> Can someone explain then what the hopes for recording encrypted HD > "digital cable" content with the HD-3000 or a similar device? I > know there are smart cards and the like, which TiVo intends to > support, but what hope is there that MythTv will be able to support > such schemes? For me, and prob. others, this is the root of the > newbie's concern when brewing and investing into a PVR.
The unofficial official answer is that MythTV will never support illegally decrypting encrypted content from cable or satellite sources: it might, for instance, eventually support as-is recording of encrypted content which must then be played back through the original STB with its access controls in place, but I don't know of any such devices at the moment anyway. However, just as xine doesn't officially support playback of DVD's in the US due to ridiculous DMCA-enabled restraints on the civil liberties of American citizens, some hacker in Sweden will probably eventually break the encryption (potentially at cost to his own freedom and sanity) and you'll thereafter be able to obtain the means to record the stuff in the clear, albeit technically illegally. But that's the unofficial unofficial answer. Personally, I'd rather help the political climate shift to widespread opposition to the content cartel, because I'd rather be able to exercise my natural fair use rights in the clear rather than underground. Cheers, Kyle
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