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

[Jk90090]

> On Jan 14, 2015, at 10:58 AM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> 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.
> 
> 
I'm in LA, on TWC, and just added a PRIME to my myth because of the local channel encryption (which I think is BS), but all locals are fine (no DMR) as frankly it should be.