Strong Signal, No Quality for DVB-T (1 Viewer)

[damien]

TV-Server Version: 2007-07-01 SVN
MediaPortal Version: 2007-06-30 SVN
MediaPortal Skin: Default
Windows Version: Windows XP Pro SP2
CPU Type: AMD64 3200+
HDD: 300GB Samsung
Memory: 1024GB
Motherboard:
Motherboard Chipset:
Motherboard Bios:
Video Card: NVidia 7300 Express
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card: On Board
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: DVICO Dual Digital 2
1. TV Card Type: DVB-T (really a USB on a USB-PCI bridge)
1. TV Card Driver: 3.61
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec:
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case: Antec Fusion
Cooling: Default
Power Supply: Default
Remote: DVICO MCE Remote
TV: TV Output (PAL)
TV - HTPC Connection: N/A

I am having trouble scanning channels using the TV Server configuration utility. I can tune in with other software (including Media Portal), but it seems that the quality level is zero for all channels when scanning in the TV Server.

It is also strange that the scan is taking so long to complete. Has anyone else seen a problem such as this?

Interestingly I also get two Digital Card show up, but also two analog cards (WDM). I don't actually have any analog tuners.

EDIT:
I am silly- running through again it seems tuning is OK, but the scanning/ tuning speed is still very, very slow.

 

[Marcusb]

Yeah, I've got one of those cards too.
They suck and mine isn't even in use at the moment, it occasionally shows up as USB device not recognised.

DVico reports the signal level incorrectly. this makes MP take longer to change channels as a result. If you switch to the TV engine v3 it ignores those values and the channels change *much* faster.
I also get the dvico cards showing up as analog too. just disable the analoge section in the MP setup. I think recent DVico drivers introduced that because it never used to happen.

 

[Frodo]

DVico reports the signal level incorrectly.

Many cards do report this incorrectly.
As this interface:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms784767.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms784768.aspx

Shows a tvcard should report:

- signal level (0-100%)
- signal strength(in dB)

However many cards:
- return the same value for level AND quality
- return the quality in % instead of dB

:-(

Frodo