DVB-T Signal Strength / Quality meters

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#19843 3-Mar-2008 15:12

I have been unable to find signal strength / quality figures using HVR-900 + DVBViewer in XPP and Vista. Am I being an idiot? :-) Can anyone a) point me in the right direction and/or b) suggest something to install to give me such figures.

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#114352 3-Mar-2008 17:02

there is one that's part of GB-PVR, it's called MuxChecker.exe

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#114356 3-Mar-2008 17:08

allstarnz: there is one that's part of GB-PVR, it's called MuxChecker.exe

Sorry, but that is incorrect. Thats just a utility which detect which Directshow multiplexer filters are installed on your machine.

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#114358 3-Mar-2008 17:14

Thanks, and thanks for the correction Sub. I assume it doesn't already, are there plans for GB-PVR to display the figure(s)?

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#114360 3-Mar-2008 17:17

sub:
allstarnz: there is one that's part of GB-PVR, it's called MuxChecker.exe
Sorry, but that is incorrect. Thats just a utility which detect which Directshow multiplexer filters are installed on your machine.

In the old version of GB-PVR (not the new, updated executable) , selecting control-o showed a signal strength / quality overlay...
The quality seemed a bit random on my setup though (bar graph seemed correct for quality, but values ranged from 20% - 800% - with no real correlation between the numerical value and the bar graph). But it was late at night a few days ago so I could be dreaming :-)

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#114384 3-Mar-2008 18:58

scottjpalmer: Thanks, and thanks for the correction Sub. I assume it doesn't already, are there plans for GB-PVR to display the figure(s)?

There is a couple of places in GB-PVR that it shows the signal quality/strength as reported by the drivers, but there is no real started for the numbers that a returned by the drivers and each manufacturer does it differently, so its hard to relate the values to something useful (ie, its not just a 0-100% type thing, they can be numbers ranges like -44000 to 100 etc).