[mythtv-users] Firewire and 5c

[Len Reed]

Chris Funk wrote:
>     Been a number of months since I had Comcast, but IIRC, the screen
>     with the important info was the Channel Status one (or if not that,
>     one of the other lower-numbered ones).  There was a line that said
>     either ENC or 0x43, depending on whether the channel would be
>     readable thru firewire.

I think that ENC is a false marker, likely correlated with 5C for most 
channels but not the same.  I don't have Comcast, but I do have a 
DCT6200 and the screen shot is the same as the one posted earlier in 
this thread.  See below for what I see about 0x43.

As far as I can tell, ENC means encrypted.  Channels marked ENC 
correspond exactly to those that my HD5000 DVB card cannot tune.  Those 
unENCrypted (local channels) work both on the HD5000 DVB card and over 
firewire.  There are a few channels, though, that are marked ENC but 
that still work on firewire.  (MTVHD is one.)

What's causing me to tear my hair out is that a week ago I swear that 
the box had all but those few channels and the non-ENC marked 5C.  In 
fact, that is how I discovered that those channels should work over 
firewire: they were not marked 5C but most others were.  Now, though, 
d11 page 3 shows 5C off for all channels that I've checked.  Every 
single one!  The entire d11 page 3 menu for IEEE1394 is the same for 
every channel I've checked.  Still, though, firewire only works on the 
unencrypted channels and that same handful of the encrypted ones.  This 
leads me to think that I saw accurate 5C status elsewhere in the menus, 
but I've looked at every single page.  Maybe I dreamt it.

d06 shows the following under authorization (digital channels only):
0x12 encrypted channels
0x43 clear channels
0x40 unauthorized channels (those I don't subscribe to)

Since I don't believe in magic, there must be something in the channel 
setup that prevents the bulk of the digital channels from going out over 
firewire.  Obviously, though, the status pages could be incorrectly 
displaying 5C status.  Or maybe I'm just missing where it is even though 
I found it once before.  Weird.