Wendy Seltzer wrote:
The BF requires "compliant devices" not to transmit unencrypted
high-def streams over any user-accessible bus. Instead, they must
implement the flag in a manner "robust against user modification" --
so if they'd seen the flag, they could only allow down-rez'd signals
over
At 3:02 PM -0600 5/8/05, Endaf Jones wrote:
Thank you Joe for your comments.
Very simply: If the Broadcast flag becomes law, all ATSC recording
devices with Linux drivers will no longer be sold. Your hardware
selection will GO AWAY. That's why it is important, even to Canadians.
However (and I'm
On 5/8/05, Endaf Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thank you Joe for your comments.
>
> >Very simply: If the Broadcast flag becomes law, all ATSC recording
> >devices with Linux drivers will no longer be sold. Your hardware
> >selection will GO AWAY. That's why it is important, even to Canadian
Thank you Joe for your comments.
Very simply: If the Broadcast flag becomes law, all ATSC recording
devices with Linux drivers will no longer be sold. Your hardware
selection will GO AWAY. That's why it is important, even to Canadians.
However (and I'm not trying to be argumentative, but rather s
--- Endaf Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why does the flag matter to us myth users ? (in terms of hardware
> selection)
Very simply: If the Broadcast flag becomes law, all ATSC recording
devices with Linux drivers will no longer be sold. Your hardware
selection will GO AWAY. That's why it i
Ian Trider wrote:
Why does the flag matter to us myth users ? (in terms of hardware selection)
Assuming this is true, isn't it a simple case of modifying myth source
code in order to enforce/ignore the flag? (regardless of ATSC card flag
implementation).
My understanding of the issue i
> Why does the flag matter to us myth users ? (in terms of hardware selection)
> Assuming this is true, isn't it a simple case of modifying myth source
> code in order to enforce/ignore the flag? (regardless of ATSC card flag
> implementation).
My understanding of the issue is that yes, this is m
Why does the flag matter to us myth users ? (in terms of hardware selection)
Doesn't the ATSC card/driver just pass the data stream down (unaltered)
and myth just records that stream to a file? Isn't the real magic in
enforcing the flag in the software that decodes or plays the file once
it's b
