[mythtv-users] UK Freeview with HD: terrestrial versus satellite

[Mike Perkins]

On 05/08/13 22:38, Paul Gardiner wrote:
> On 05/08/2013 20:11, Keith Edmunds wrote:
>> Hi, I'm looking for some guidance from UK users as to whether
>> terrestrial or satellite has greater reliability.
>>
>> At the moment, I'm receiving a terrestrial signal. I have two SD USB
>> tuners, and one HD USB tuner. If I scan, I get the same channels on
>> multiple multiplexers, and it isn't clear to me how Myth chooses which
>> mux to use for recording. Some don't seem to work so well, so I get zero
>> byte recordings. I'm trying - slowly - to establish which channels on which
>> muxes result in these problems so that I can remove them.
>>
>> I'm wondering if satellite may be more reliable. I'd be interested in
>> hearing the experiences of UK users who use, or have used, both
>> terrestrial and satellite.
>
> I have both. They work fine. If I didn't already have both and I were
> to choose just one, it would be freeview, because all the HD channels
> are on one multiplex, so you need just one tuner to be able to record
> all four HD channels simultaneously. That and your two SD tuners is
> all you'll need.
>
His problem is almost certainly that he is picking up transmissions from more 
than one direction; the last in the scan being a weaker, more distant transmitter.

Each transmitter should give you six multiplexes. Five of these are SD and the 
last is HD. If your transport table shows more than this you have conflicting 
services. Use the instructions in the other reply to your post to find the one 
you should be using.

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Mike Perkins