[mythtv-users] Cablecards registered to devices or to software stacks?

[Tom Bongiorno]

On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Bill Bogstad <bogstad at pobox.com> wrote:

> I'm thinking about getting one of the MythTV/Cablecard supporting
> devices that are starting to become available and have a question
> about registering the cablecard.   With an InfiniTV or HD Prime, can
> I have the cablecard installed/registered while running one software
> stack and then switch to a different software stack for actual operations?
> I might want to set things up with Windows Media Center for test purposes
> during the install and then switch to MythTV after the installer has left.
> Is that possible?  I know I can't pull a cablecard from one device and put
> it in a different one, but I am not sure if that applies in this case.
>
> On a related note, does anybody know if WMC will work fully to talk to an
> HD Prime while running in a virtual machine?  Or does it need to run
> on 'bare' hardware for copy protection purposes?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill Bogstad
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CableCards are registered to an OCUR device.  In your case the OCUR is
either the Ceton InfiniTV 4 or SiliconDust HDHomeRun PRIME.  At this time,
there is no MythTV support for the Ceton InfiniTV 4.
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