Correct, none of the digital channels work, including the locals. The locals is an obvious problem, but I think even some or most of the digital chanels should be open too. I think what we really need is full disclosure of what will be protected, and what won't. My best leverage may be that I can say, well, it worked up until now. If it had never worked, I would have a hard time getting past the first layer I think.
As I read the FCC rules, it doesn't seem to say anything about 5C being required, only that content protection is supposed to be limited to certain content types: The "LEGAL document" containing these rules is Code of Federal Regulations Title 47, Chapter I, Subchapter C, Part 76, specifically ยง76.1904, paragraph (b)(1): (1) Commercial audiovisual content shall not be encoded so as to prevent or limit copying thereof except as follows: (i) To prevent or limit copying of video-on-demand or pay-per-view transmissions, subject to the requirements of paragraph (b)(2) of this section; and (ii) To prevent or limit copying, other than first generation of copies, of pay television transmissions, non-premium subscription television, and free conditional access delivery transmissions; and (2) With respect to any commercial audiovisual content delivered or transmitted in form of a video-on-demand or pay-per-view transmission, a covered entity shall not encode such content so as to prevent a covered product, without further authorization, from pausing such content up to 90 minutes from initial transmission by the covered entity (e.g., frame-by-frame, minute-by-minute, megabyte by megabyte). So, I'm no lawyer, but I think this means that requiring 5C compliant devices in order to record content that isn't protected is not allowed. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users