On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 11:32 PM, Chris Lee <updatelee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This is a frustration of mine. Some report it in SNR others report it > in terms of % (current snr / (max_snr-min_snr)) others its completely > random. > > Seems many dvb-s report arbitrary % which is stupid and many atsc > report snr by 123 would be 12.3db. But there isnt any standardization > around. > > imo everything should be reported in terms of db, why % was ever > chosen is beyond logic. Because dB terminology did not fit all frontends. For some it does fit, but again not all. Some frontends by default don't have a dB specification; some reverse engineered ones unable to. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html