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I agree with this.

"BBC1 SD" and "ITV1" have regional content (perhaps one or two other channels also). If you live on the border between two regions, you might be able to receive both variants (e.g. "BBC1 South" and "BBC1 East"), and you might want to have both variants in your EPG. Since all channels in a MUX have the same signal strength, it does not matter whether you compare the MUX signal strength, or the channel signal strength. However...

You still don't need a fixed threshhold during scanning when checking for duplicates. Example: if both MUXes contain "BBC2 SD", you retain the stronger channel and discard the weaker channel ("BBC2 SD" has no regional content).

Rejecting weak channels is a separate capability, and I don't think that the the two capabilities should be mixed up in the implementation. You need an enable/disable setting in "TV Server Config" for discarding duplicates, and a threshhold for rejecting weak channels. These are separate settings that should have separate action during the scan.

I should say that I am not familiar with the internals of TV Server, so I don't know how easy it would be to implement what I consider to be the "correct" design.

-- from CyberSimian in the UK

<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1270932" data-attributes="member: 141969">I agree with this.&quot;BBC1 SD&quot; and &quot;ITV1&quot; have regional content (perhaps one or two other channels also). If you live on the border between two regions, you might be able to receive both variants (e.g. &quot;BBC1 South&quot; and &quot;BBC1 East&quot;), and you might want to have both variants in your EPG. Since all channels in a MUX have the same signal strength, it does not matter whether you compare the MUX signal strength, or the channel signal strength. However...You still don't need a fixed threshhold during scanning when checking for duplicates. Example: if both MUXes contain &quot;BBC2 SD&quot;, you retain the stronger channel and discard the weaker channel (&quot;BBC2 SD&quot; has no regional content).Rejecting weak channels is a separate capability, and I don't think that the the two capabilities should be mixed up in the implementation. You need an enable/disable setting in &quot;TV Server Config&quot; for discarding duplicates, and a threshhold for rejecting weak channels. These are separate settings that should have separate action during the scan.I should say that I am not familiar with the internals of TV Server, so I don't know how easy it would be to implement what I consider to be the &quot;correct&quot; design. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite12" alt="o_O" title="Er... what?&nbsp; &nbsp; o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" />-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1270932, member: 141969"] I agree with this. "BBC1 SD" and "ITV1" have regional content (perhaps one or two other channels also). If you live on the border between two regions, you might be able to receive both variants (e.g. "BBC1 South" and "BBC1 East"), and you might [b]want[/b] to have both variants in your EPG. Since all channels in a MUX have the same signal strength, it does not matter whether you compare the MUX signal strength, or the channel signal strength. However... You still don't need a fixed threshhold during scanning when checking for duplicates. Example: if both MUXes contain "BBC2 SD", you retain the stronger channel and discard the weaker channel ("BBC2 SD" has no regional content). Rejecting weak channels is a separate capability, and I don't think that the the two capabilities should be mixed up in the implementation. You need an [b]enable/disable[/b] setting in "TV Server Config" for discarding duplicates, and a [b]threshhold[/b] for rejecting weak channels. These are separate settings that should have separate action during the scan. I should say that I am not familiar with the internals of TV Server, so I don't know how easy it would be to implement what I consider to be the "correct" design. o_O -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]