[mythtv-users] Comcast encrypting World Series on FoxHD

[Bob Shanteau]

On 11/1/2014 10:41 AM, Ronald Frazier wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Bob Shanteau <rmshant at gmail.com 
> <mailto:rmshant at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 10/28/2014 2:31 PM, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
>
>         On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 8:55 PM, Bob Shanteau
>         <rmshant at gmail.com <mailto:rmshant at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>             I have found that Comcast (Monterey, California) is
>             flipping the copy once flag on FoxHD about 5 minutes
>             before the pre-game show starts and flips the switch back
>             shortly after the game ends, meaning that I cannot record
>             the games on MythTV. I thought that cable companies had to
>             provide local broadcast HD channels without restrictions.
>             What's going on?
>
>         Well, not exactly.  The rules are complex.  Are you sure that
>         it is not Fox that is adding in the protection (Fox is known
>         to be aggressive with their protection of content).
>
>         How are you (attempting) to record the content?  OCUR or
>         analogue hole?  What is the reported values of subscription,
>         authorization, copy protection, and cgms flags?
>
>
>     And how, pray tell, do I find out those values? Is that through
>     the diagnostic menu of my STB or through a command line program or
>     what?
>
>
> And how, pray tell, would we be able to tell you how to finid those 
> values since you didn't answer the question about how you are 
> recording (which was asked of you by 2 different posters) ? :-)

Oops, sorry. I thought I had told you that I was not able to record 
World Series games on my local (Salinas, CA, USA) FoxHD channel with 
either a Motorola DCH3200 using firewire or an HDHomerun Prime using 
ethernet.

Bob Shanteau
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