>In order to make a cablecard slot, known as a "pod host interface" if >you >want to search google for it, you need to sign a licencing agreement >with the cartel. And they are not going to let MythTV or an open >source based card sign that agreement to let the content out in >the open, unfortunately, even if the FOSS community could afford >the licence. > >Tivo can do it, Tivo is officially locked, it encrypts the video to >disk etc. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
doesnt mean that it wont be reversed engineered. windows media center
2006 will supposedly have support for cable cards so expect to see pci
cards out at around that time. maybe someone will attempt to figure out
how to get it working. really i think this would be the "killer app" for
mythtv (or any other computer-based pvrs)
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