[mythtv-users] Ceton infiniTV 6 tuner devicesannounced(PCIeand Ethernet)

[Raymond Wagner]

From: Dean Collins
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 2:44 PM
> Thanks for teaching me that one windows media center pc cannot pass
> video content to another....i had no idea that you could only pass
> it to an xbox...wtf??

A quick search finds...
http://experts.windows.com/frms/windows_entertainment_and_connected_home/f/1
16/t/101276.aspx

You can access and play video files on a remote computer, but you cannot
play them as recordings. Since Ceton tuners (and all CableCard tuners on
the market) are network attached (the PCIe and USB cards use an internal
network), they can be bridged onto your local private network and accessed
by any WMC machine on the network. In this manner, any networked WMC PC
can access the tuner, but can only access recordings made by that specific
WMC PC. If you want recordings to be accessible on multiple PCs, each PC
must make its own independent recording.

> So can someone explain to me specifically what TimeWarner do for
> Show/HBO? Is it copy freely or copy once or copy never??

It's not going to be "Copy Freely", so from MythTV's perspective, it
doesn't really matter. One of the users on this list, Ron Frazier, has
been maintaining a database of copy protection flags, although since
CableCard on Time Warner is useless for MythTV users, he only has one
entry.

http://www.ronfrazier.net/mythtv/cci/index.php?id=40

HBO is all "Copy Once", except for HBO Latino West HD, which is "Copy
Freely". You can chalk that one up to either a faulty scan, or
incompetance on Time Warner's part. Rest assured they didn't intend to
leave that one open.

> And yes I can fault "the factory representative" for Ceton passing
> information along incorrectly.

Their website has more accurate information, but requires you know a bit
about the cable systems to understand the terms.

Switched Digital Video is a mechanism Time Warner uses to allow denser use
of their bandwidth. They only have to broadcast the channels customers are
actually using.
http://cetoncorp.com/infinitv_support/faq/#1530

Tru2Way is the interactive mechanism used to support Video On Demand and
any other interactive service.
http://cetoncorp.com/infinitv_support/faq/#1537

Finally, a bit of information about the copy protection flags.
http://www.cetoncorp.com/support/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/2/8/c
opy-protection-flags



On an unrelated note, can you see from the above why responding below the
original message makes more sense? With a one-to-one discussion, top
posting is fine. When many people are viewing in a mailing list, it makes
sense to post below, so other viewers can read the original post and get
some context for the answer.