On 1/8/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steven Adeff</b> <<a href="mailto:adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com">adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
> The bad part is that a seemingly random assortment of HD OTA channels have<br>> some kind of copy protection enabled. ABC, CBS, and CW, according to the<br>> set top diagnostic screen, have CCI: 0x02 and RC Flag: 0x01 set. And
<br>> test-mpeg2 generates garbage when trying to record them. The rest have<br>> these flags set to 0 and test-mpeg2 has no problem. A little googling shows<br>> these setting control whether a program is copy-once, copy-always, etc, and
<br>> whether a device is forced to downconvert it on playback. I'll be calling<br>> Verizon support as soon as they're open to get them to fix this and report<br>> back once I have more info.<br>><br>
> Now to look up those FCC regs in case I need to cite them...<br><br>Those control settings correspond to the 5C DRM system, sadly theres<br>no FCC regulation saying they have to let you receive OTA HD without a<br>5C system. They may however have to let you receive the Analog
<br>equivalent stations over firewire without 5C equipment. I say 'may'<br>because theres still some legal questions as to how much control the<br>FCC has over IPTV systems.</blockquote><div><br>Although the wording is obtuse, the way I read CFR Title 47
76.1904 of the regulations, it sounds like they're not allowed to encrypt HD OTA signals. In any case, the guy I talked to in technical support at Verizon agreed with me that none of those channels should be encrypted (after he put me on hold for a few minutes, presumably talking with a supervisor) and said they're going to look into fixing the problem and would give me a call back.
</div><br></div>-Jerry<br>