[mythtv-users] RNG110 Set-top Box

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Andrew Gideon <ag918762 at gideon.org> wrote:
>> Unless you are in a very obscure special Comcast
>> franchise (none known, but never say never), all channels
>> that can be recorded over firewire can be recorded
>> on MythTV via an OCUR tuner and a CableCARD
>> rental.
>
> This is news to me.  If I'm understanding what I've just quickly read
> correctly, cablecard devices now work with Linux?  When I last checked
> into this, it required some Microsoft something-or-other.  I thought it
> had to do with enforcement of copy restrictions, or some such thing.

Cablecard has been usable with mythtv for ages. This page:

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Cablecard

hasn't changed since June 2012.


>
> What's a recommended device that communicates to a MythTV backend via
> either USB or Firewire (I prefer external for the ease of swapping
> hardware)?
>
> Thanks...
>
>         Andrew