I don't think we have seen the last of the broadcast flag. The TV studios and the MPAA could resurrect the broadcast flag. They both pay a lot of money in lobbying in Washington DC. I don't think there is anything stopping the copy right holders from strong arming the hardware manufactures. This is why we have things like High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP). There have also been some reports from Tivo users about content that is blocked from being recorded. There are also reports of time limits on how long you can keep a copy of your recorded content. MythTV to my knowledge does not enforce or have any of these methods by default.
Mike Miller On 9/4/06, Allen Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ah, so the mandate for the Broadcast Flag was thrown out by the courts. I hadn't heard that. http://www.eff.org/IP/broadcastflag/ This is indeed good news. Bully for the EFF! -- Allen Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.peak.org/~abrown/ Resisting temptation is easier when you think you'll probably get another chance later on. Michael Miller wrote: > If you going to spend $128 you might as well pay an extra dollar for a > HD-5500 ( http://www.pchdtv.com/ ). > > The HD-5500 is a fully Linux supported video capture card that does > software encoding/decoding. This card does not and will not support > the broadcast flag. > > I have a HD-3000 card and enjoy it. > > Mike Miller > > On 9/4/06, Brian Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I see that WinTV PVR 350 is $128 at Mwave. That doesn't seem too bad a >> price. I just want to view OPB programs and maybe be able to save some >> to DVD. Is this doable? >> >> Is MPEG2 good enough to playback a Nature show with some quality? I'm >> tired of the flaky video quality experience. >> >> Mr O wrote: >> > The latest MythTV (0.19) raves about the capabilities of the 350 >> > (nice TV out). The 350 is the *only* Hauppauge card with >> > HARDWARE encoding and DECODING. The 150 and the 250 are the same >> > in features supporting only hardware encoding. I believe the 150 >> > is just a cheaper PCB. >> > >> > I'm hoping to *finally* setup a MythTV box with my ATI HDTV >> > Wonder in the next few weeks. My primary purpose isn't for TV >> > though since I don't watch the stuff. I'd like to be able to rip >> > my DVD collection and be able to browse and watch anything I >> > want with proper surround sound and a properly scaled picture >> > on my little plasma via VGA or Component input. Time will tell >> > if I get it done soon or not. >> > >> > That be all, >> > Mr O. >> > >> > >> > --- Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > >> >> I thought that benefit of the wintv-pvr model# 350 was also a >> >> major gripe -- >> >> if I read right (disclaimer: somewhere, a while ago!) you can >> >> *only* get >> >> mpeg2 video out of this card... does anyone have one and know >> >> if you can get >> >> the raw video, to do your own encoding with? That is, as >> >> opposed to >> >> decoding the mpeg2 stream, then re-encoding it (yuck, with the >> >> mpeg2 >> >> artifacts, although I guess you could set that to the highest >> >> quality)... >> >> so if this is true, it would depend on your desired usage. >> >> NewEgg doesn't >> >> seem to carry the 350, although they have various 150 models >> >> ($53-$85), with >> >> and without remotes. Even a low-profile 150 model, nice! >> >> Amazon has the >> >> 350 for $134. The model# 500 has dual mpeg encoders&tuners. >> >> >> >> cheerio, >> >> >> >> Ben _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
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