[mythtv-users] Odds of Linux CableCARD support?

Byron Poland wpoland at gmail.com
Tue Jan 10 23:39:23 UTC 2006


On 1/10/06, Yeechang Lee <ylee at pobox.com> wrote:
> Jonathan Oexner <jonathan.oexner at alum.wpi.edu> says:
> > Yeah, I was happy to learn that RCN Boston doesn't use 5C
> > encryption.
>
> I'm happy to report that RCN San Francisco does not either.
>
> Once CableCARD 2.0 ships, what do y'all think are the odds of a
> PCI-slot expansion board that comes with one or two CableCARD slots,
> *regardless of Linux support*? I figure that having the hardware
> actually available (as opposed to slots only being available on new,
> presumably MCE-enabled, PCs) is more than 50% of getting MythTV
> support done, and if it takes binary, non-free drivers for Linux
> support--à la Nvidia or ATi--I don't mind as long as they
> work.
>
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There was a thread a few days about about a USB device ATI showed off
at CES which had a cablecard slot.  For Windows MCE though.


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