<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Derek & Cindi Cass <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cass@casscoenterprises.com" target="_blank">cass@casscoenterprises.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>On Tue, 2011-02-01 at 22:25 -0800, Robert McNamara wrote:<br>
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> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 10:22 PM, Nick Rout <<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com" target="_blank">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>><br>
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> Perhaps Ceton really meant they were working on linux support?<br>
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> As I understand the device, it's actually a network device via PCIe,<br>
> so all control of the tuner, including scanning, recording, etc. is<br>
> done via uPnP calls. There is little (if any) actual "driver" to<br>
> write for Linux. Also, given the Myth dev in question has been<br>
> working on recorder support for quite a while, it's safe to say it<br>
> already works in Linux.<br>
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> Robert<br>
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</div>This is a CableCard device. I assume "works in Linux" coupled with<br>
"same limitation as capturing over FireWire" is to say that this device<br>
will (does) work in Linux, but not in conjunction with a CableCard. And<br>
probably not ever in conjunction with a CableCard.<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><div>Capturing over FireWire does require a CableCard in most cases. It is inside the STB unless you have an older STB. Almost all cable content is encrypted, and the CableCard is required to decrypt the channels. You can capture some channels over FireWire because they are not copy protected (copy-freely). It is the copy protection, not encryption, that has kept CableCard devices unavailable to Linux until the rule changes back in August 2010. </div>
<div><br></div><div>So yes, this will work in Linux and in conjunction with a CableCard both technically and legally!</div>