[H-GEN] now cable capture

Robert Brockway robert at timetraveller.org
Thu Oct 7 22:37:17 EDT 2010


On Fri, 8 Oct 2010, Russell Stuart wrote:

> Well, they could encrypt the signal.  And as it happens, that is what
> they do.  The keys needed to decrypt the signal are generated by a
> smartcard which plugs into the decoder box they give you.

And from the decoder the signal goes to the TV right?  The 'TV' can be a 
TV tuner card run by MythTV.

I can't see how they can prevent the signal being recorded by a TV tuner 
card given that a TV can display the unencrypted signal.

Cheers,

Rob

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