[mythtv-users] HDHomerun Prime - Preorders official on newegg

Matt Emmott memmott at gmail.com
Mon May 16 14:34:20 UTC 2011


On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Tom Bongiorno <two.bits.11 at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Matt Emmott <memmott at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 10:11 PM, Tom Bongiorno <two.bits.11 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >> On 5/15/2011 19:27, Steven Adeff wrote:
>>> >>> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Ronald Frazier<ron at ronfrazier.net>
>>>  wrote:
>>> >>>> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Raymond Wagner<
>>> raymond at wagnerrp.com>  wrote:
>>> >>>>>    But if you're not going to use a cablecard, it would be far
>>> cheaper
>>> >>>>> just get multiple of the two tuner units.  There's no real point
>>> running
>>> >>>>> it in basic mode.
>>> >>>> Sure there is, but mostly it's the same advantage that would
>>> persuade
>>> >>>> one to get the 6 tuner instead of two 3-tuners: you prefer the
>>> >>>> integrated form factor and reduced wiring. Not worth it to me, but
>>> for
>>> >>>> some people I guess it is.
>>> >>> I thought the 6 tuner model would be able to use all 6 tuners with
>>> one
>>> >>> cablecard?
>>> >>
>>> >> No.  The 6-tuner model is nothing more than the circuit boards
>>> strapped
>>> >> into a single case, with a shared power supply.
>>> >>
>>> >>> still, when will MythTV support it? will it work with the current
>>> HDHR option?
>>> >>
>>> >> MythTV will see it as three independent tuners, on each of two devices
>>> >> on two separate IPs.
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>>> >
>>> > The six-tuner model was always advertised to use two CCs.  Think of it
>>> > as 2x three-tuners because it literally is 2x three-tuners in one
>>> > enclosure as I mentioned earlier.
>>> >
>>> > It is already supported in MythTV as of .24.
>>> > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Silicondust_HDHomeRun_Prime
>>>
>>> ahhh, awesome. pre-ordered it then!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> So, what codec / wrapper / etc will the recorded shows be in? I assume
>> they won't be H.264? Will they be the same as my current HDHR recordings
>> from QAM - What is that, MPEG-2? If so, that will be nice since my iMac FE
>> can't handle H.264 but it does ok with my HDHR recordings.
>>
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> The PRIME does not encode anything.  The PRIME is responsible for the
> following:
>
> 1) Verify you have access to channel.
> 2) Tune the channel.
> 3) Decrypt that channel stream via the CableCard.
> 4) If stream is marked copy-once:
>    a) If requesting software is CableLabs certified, re-encrypt stream.
>    b) Otherwise, go no further.  The stream is inaccessible.
> 4) Pass unaltered stream (encrypted or not) to the requesting software.
>
> As you can see, at no point is the encoding anything.  The video stream is
> unaltered from what was sent by the cable co.
>
> The question really is: In what codec / wrapper / etc will the cable co
> send the shows?
> _______________________________________________
>
> Thanks and yeah, I knew I wasn't asking the correct question but I knew you
guys would get the gist.  :-) So, I guess we don't know yet?
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