[mythtv-users] DVICO FusionHDTV III QAM card

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 05:07:54PM -0400, Michael Hartman wrote:
> > If a (sub-)channel's data stream *was* encrypted, how would you tell?
> > Cause it wasn't a valid MPEG stream?  Am I the only one on the list who
> > gives a crap about digital cable?  ;-)
> 
> If the stream were encrypted, it would not play back at all. It would
> confuse the MPEG decoder so bad it would display nothing. 

The card won't just pass the appropriate extracted PS as a PS down to
the bus?  It *has* to decode it into a frame buffer?  Bummer.

> Don't get your hopes up for getting digital channels unencrypted. I have
> no hard data, but I would guess that most cable companies encrypt their
> digital content. It is so easy for them to do. Just toggle a few
> checkboxes in software and vola, encrpted digital content is enabled and
> working. 

I suspect I can get the setup mode on my Explorer 2100 to say whether
the digital channels are encrypted.  Be interesting to check.  My
provider doesn't currently support bring-your-own-converter, so that
(in my estimation) raises the odds they'll leave the stuff open.  Basic
digital tier, anyway.

Cheers,
-- jra
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