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<blockquote data-quote="DragonQ" data-source="post: 1068266" data-attributes="member: 115209">I recently reset my satellite's position based on MediaPortal's signal strength meter and the signal strength of all transponders that I tested within MediaPortal are now higher than before (e.g. some increased from 68 to 72, others from 70 to 74). However, it seems that my signal might actually be worse in terms of continuity errors. I recorded BBC One HD last week for an hour and towards the end of the program there were a lot of continuity errors, despite its transponder having the strongest signal of all!Is there a more reliable way of making sure the signal is the best it can be to avoid continuity errors, other than using MediaPortal's signal strength meter (which I assume is just based on what the tuner card driver tells it)? I've tried setting TVService's priority to &quot;realtime&quot; and I can't see any CPU/SSD usage spikes when the continuity errors occur, so I can only think it's either a tuner/driver problem or signal problem. I was thinking of plugging my satellite cables into my Sky box to see what its signal strength meter says but I have no idea if this'll give a better or worse indication than MediaPortal.I did a test recording just now and there were 7 continuity errors during about two hour, which all happened at the same time index (there's no other useful information in the debug logs at that time). Not bad but ideally there should be none!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DragonQ, post: 1068266, member: 115209"] I recently reset my satellite's position based on MediaPortal's signal strength meter and the signal strength of all transponders that I tested within MediaPortal are now higher than before (e.g. some increased from 68 to 72, others from 70 to 74). However, it seems that my signal might actually be worse in terms of continuity errors. I recorded BBC One HD last week for an hour and towards the end of the program there were a lot of continuity errors, despite its transponder having the strongest signal of all! Is there a more reliable way of making sure the signal is the best it can be to avoid continuity errors, other than using MediaPortal's signal strength meter (which I assume is just based on what the tuner card driver tells it)? I've tried setting TVService's priority to "realtime" and I can't see any CPU/SSD usage spikes when the continuity errors occur, so I can only think it's either a tuner/driver problem or signal problem. I was thinking of plugging my satellite cables into my Sky box to see what its signal strength meter says but I have no idea if this'll give a better or worse indication than MediaPortal. I did a test recording just now and there were 7 continuity errors during about two hour, which all happened at the same time index (there's no other useful information in the debug logs at that time). Not bad but ideally there should be none! [/QUOTE]

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