[mythtv-users] Copy protection on analog broadcasts?

Josh White jaw1959 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 26 17:17:13 UTC 2008


That's what I was thinking...are there any other Ithaca NY (or central NY
even) MythTV users that record analog cable from Time Warner Cable and
happen to watch Lost?

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Joe Ripley <vitaminjoe at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Josh White <jaw1959 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I notice a distinct problem when recording Lost and only when recording
> Lost
> > (I do not see any issues when recording other shows on the same channel
> with
> > the same tuners, or on other shows on other channels that I record while
> > Lost is on).  The issues I see include sound dropping out for a second
> or
> > so, rainbow colored interference that eventually becomes gray static,
> and
> > then goes away after a few seconds.  When I get the gray static, I get
> the
> > typical static sound you would get when there is no signal present on an
> > analog system (the classic "hiss" or "snow" or whatever you want to call
> > it).
>
> This sounds a lot like the Macrovision content protection system:
>
> More at:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrovision#Analog_Copy_Prevention
>
> Maybe your cable provider is broadcasting a Macrovision protected copy
> of Lost?
>
> --
> Joe Ripley
> vitaminjoe at gmail.com
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