[mythtv-users] Time Warner encrypting everything. HDHR Prime with CableCard unable to record anything.

[jedi]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 01:58:18PM -0500, Steven Adeff wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 3:18 AM, Bob Sully <rcs at malibyte.net> wrote:
> > Running 0.27-fixes on Ubuntu 14.04
> > HD-HR Prime x 1 (3 tuners), HD-PVR x1
> >
> > Hi all -
> > The Evil Empire has finally made good on its promise to encrypt all
> > channels, including the local broadcast stations.
> >
> > HD-HR Prime is now unable to record anything.  CableCard is now useless on
> > Myth (at least I could previously use it to record the clear QAM channels).
> > Of course it works on Winblows Media Center (did a short test).
> >
> > I've been running Linux on everything, and Myth for years, don't wish to
> > switch to Windows.
> >
> > Pardon the dumb question...but do I have any recourse?  An antenna is pretty
> > much a no-go, as I'm in a real fringe area.  Right now the HD-PVR is
> > handling everything, which means only one recording at a time.
> >
> > Thanks.
> 
> My parents, with TWC in Los Angeles, have two HD-PVR's and recently
> switched their HDHR to use an OTA antenna instead of QAM. Once signal
> strength issues were worked out to the best they could, it's been
> working great for them. Plus they get a bunch more channels with the
> antenna than QAM had, though most of them are of minimal interest to
> them.

     In my area there are a number of rerun dominated channels on 
broadcast subchannels that are available via broadcast but not cable. 
Depending on your tastes, you might find the extra subchannels interesting.