[mythtv-users] Broadcast flag (tell me why myth users should care technically?)

[Endaf Jones]

Ian Trider wrote:

>>Why does the flag matter to us myth users ? (in terms of hardware selection)
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>>Assuming this is true, isn't it a simple case of modifying myth source
>>code in order to enforce/ignore the flag? (regardless of ATSC card flag
>>implementation).
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>My understanding of the issue is that yes, this is more or less the case.
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>However, this would be illegal for a MythTV developer in the US to do,
>so you would have to get branched source and binaries from outside the
>country.
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>(I'm of course assuming you are American)
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I am Canadian, but I understand your point.  So now myth will have a 
legal issue in the USA if it does not impliment the flag (did anyone 
think of this yet?).

I can just see the underground sources poping up on P2P with the 
broadcast flag commented out...

# Endaf