[mythtv-users] Encrypted Cable channels How do they do it?

[Bob Sully]

Ha!  What fortunate place do you live in???

Time Warner Cable here in Los Angeles has encrypted everything on firewire
from the STB now.  The only thing I can use the 1394 port for is to change
channels on the box.

Even before they did this, I could only get the same channels via firewire
as I now do with my QAM tuner...most are/were encrypted.

Bob


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> Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:52:31 -0400
> From: Greg Estabrooks <greg at phaze.org>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Encrypted Cable channels How do they do
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>> Hi,I know that we cant record HD encrypted channels with any of the QAM
>> Tuners made today.  But i was just wondering how all the episodes of
>> Soprano's  etc are uploaded to the various torrent sites right after the
>> show aired?  Are they really buying the $2000+ hardware to convert
>> Component to digital?  Or are they using some special hardware Or maybe
>> hacking there STB'sJust curious,Mitchell
>
>  They could be living somewhere that their provider isn't encrypting it,
> or
> could be recording it from firewire off their stb. Locally every single
> channel
> including ppv +hdtv are all in the clear over firewire.



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