[mythtv-users] Re: recording HD content
Ian Forde
ian at duckland.org
Wed Apr 13 00:27:08 UTC 2005
On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 16:16 -0700, John Sturgeon wrote:
> Ian Forde wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 15:30 -0500, Neil wrote:
> >
> >
> >>>The locals won't end (though they might drop to SD on the firewire) but the
> >>>non-locals could go away.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Thanks for the tip Brad. I'm looking into firewire but on my other posts,
> >>the guy told me that it may soon be encrypted too. :(
> >>
> >>
> >
> >First of all, the "though they might drop to SD on the firewire" is FUD.
> >If it's the HD version of NBC, they're not allowed to transcode it down,
> >according to the FCC.
> >
> > -I
> >
> >
> >
> ??? What have you been reading? The Broadcast Flag (when enabled) will
> not only allow them to transcode it down, it will force them to
> transcode it. Once the broadcast flag takes effect, the hardware
> manufacturers are going to only be able to output (digitally) SD
> quality. Analog is a different matter, obviously. That's what all the
> 'Fight the broadcast flag' stink has been about.
<sigh>...
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/110105?
search_string=Ian%20firewire%20caputo;#110105
And the specific FCC regulation we were talking about is available at
http://makunu.com/browse/show/37812
Besides, the broadcast flag wasn't part of the topic (in my mind, at
least) until you brought it up...
-I
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