[mythtv-users] Ceton PCIe / No liveTV / (TL_) Partial Lock

[Stephen P. Villano]

On 1/2/14, 6:30 PM, nonsense email wrote:
> Thanks guys for all your replies.  While I didn't think the filters or
> card initialization may be the cause, I'll try and have them
> reinitialize the card.  I have my WMC backed up as a image that I can
> reload at any point.  I just reloaded it before replying  and all
> channels work in WMC.  I'll give them a call and see what they say it
> looks like on their end.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Joseph DeGraw <coffee412 at comcast.net
> <mailto:coffee412 at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>     On 01/02/2014 06:10 PM, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
>     > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Joseph DeGraw
>     <coffee412 at comcast.net <mailto:coffee412 at comcast.net>> wrote:
>     > ....
>     >> Alot of times, from my experience, Comcast will go around and
>     put filters on
>     >> lines to filter out channels at locations where the customer
>     disconnected
>     >> service.
>     > While (old) filters are in place, Comcast no longer (since they
>     > now encrypt all content, including basic), generally installs
>     > filters (MOCA filters are special exceptions in some
>     > complexes), since they are not needed and provide no benefit,
>     > and generally remove any that they run into (to avoid future
>     > truck rolls).  At least that is supposed to be (new) Corp.
>     > policy, although old habits may die hard (and I have no idea
>     > if they have updated their contractor requirements yet;
>     > and depending on your location, it is contractors doing the
>     > work, not (direct) Comcast employees).
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>     I agree. The wild card in all this is comcast quality service :)
>
>     Seems rather odd that it worked in windows but not in linux. I have
>     heard of instances where the ceton didnt hold its configuration
>     information. However, I have not run into any such problems with my
>     ceton. Mine seems to run pretty darn good. I will also say that
>     this is
>     the first time I looked at comcast as having any type of value for me
>     because of this card and Mythtv :)
>
>     I think the thing to look at is the "partial lock" that the OP is
>     getting. That is strange. Perhaps something came lose - that little
>     cable on the back worries me as its quite flimsy.
>
>     ?
>
>     jdegraw
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I remember that the tech removed a handful of filters, when we had him
out to replace the line from the pole to the house.
He didn't even take them with him, asked us to toss them if we wanted to.
Now, everything is digital, so analog filters are no longer used at all.

I'm wondering if your Comcast franchise might be setting the channels
not to copy freely, but to one of the copy restricted modes.
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Recording_Digital_Cable#CableCARD

See the second paragraph of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythTV#HDTV_support

For copy restriction in digital television:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy_Control_Information

Some Comcast franchises have misconfigured their channels to be not copy
freely, but instead on occasion, making them copy never or something
quite similar. Can't recall the specifics off hand right now though,
should be in the mailing list archives though.



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