Tuner Choice and Merit - All Mine Are 0

[Savage1701]

Say, dumb question - all my encoders have merit=0. Does that matter? Can I change them safely? I do have some ATSC encoders I would prefer to use first as they are newer and better at pulling signals than others.

Thanks for any info.

I would prefer to use some ATSC OTA tuners before others as they are more sensitive. All encoders show merit=0. Can I alter those or not? Or am I looking at the wrong part of the properties file?

Thanks for any help.

[MeInMaui]

Yes that is the correct property. All encoders have a merit of 0 by default. Increase the value to increase the priority of that tuner. Make sure you stop sage first before editing the properties file.

Aloha,
Mike

[MrVining]

Originally Posted by Savage1701

Say, dumb question - all my encoders have merit=0. Does that matter? Can I change them safely? I do have some ATSC encoders I would prefer to use first as they are newer and better at pulling signals than others.

Thanks for any info.

Originally Posted by SageTV_Manual

mmc/encoders/XXX/encoder_merit

used to determine which capture device is 'preferred' when all other things are equal;
higher numbers mean higher priority

You could just put all your tuners ATSC=1 and NTSC=0.

[Savage1701]

Thanks !