[mythtv] [PATCH] Enable recording of encrypted channels without decrypting them first.

Gavin Hurlbut gjhurlbu at gmail.com
Thu Jul 15 17:24:07 UTC 2010


On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 9:30 AM, James Courtier-Dutton <
james.dutton at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok, we have nothing like that sort of highly restrictive practices here.
> If I understand correctly, the "decrypting" step is the problem area.
> So, my patch itself is not a problem, as it does no decrypting at all.
> A patch to recognise the encrypted stream and drop them in
> mythfrontend would also be fine.
> I would have to create a "plugin" to do the actual decryption, and
> never submit it as a patch to myth, although I could host the patch on
> a web site where I live.


> Do I understand correctly?


That sounds reasonable to me, yeah.  I'll let others pipe up too :)  I wish
the laws were different, but you know how that goes...

Sounds like a fun project too.  Enjoy :)
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