<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Justin Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:justin.johnson3@gmail.com">justin.johnson3@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 1:05 PM, lists.md301 <<a href="mailto:lists.md301@gmail.com">lists.md301@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Up until now, I haven't seen a lot of encouraging information about the<br>
>> possibility of the new cablecard HD Homerun working with Linux and/or<br>
>> MythTV, but I saw this post on the Silicondust forum for the HDHomeRun<br>
>> Prime<br>
>> today. It's still not a lot of info to go on, and certainly gives no<br>
>> guarantees, but it seems a lot more promising than anything else I've read<br>
>> up to this point, so I thought I'd forward it to the list. If this is<br>
>> already old news, I apologize.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://www.silicondust.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8973" target="_blank">http://www.silicondust.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8973</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> nickk's comment:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi,<br>
>><br>
>> The video stream for copy-freely content is RTP - same the the HDHomeRun.<br>
>><br>
>> There is a ECR under review that would enable us to stream copy-freely<br>
>> content without requiring DRM registration. This will enable streaming to<br>
>> third-party applications.<br>
>><br>
>> Internally we use MythTV as part of our QA testing.<br>
>><br>
>> Nick<br>
><br>
> I haven't seen any more discussion on this thread or the list since the<br>
> following was announced:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://hd.engadget.com/2010/08/15/cablelabs-amends-ocur-spec-tuner-sharing-and-mythtv-are-on" target="_blank">http://hd.engadget.com/2010/08/15/cablelabs-amends-ocur-spec-tuner-sharing-and-mythtv-are-on</a><br>
><br>
> From the story:<br>
> "The other change we're glad didn't take forever to become a reality is the<br>
> one that stated that even Copy Freely content had to be transmitted<br>
> securely, which meant that Windows 7 Media Center was the only way to watch<br>
> any CableCARD tuner stuff, and while there isn't much encrypted QAM content<br>
> out there marked Copy Freely, MythTV and SageTV fans will have access to at<br>
> least some premium HD content."<br>
><br>
> Since Silicon Dust uses MythTV internally, will this capability make it onto<br>
> the public release roadmap? Personally I care, as I'm one of the lucky ones<br>
> where my Comcast system has all of my digital tier flagged Copy Freely (I<br>
> don't subscribe to any Premiums, which I presume are locked down), which I<br>
> can get through STB firewire. I'll mention here that I've heard they are<br>
> flagged Free for compatibility with Tivo's capability, since they have some<br>
> kind of working relationship with Comcast, but haven't found anything<br>
> definitely authoritative to confirm this. The implementation can vary<br>
> greatly by your particular head end-YMMV.<br>
><br>
><br>
<br>
</div></div>Is it safe to assume that if I can get stuff over firewire, then they<br>
are marked "Copy Freely"?<br>
<font color="#888888">--Justin Johnson<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It's probably not safe to assume anything until you actually test (just as firewire availability and QAM availability have little relation to one another) but my semi-informed opinion is that it greatly increases the chances of it being marked copy-free.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Robert </div></div>