Signal level/quality: 0 with TV-server (Technisat Cablestar 2) (1 Viewer)

[Hra_47]

Hi,

My problem is that TV-server doesn't for some reason find any signal.

-When I scan channels tv-server finds channels, but signal level/quality is whole time 0.
-If I try to watch something, mediaportal will open the correct channel, but picture/sound is really terrible (~50% of screen is full of some colorful boxes (due to a missing signal?)).

I've had this problem every time I have tried to use TV-server (so it is not a problem with TV server 1.0) and now i really would like to solve it. I have earlier used Mediaportals own inbuilt TV module which has worked perfectly.

If someone has also Technisat Cablestar 2, what driver version you are using?

 

[ronilse]

Hi,
Well - to be able to find out whats going on, you need to provide system specs & attach logs to your post, so we can see if any errors occur when you watch a channel.

Regards
Roy

 

[Hra_47]

Here is information and log files from my setup.

TV-Server Version: 1.0.0.0
MediaPortal Version: 1.0.0.0
MediaPortal Skin: Blue one
Windows Version: XP SP2
CPU Type: Thunderbird 1GHz
Memory: 512MB
Motherboard: Asus A7V
Video Card: Geforce 4
1. TV Card: Technisat Cablestar 2 (recognized as a B2C2)
1. TV Card Type: DVB-C
1. TV Card Driver: 4.4.1
MPEG2 Video Codec: Dscaler
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Welho (Helsinki, Finland)
TV - HTPC Connection: Coaxial

 

[Hra_47]

I found out one strange detail about my problem:
If I watch channels which are QAM128 modulated they don't work, BUT I have few channels with QAM64 modulation and I don't have any problem with them. How is this possible? Is the problem about Technisat drivers? Does someone have working system with Cablestar 2?

 

[diehard2]

My understanding is that signal level and quality are reported by the drivers and the quality of this implementation (or whether it works at all) varies wildly.

 

[Hra_47]

It seems to be that way cause signal level/quality are always 0 (even though channel is working well)