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

[Jksj]

On 05/08/13 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.
>
> Thanks,
> Keith
High I receive both Freeview & Freesat with 99% reliability. The only 
issues occur when too many things happen at once ie three recordings 
start simultaneously along with say a program deletion. I found that the 
highest reliability is obtained by limiting the number of channels 
recorded by a tuner to two. This is for a low powered atom based system 
running off a single drive with 4 gbytes of ram  - it just works.
Using 0.27 master.
PCTV nanostick for dvb-t2
TBS 6920 for dvb-s2
Freesat has a better quality picture to Freeview with a higher bitrate 
so the Freesat tuner is given the higher priority.