[mythtv-users] scan (solved)

[James Linder]

> On 19 Apr 2022, at 8:20 pm, Stuart Auchterlonie <stuarta at squashedfrog.net> wrote:
> 
> On 15/04/2022 16:38, James wrote:
>>> On 15 Apr 2022, at 10:23 pm, John Pilkington <johnpilk222 at gmail.com <mailto:johnpilk222 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Times have changed in the dvb scanning world.
>>> 
>>> Now there can be internal automatic selection from similar channels. Part of that is based on signal strength, and would be invalidated if you can 'get' multiple transmitters and use different antenna systems for scanning and recording.
>>> 
>>> I can't personally provide hard evidence of how well it works, because one transmitter dominates at my location, but a new 'full scan' might be worthwhile.
>> Definitely better!
>> Used to take hours to fix, now 1, 2, 3. Only issue was my trusty bunny ears stopped working. Older n wiser that won't bite again
>> James
> 
> tbh, it's more likely they have adjusted the tranmission power across
> the different broadcast sites to improve reception overall

Historically lots of duplicate channels were scanned and required oodles of work to prune (from all the saterlite transmitters)
Now I get 1 clean set of channels.

Reasons are speculation!
James