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

[Paul Gardiner]

Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:
>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.

Gah! Yes. I should have read the whole post. Actually, I sometimes get zero byte recordings, but only sd ones, so my freeviewhd nanostick must be working reliably, since I have only the hd channels tuned on it.