[mythtv-users] Ceton InfiniTV 4

[MacNean Tyrrell]

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>
> wrote:
> >  On 8/30/2010 12:37, Phil Bridges wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Chris Pinkham<cpinkham at bc2va.org>
> >>  wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Mon Aug 30, 2010 at 09:32:27AM -0400, Bryan Cromwell wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> So I see Ceton has released their multi-tuner PC card for CableCARD
> >>>> finally.  Anyone have any insight as to what it might take to write
> >>>> Linux
> >>>> drivers?   If the cablecard is doing the decryption then shouldn't it
> >>>> just
> >>>
> >>> Daniel Kristjansson is already working on this.  He has a card in-hand.
> >>> (well
> >>> it's probably in one of his computers, but you get the idea)
> >>>
> >>> There is already support for the cablecard version of the HDHomeRun as
> >>> well,
> >>> so we will be up to 2 supported devices once Daniel finishes his
> changes.
> >>
> >> That's awesome news, as well!  I may have to hold on to my budget for
> >> a CableCard tuner for a little longer.
> >
> > Please understand the limitations of such a tuner card.  As MythTV will
> > likely never be licensed by CableLabs, all we will be able to capture is
> > that content which the tuner outputs unencrypted.  That means content
> marked
> > copy-freely.  This card will replace firewire capture off STBs, but not
> > analog capture.
>
> I absolutely understand the limitations.  My cable headend has nearly
> everything except Premiums marked copy-freely, so this card could
> replace 4 Firewire-equipped cable boxes.
>

Who's your cable provider?  And how do a I tell this?  I have TWC, and they
only unencrypt straight through cable the OTA channels (cbs/fox/cw/etc.) but
with a CableCard cabable device are you saying I could get basically
everything but the premiums (ie get discovery/espn/etc which are given free
if i rent a cable box)?  Just trying to understand all of this.

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-- 
Sincerely,

MacNean C. Tyrrell
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