[mythtv-users] Ceton InfiniTV 4

Phil Bridges gravityhammer at gmail.com
Mon Aug 30 17:51:21 UTC 2010


On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 1:44 PM, bhaskins <bhaskins at chartermi.net> wrote:
> Phil Bridges wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>  On 8/30/2010 12:37, Phil Bridges wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Chris Pinkham<cpinkham at bc2va.org>
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon Aug 30, 2010 at 09:32:27AM -0400, Bryan Cromwell wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So I see Ceton has released their multi-tuner PC card for CableCARD
>>>>>> finally.  Anyone have any insight as to what it might take to write
>>>>>> Linux
>>>>>> drivers?   If the cablecard is doing the decryption then shouldn't it
>>>>>> just
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Daniel Kristjansson is already working on this.  He has a card in-hand.
>>>>> (well
>>>>> it's probably in one of his computers, but you get the idea)
>>>>>
>>>>> There is already support for the cablecard version of the HDHomeRun as
>>>>> well,
>>>>> so we will be up to 2 supported devices once Daniel finishes his
>>>>> changes.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That's awesome news, as well!  I may have to hold on to my budget for
>>>> a CableCard tuner for a little longer.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Please understand the limitations of such a tuner card.  As MythTV will
>>> likely never be licensed by CableLabs, all we will be able to capture is
>>> that content which the tuner outputs unencrypted.  That means content
>>> marked
>>> copy-freely.  This card will replace firewire capture off STBs, but not
>>> analog capture.
>>>
>>
>> I absolutely understand the limitations.  My cable headend has nearly
>> everything except Premiums marked copy-freely, so this card could
>> replace 4 Firewire-equipped cable boxes.
>>
>
> So, what do you do when they call back / cut off the cablecard?
> I just lost all of my Firewire-cable service and with a negative three-day
> notice!!!!!
> I'm fairly certain that Charter is doing this out of greed, trying to force
> me into renting
> more of their stuff, this will NOT! happen I really want to give them the
> boot and inflict as much pain on them as I can as a bonus.
> I really hate to think of how many dollars I paid to them in rentals over
> the past decades.
>

I think everyone already  understands from all of your posts over the
last couple of days how angry you are about this.  Either tell them
you have a TiVo, get a HD-PVR, or drop cable altogether.


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