[mythtv] [PATCH] Enable recording of encrypted channels withoutdecrypting them first.

[James Courtier-Dutton]

On 15 July 2010 21:05,  <wf_myth_user at online.nl> wrote:
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>>Storing an encrypted stream is not a DMCA violation (as it hasn't been
>>decrypted), and I don't see using a CAM to decrypt as a DMCA violation
>>either (Its fully supported in myth anyway) as the CAM contains a licensed
>>card.
>>Now, I'm totally not a lawyer, nor even a developer, so apologies for
>>speaking out.
>>So the difference is merely storing an encrypted stream and decrypting it
>>(with a valid license) later
>>I don't think this is a DMCA violation at all, but I could be entirley
>>wrong.
>>Who cares wether it's decrypted sooner or later, the copyright holders
>>might be more upset it's being stored at all, but they'd be more upset if
>>it was stored unencrypted (as currently) surely?
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>>Mark
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> My parents PVR5020(Echostar) does exactly this.
> It can record up to 4 programs at the same time encrypted or not.
> Each night at 3:00 it decrypts all recordings.
> If you watch a recording before it is decrypted it decrypts the recording
> while watching.
> All with original cam and smartcard from the provider.
> This is sold as a legal solution here in the Netherlands(Europe).
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> If mythtv could work like this it would be a very very nice feature because
> it would give the multirec options much more use.
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> Next question is, if you have a DVB-card with a Common Interface.
> Will the common interface be directly available to mythtv to pass a file
> true it.
>

I think the problem is the USA is far more restrictive than Europe
with respect to Conditional access.
The main myth developers appear to be based in the USA, and this seems
to cause difficulty with improving myth with regards to conditional
access.
I think we can improve things, but we unfortunately cannot get it all
in the main myth tree.
I have been exploring what we can get into the main myth tree, and
trying to minimise the out of tree stuff.