[mythtv-users] Hardware configuration and capabilities of MythTV

[jedi]

On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 04:52:51PM -0500, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
> > Copy once content is not allowed to be duplicated, so in order to ensure
> > this, the tuner card will only pass the content onto a Cable Labs certified
> > device.  That means certified hardware, running a certified operating
> > system, and certified media center software, and certified video hardware.
> >  All together... that means Windows Media Center 7 and an HDMI/HDCP capable
> > video card.
> 
> Or TiVo.  Or a DVR provided by the cable provider.
> 
> Definitely not MythTV or any other open source solution.

    The DRM is far more pervasive than that as Wagner alluded to. This isn't
just about Free Software but about pretty much every software DVR that isn't
MCE. This also impacts other systems that might not have suitably pervasive
DRM or corresponding video drivers. This could impact systems running Windows
that are just plain old. This stuff doesn't just lock out Free Software. It
locks out anyone that doesn't want to bend over for cable labs completely.