[mythtv-users] NTSC, ATSC, QAM & device clarifications

[Daryl McDonald]

On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 3:25 PM, James Miller <gajs-f0el at dea.spamcon.org>
wrote:

> On Sat, 21 Feb 2015, Eric Sharkey wrote:
>
>  Those were for OTA only.  For cable, you need to get one from your
>> cable provider.
>>
>> No, that's not correct.  There's no DRM on the analog output of either
>> an STB or DTA.  You can re-digitize it just fine.  This is sometimes
>> referred to as "the analog hole" since the trip from digital to analog
>> and back to digital removes the DRM.
>>
>
> Thanks for the clarification, Eric. That's what I suspected--namely, that
> without a cable-company-supplied/registered device (with accompanying
> rental cost), there will be no viewing/recording of content. So the "analog
> hole," which could otherwise work for me since I am not fixated on HD,
> could only be taken advantage of by renting TWC (in my case) equipment. If
> there's not something I could buy for a one-time cost to do this with, I
> won't be interested. And I doubt there would be since I helped a couple
> residents of my complex install and set up their cable-company-supplied
> devices and realize there is a registration process. No doubt they will
> only register/authorize equipment supplied by them.
>
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> My provider is Cogeco, not TWC, but I can record clear QAM without a STB
on a digital PCI-e card. The channel numbers are up to six digit hyphenated
strings like 125-79 for ABC and Cogeco said they were encrypting everything
as of January.
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