[mythtv-users] HDHomeRun Prime up for pre-order at Amazon

[Tom Bongiorno]

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 3:37 AM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:

> On 5/2/2011 03:20, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Raymond Wagner"<raymond at wagnerrp.com>
> >> On 5/2/2011 02:51, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: "Matt Emmott"<memmott at gmail.com>
> >>>>
> http://www.amazon.com/SiliconDust-HDHomeRun-Premium-Television-HDHR3-CC/dp/tech-data/B004HKIB6E/
> >>> That description says it will only do encrypted content with WMC.
> >> It will send encrypted video to any software that wants it. It will
> >> only send copy protected video to licensed software, the list of which
> >> at current only includes Vista MC and W7MC. MythTV is currently capable
> >> of recording content that is encrypted, but marked as 'copy freely', or
> >> in other words the same content you can otherwise capture over firewire
> >> from a cable box.
> > IOW: it is *not* Cablecard compatible, but that's orthogonal to the
> > sentence about which I inquired?
>
> The quote from amazon is:
>
> Compatible With: Windows Media Center (for use with encrypted or copy
> controlled content), Other Popular DVR Programs (for use with copy
> freely content)
>
> Windows Media Center can access copy controlled content with the device,
> while other DVR software that support the library can access copy freely
> content.  Encryption does not factor into this anywhere.  The cablecard
> is used for decryption, but unencrypted content can be marked for copy
> protection just as well.
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Cable content is protected in two ways.  Encryption and copy protection.
 The decryption is handles by the cable card and the copy protection is
handled by the HDHomeRun PRIME.  The PRIME's job is to take the decrypted
content from the CableCard, and protect it if need be.  Content marked for
copy protection must not be accessible by non-certified software.  There are
three types of content:

1) Unencrypted with no copy protection (exactly the same content as a Clear
QAM tuner in MythTV)
2) Encrypted with no copy protection (exactly the same content as a Firewire
tuner in MythTV)
3) Encrypted with copy protection (never gonna happen)

MythTV can do 1 and 2, but Win7 MC is the only software certified to do all
three.

-Tom
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