[mythtv-users] Signal strength now reporting 50% instead of 100%

[James Abernathy]

On Mon, May 9, 2022 at 8:33 AM James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Mon, May 9, 2022 at 7:41 AM Paul Harrison <mythtv at mythqml.net> wrote:
>
>> Could be this commit which changed the signal strength range for DVBv5 :-
>>
>> https://github.com/MythTV/mythtv/commit/5d76841b8c1878
>>
>>
>> You could  try starting the backend with --dvbv3 to see what you get with
>> the old DVB v3 API.
>>
>>
>> Like other have said if it not causing you any problems then I wouldn't
>> worry to much about it.
>>
>>
>> Paul H.
>>
> You are correct. Starting the mythtv-backend with --dvbv3 does restore the
> signal strength to what I was seeing on v31.
>
> So what I'm hearing is by default in v32 the signal strength is based on
> dbm instead of %. Are there any problems using --dvbv3 instead of the
> default??
>
> Jim A
>

The problem I see with this new change in dvbv5 is the screen display still
says "%" after the number.  There is no way this makes sense to me compared
to other tuners. Now that I know I can follow it. but in a system with a
HDHomeRun tuner and a DVB tuner on the same antenna the concept of one
tuner at 100% and another at 50% is confusing.

Jim A
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