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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/01/2014 01:34 PM, Ronald Frazier
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<div>On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Peter Bennett (cats22) <span
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are new rules at play here.<br>
A recent standards change causes the cci "unrestricted"
setting to pass<br>
through as "none", with cgms flags in play. If cgms is set
to<br>
"protected-copyonce" you cannot record that channel.<br>
If you are using homerun prime firmware 20140604 you are
OK, it is<br>
ignoring the cgms flags.<br>
Evidently that is a bug, earlier versions of the firmware
as well as the<br>
newest version 20141024beta2 do not ignore the cgms flag.<br>
I have firmware 20141024beta2. I now have USA network and
FX (maybe<br>
others also) showing like this:<br>
vch=763 name=USAHD auth=subscribed cci=none
cgms=protected-copyonce<br>
I can no longer record or watch those channels with
Homerun Prime.<br>
I can still watch and record them through mythtv with
Firewire from the<br>
cable box. I wonder how long that will continue to work.<br>
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Yeah, I posted about this issue in another thread back in
september. And I had a feeling at that time that the Prime
would end up being "fixed" (more like broken, from my
perspective) to honor CGMS flags.
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<div>So 2 options:</div>
<div>1) With the prime, can you downgrade your firmware? I
know the Ceton cards let you downgrade firmware (though
not the hardware image), but not sure about the prime. If
you can, I have a copy of the 20140604 firmware I can
share with you, and it ignore the CGMS flags.</div>
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<div>2) What cable provider do you have? I have WOW, and
they have a solution. If you contact them (WOW_Dan from
the dslreports forum helped me with this), they can lock
your cablecard to the older firmware from before CISCO
implemented this change. Your cablecard will then install
the old firmware and you'll be all set. I don't know if
comcast can/will do the same.</div>
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<div class="gmail_signature">Ron Frazier</div>
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I have Comcast. I tried installing the 20140604 firmware and it will
not do it (just says "ERROR" - not very helpful).<br>
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I have a feeling if I contact Comcast to downgrade or lock my cable
card that the people will not have the faintest clue what I am
talking about. They will helpfully offer to exchange the card or
send a technician who will also have no clue.<br>
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Peter<br>
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