[mythtvnz] BER

[Steve V]

----- Original Message ----
> From: Guy Gibson <ggibson at orcon.net.nz>
> To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> Sent: Wed, 10 February, 2010 7:27:20 PM
> Subject: [mythtvnz] BER
> 
> What are people seeing as the BER when using DVB-T.  Especially anyone feeding 
> off the Waitaks in Auckland.  Im getting a strength of 68%-70% across the three 
> multiplexes and get lock, but BER is showing as 65536 on the OSD which is an 
> interesting number.  Im using a nova-T 500 so before I start pulling RF cable 
> apart I thought I'd check.  Oh and yes there is still some frame tearing with 
> panning shots and has been the odd bit of pixilation - also matches with the hot 
> humid nights.
> 
> Guy 
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I don't think you have a problem with reception or aerial, I have the same card and much lower signal levels and I get a great picture on all channels.

It seems that the BER reading from the nova-T 500 either means nothing or that 65536 is very low error rate.

Are you using VDPAU, many months ago I was having a lot of trouble with Tv1 and TV2 with pixelation during panning, this was fixed with mods to MythFrontend. I then had lots of trouble with tearing and although I have read that you do not have to disable Composite with the latest Nvidia drivers I found that if Composite was enable I got tearing. disabling Composite fixed the tearing.