[mythtv-users] Is it worth while to do a new channel scan

[Michael T. Dean]

On 06/18/2013 11:05 AM, Joseph Fry wrote:
>
>     Doing OTA recordings.  Lately seems to be a lot of pixelation.
>      It's been at least a year or so since it was last done.
>
>
> Nope... won't change anything (unless channels have moved).
>
> If your getting pixelation, it's likely a reception issue.  A channel 
> is a channel... the database simply stores the ATSC/NTSC/other channel 
> frequency... it's not going to suddenly change (unless the signal is 
> moved to a new channel altogether).  So the database will look exactly 
> the same after a rescan.

Note, also, that during the summer, OTA reception tends to suffer a bit 
as trees get leafy and vegetation grows.

Mike