[mythtv-users] Stream Errors

Daniel Kristjansson danielk at cuymedia.net
Tue Aug 12 16:13:49 UTC 2008


On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 11:09 +0100, Richard Scott wrote:
> I think there's a bug in the signal strength reporting with the DVB-T 
> cards - mine report 26% and 8% (2 identical cards), but a Freeview DVB-T 
> receiver reports 90-100% signal strength. (DVB-T is terrestrial, not 
> satellite)

The DVB drivers do not report a calibrated signal strength, so the value
is only valuable as a relative strength indicator for that channel on
that particular card. i.e. use it to point your antenna and QC changes
in your antenna connection setup, not to compare with other users or
other cards.

-- Daniel



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