[mythtv-users] Cheap HDMI capture

[Mike Perkins]

On 27/06/16 17:37, Kirk Bocek wrote:
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> On 6/27/2016 9:34 AM, Mike Perkins wrote:
>> On 27/06/16 17:18, Dan Ritter wrote:
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>>> I just ran across this:
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>>> https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/cheap-hdmi-capture-for-linux
>>>
>>> in which the author writes about reverse-engineering an
>>> HDMI-over-IP extender device in order to capture the output.
>>>
>>> Looks like it might make a good tuner if combined with a set top
>>> box and an IR blaster.
>>>
>> You might get the traffic that way but it would still have HDCP applied. I think you're gonna need
>> a bigger gadget.
>>
>
> Are you sure? The author says the stream can be dumped to VLC. I don't think VLC can decode HDCP.
>
Well, yeah, if the stream didn't have HDCP in the first place. He doesn't say what devices he is 
using for sources but it looks like he is into video studio reworking anyway, which probably means 
no HDCP on the streams.

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Mike Perkins