<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Erik Jensen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eriksjunk@laurelwoodart.com">eriksjunk@laurelwoodart.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Ronald Frazier <<a href="mailto:ron@ronfrazier.net">ron@ronfrazier.net</a>> wrote:<br>
...<br>
<div class="im">> The script collects basic info for each channel: channel number, callsign,<br>
> frequency, modulation, mpeg program number, and the CCI status. It also asks<br>
> the user to supply the name of their cable provider, city, state, and zip<br>
> code. All user provided details are optional, but obviously the results are<br>
> more useful if you fill in this info. The info is otherwise anonymous (no<br>
> usernames, IP addresses, or anything of the sort collected).<br>
<br>
</div>I tried this out, and had a couple of oddities in my results.<br>
<br>
First, almost all unencrypted channels (tunable via ClearQAM) were<br>
reported as "Unknown / None". The one exception was reported as<br>
Unknown / Copy Generation Management System - Analog: "One Copy"<br>
(0x02). This channel is viewable over ClearQAM and FireWire, but not<br>
the Ceton.<br>
Second, all channel's to which I don't subscribe were reported as Copy<br>
Control Information: "Copy Free" (00)<br>
<br>
The fact that the Ceton falls back to CGMS-A for unencrypted channel's<br>
in my case means that the statement "if you can record it over<br>
FireWire, you can record it with CableCard" is not entirely true....<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br>According to this page, there are four flags that can trip you up when dealing with an unencrypted stream and a Ceton.<br><br><a href="http://www.cetoncorp.com/support/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/2/8/copy-protection-flags">http://www.cetoncorp.com/support/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/2/8/copy-protection-flags</a><br>
<br>That being said, this scenario looks like a mistake that you may be able to get fixed by complaining to your provider. Why the hell would someone intentionally only set the CGMS-A flag? It makes no sense.<br><br>-Tom<br>