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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1276480" data-attributes="member: 141969"><p>In the six years that I have used MP, I have not once used the "Channel Mapping" panel. It is far simpler to select each tuner in turn and perform a scan. I would make these points:</p><p></p><p>(1) Scanning each tuner checks that the tuner and all of its cable connections are working correctly. This does not result in multiple occurrences of each channel: MP recognises the equivalence of channels received by the different tuners, and creates only one entry in the EPG for each channel. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></p><p></p><p>(2) If you have tuners with different capabilities, you don't have to work out which channels can be received by which tuner. I think that this is your case.</p><p></p><p>I have six terrestrial tuners in my HTPC -- four DVB-T2 tuners, and two DVB-T tuners. By scanning each tuner in turn, I don't have to worry about which channels can be received by which tuners. And with our <s>half-assed</s> half-donkeyed terrestrial system that we have in the UK, there are some standard-definition channels which are carried in the DVB-T2 MUXes, and hence not receivable by my DVB-T tuners. MP works all that out for me when I scan each tuner in turn, and I don't have to bother identifying which channel can be received by which tuner. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></p><p></p><p>(3) Some tuners may have similar capability, but different sensitivity. My DVB-T and DVB-T2 tuners can both receive the channels in the DVB-T MUXes, but my DVB-T tuners are significantly less sensitive than the DVBT-T2 tuners. So there are some DVB-T MUXes that my DVB-T2 tuners can receive, but which my DVB-T tuners cannot. Again, by scanning each tuner in turn, MP works all that out for me. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></p><p></p><p>(4) I have not used satellite, so perhaps the considerations are different for satellite. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /></p><p></p><p>(5) MP currently does not have an active team member who is knowledgeable about the TV Server code, so the probability that any change will be made in the near future is slim. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>-- from CyberSimian in the UK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1276480, member: 141969"] In the six years that I have used MP, I have not once used the "Channel Mapping" panel. It is far simpler to select each tuner in turn and perform a scan. I would make these points: (1) Scanning each tuner checks that the tuner and all of its cable connections are working correctly. This does not result in multiple occurrences of each channel: MP recognises the equivalence of channels received by the different tuners, and creates only one entry in the EPG for each channel. (y) (2) If you have tuners with different capabilities, you don't have to work out which channels can be received by which tuner. I think that this is your case. I have six terrestrial tuners in my HTPC -- four DVB-T2 tuners, and two DVB-T tuners. By scanning each tuner in turn, I don't have to worry about which channels can be received by which tuners. And with our [S]half-assed[/S] half-donkeyed terrestrial system that we have in the UK, there are some standard-definition channels which are carried in the DVB-T2 MUXes, and hence not receivable by my DVB-T tuners. MP works all that out for me when I scan each tuner in turn, and I don't have to bother identifying which channel can be received by which tuner. (y) (3) Some tuners may have similar capability, but different sensitivity. My DVB-T and DVB-T2 tuners can both receive the channels in the DVB-T MUXes, but my DVB-T tuners are significantly less sensitive than the DVBT-T2 tuners. So there are some DVB-T MUXes that my DVB-T2 tuners can receive, but which my DVB-T tuners cannot. Again, by scanning each tuner in turn, MP works all that out for me. (y) (4) I have not used satellite, so perhaps the considerations are different for satellite. :confused: (5) MP currently does not have an active team member who is knowledgeable about the TV Server code, so the probability that any change will be made in the near future is slim. :( -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]
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