[mythtv-users] hdpvr 2 (1512) linux/mythtv support.

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Mon Nov 4 15:58:33 UTC 2013


On Fri, Nov 01, 2013 at 08:49:11PM -0400, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Oz Dror <odror7 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>If what you mean by that is test HDMI input from
> >>your STB, that was not going to work in any event
> >>for any protected content, since the HD-PVR2
> >>does not do HDCP (the DRM for HDMI which is
> >>required for transport of protected content).
> >
> >
> > look at http://www.hdfury.com/
> 
> The hdfury is digital to analog.  It doesn't preserve the digital
> signal, so it introduces some level of noise.  For some unfathomable
> reason, this is considered ok.

     The copies are disposable and the originals aren't that great to begin with.

     Same logic that applies to the HD-PVR.

> 
> In the analog world, serial copying doesn't work because the noise
> from each copy adds up to unacceptable levels.  The hdfury + hdpvr
> allows one pass through the analog world, with further serial copying
> being digital, so HDCP doesn't really do much to prevent serial
> copying.


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