[mythtv-users] problem starting LiveTV sometimes because of sometimes cablecard copy protection

Khanh Tran khanh at khanh.net
Sun Nov 20 16:03:57 UTC 2011


On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Gary Buhrmaster
<gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 04:36, Khanh Tran <khanh at khanh.net> wrote:
>> I'm running an HD HomeRun Prime and this morning I couldn't start
>> LiveTV.  The HRHR Prime tuner status showed:
>
> It will not fix the "locked" LiveTV issue (which is more
> general), but make sure you have upgraded to the
> latested HDHR Prime firmware, which will fix a problem
> where CGMS protection is applied incorrectly.  From
> the changelog:
>
> "CC models: Fix problem where copy-protection could be incorrectly
> applied to some channels when not required."
>

That was from the 20111025 firmware changelog and I should have
mentioned that I was running that already.  I upgraded to
20111118beta1 just after I ran into that CGMS flag this morning.  I'll
report back if I see the issue again, but I don't exactly go hunting
for copy-protected material.


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