[mythtv-users] MythTV vs. Windows Media Center

[Eric Sharkey]

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Nasa <nasa01 at comcast.net> wrote:

>> As far as I know, the FCC regulation that require support for this
>> are
>> still in effect.
>>
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/FireWire#FCC_regulations
>>
>> Comcast can't just decide to turn off the channel changing
>> capabilities for your box.
> Actually Eric,
>
> They are not.  I posted about this (no one seemed to have notice) a couple
> of months back -- see here:
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/458778?search_string=fcc;#458778

Interesting.

But, if I'm reading that correctly, isn't it saying that the
functional interface for controlling a STB is no longer mandated to be
a firewire interface, but that there still must be some form of
functional machine control interface, such as IP over ethernet or
something else?  The new rules don't seem to suggest that the operator
can just say "screw you".

Eric