}

Should I change something?

RE: Continuity counter error & Transport error indicator - Added by saen acro over 4 years ago

this is generated so change in UI not in terminal

use femon to monitor status or dvb-fe-tool

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