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I am not sure that a fixed threshhold is the right solution.

The signal strength provided by tuner cards is an arbitrary number, and differs from one manufacturer to another (and quite possibly from one tuner-card model to another from the same manufacturer).

I have one TBS card in my system, and one Pinnacle card. These cards return different signal strengths for the same MUX.

During a scan, comparing signal strengths for different MUXes seems reasonable (since it does not matter what the signal strength value actually represents), but comparing the signal strength to a fixed value (or comparing the signal strength from one card with the signal strength from another card) does not seem like the right solution.

-- from CyberSimian in the UK

<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1270215" data-attributes="member: 141969">I am not sure that a fixed threshhold is the right solution. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" />The signal strength provided by tuner cards is an arbitrary number, and differs from one manufacturer to another (and quite possibly from one tuner-card model to another from the same manufacturer).I have one TBS card in my system, and one Pinnacle card. These cards return different signal strengths for the same MUX.During a scan, comparing signal strengths for different MUXes seems reasonable (since it does not matter what the signal strength value actually represents), but comparing the signal strength to a fixed value (or comparing the signal strength from one card with the signal strength from another card) does not seem like the right solution.-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1270215, member: 141969"] I am not sure that a fixed threshhold is the right solution. :confused: The signal strength provided by tuner cards is an arbitrary number, and differs from one manufacturer to another (and quite possibly from one tuner-card model to another from the same manufacturer). I have one TBS card in my system, and one Pinnacle card. These cards return different signal strengths [i]for the same MUX[/i]. During a scan, comparing signal strengths for different MUXes seems reasonable (since it does not matter what the signal strength value actually represents), but comparing the signal strength to a fixed value (or comparing the signal strength from one card with the signal strength from another card) does not seem like the right solution. -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]