On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 12:43:35PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Well, why does it have to be a PCI card? Whose to say it wont be some > > other proprietary device, or even a combo of both, fit PCI card into PC, > > then connect wire(s) in some new interface. You have to hook your cable > > or cable box to the 'other' device. > > > > I would be perfectly happy "tuning" and storing the fully encrypted > datastream under myth. > For playback, just send it to the TV with a cable card and let it decrypt it. > This would possibly mean I can't share my programs with someone else if they > can't decrypt it (definately someone without a cable card or a card on > another system); but that is not my goal anyway. I just want to record and > playback shows at my house. Fast forward may be a problem if myth doesn't > know where to jump to. If the decoder could handle junk (which I assume it > can), you can just skip ahead xMB and live with the "resync clutter" I > suppose.
There would be no commercial skip, no editing, no "visible" fast forward and rewind, and seeking would be hard. Generally seeking is impossible in a standard encrypted stream but I presume these streams are developed so limited seeking is possible since they must deal with noise. It's possible, but not necessary, that a program could find the seek-points (i frames) without having to decrypt -- but this could also be impossible. There would be no previews and OSD would have to be done a different way. And, if they really want, they can put in timestamps so the decryptor refuses to decrypt unless you are playing the show "live".
_______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
