[mythtv-users] HDHomeRun Prime up for pre-order at Amazon

Tom Bongiorno two.bits.11 at gmail.com
Mon May 2 13:43:24 UTC 2011


On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Tom Bongiorno <two.bits.11 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Brian Long <briandlong at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 6:35 AM, Tom Bongiorno <two.bits.11 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Cable content is protected in two ways.  Encryption and copy protection.
>> >  The decryption is handles by the cable card and the copy protection is
>> > handled by the HDHomeRun PRIME.  The PRIME's job is to take the
>> decrypted
>> > content from the CableCard, and protect it if need be.  Content marked
>> for
>> > copy protection must not be accessible by non-certified software.  There
>> are
>> > three types of content:
>> > 1) Unencrypted with no copy protection (exactly the same content as a
>> Clear
>> > QAM tuner in MythTV)
>> > 2) Encrypted with no copy protection (exactly the same content as a
>> Firewire
>> > tuner in MythTV)
>> > 3) Encrypted with copy protection (never gonna happen)
>> > MythTV can do 1 and 2, but Win7 MC is the only software certified to do
>> all
>> > three.
>>
>> What about the copy protection flags like copy-once and copy-freely?
>> I thought the PRIME would allow mythtv to record the
>> copy-freely-flagged shows but not the copy-once shows?  This means
>> channels that are encrypted and copy-protected copy-freely would be
>> recordable.  Now the question is how to determine which channels or
>> shows use the copy-freely or copy-once flags.
>>
>> /Brian/
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>
> #1 is not applicable
> #2 is copy-freely
> #3 is copy-once
>
> Not even Win7 MC can record copy-never content.
>
>
Just to clarify, there are always copy protection flags on all content.
 Clear-QAM content is always marked copy freely.  Encrypted content marked
copy-freely, requires no copy protection.  Copy-freely, as in you are free
to copy as you please because there is no copy protection.  Copy-once is
poorly named, but only Win7 MC can do this.
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