[mythtv-users] Firewire no longer required on HD STBs

[Greg Woods]

On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 09:22 -0400, Justin Johnson wrote:

> According to that wiki, 5C has been extended to other interfaces,
> including TCP/IP. Could that be the means by which the cable companies
> will secure their content in these new systems? If so, (seems likely
> to me, at least) then perhaps this won't be such a change for mythtv
> after all. Sure the interface will change, but all the same rules will
> apply.

In that case, we would need a method to use this interface for channel
changing. I suspect there are a lot of users like myself who don't
record over firewire (hardly anything is available that way that I can't
get OTA) but do depend on firewire for channel changing for an HD-PVR.

--Greg