[mythtv-users] diagnosing HDHome Run Prime zero byte recordings

[Raymond Wagner]

On 10/18/2013 9:55 AM, David Linville wrote:
> It's not so just the encryption but also the authorization values.  
> They can change show to show.
>
> Here is an example of a channel that returns zero byte recordings.  It 
> is unencrypted  but set to copyonce.  The cgms value changes show by 
> show on this channel.  So before I moved this onto a clear QAM 
> hdhomerun the shows would sometimes record zero bytes and sometimes 
> give me 1-2 minutes of show.
>
> vch=26 name=USA auth=subscribed cci=none cgms=protected-copyonce
>
> This is the SD USA basic cable channel that was previously analog and 
> switched to digital.  My QAM TV can tune this channel as digital 26.  
> My QAM hdhomerun will record all day once I get the QAM mapping 
> right.  My Prime hdhomerun will not record it.

A Prime without an activated card will behave like a standard QAM tuner