Tuner Lock

[techdoctor]

I understand that the function of tuners switching themselves off when not in use is to save power- But its driving me nuts. Often when I have no tuners showing lock and try to access a channel I get a "cannot display this channel" message from the IPTV app in Android. The only way to wake up the box is to use my laptop and vlc player but sometimes this is hit and miss as well.
There should be an option to specify the number of tuners that are always on. Also maybe a setting that when one tuner is in use then another tuner is switched on automatically.
I think the problem is due to the Vbox not reacting quick enough to the command to watch a channel.

[admin@vbox]

Hi please contact our support to upgrade your SW : support@vboxcomm.com
Also which application are you using on your android device ?

[nepo]

hi

I understand that the function of tuners switching themselves off when not in use is to save power-

I can't confirmed this issue viewtopic.php?f=7&t=292&p=766#p766

As the VBox consumes very little power, we keep both tuners always locked to the last used frequency
This way when a client is requesting a channel, it's instantly streamed

It would be great

I get a "cannot display this channel" message

I have the same problem with my kodi-vbox addon, but the reason is not unlocked tuners.
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=444
Take a look at (my) syslog:

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VboxMediaServerDelegate::ProcessFileRequest - arte HD
Jun  1 18:23:46 XLVStreamer.exe:  (815) [STREAMER]  TunerConfiguration::ConfigureProgram (ZDF HD) - removing shared mem client (192.168.178.15_55555_192.168.178.2_ZDF HD_Kodi/17.6 (X11; Linux x86_64) Ubuntu/16.04 App_Bitness/64 Version/17.6-Git:2017111
Jun  1 18:23:46 XLVStreamer.exe:  (922) [STREAMER] [E] ManualProgramInfoList::DoSelectTuner - no tuner was found available
Jun  1 18:23:46 XLVStreamer.exe:  (923) [STREAMER] [E] Program::PrepareProgramResource(arte HD) - Notify Starting failed. rc=0xffffffe9
Jun  1 18:23:46 VboxUpnpMediaServer:  (950) [UPNP_SRV] [C] XLVProxy::Submit(579960:2346:5081) - XLV Errors(6)
Jun  1 18:23:46 VboxUpnpMediaServer:  (951) [UPNP_SRV] [C] XLVProxy::Submit(579960:2346:5081) - XLV Error: Program 11: failed starting shared mem
Jun  1 18:23:46 VboxUpnpMediaServer:  (953) [UPNP_SRV] [E] XLVStreamerUPnPClient::OpenClient - failed creating client
Jun  1 18:23:46 VboxUpnpMediaServer:  (953) [UPNP_SRV] [E] VboxMediaServerDelegate::GetStream - failed getting streamer

and both tuners are locked.

bye nepo