brorjace
join:2007-12-09
Hamilton, ON
| reply to hdtvguy
Re: [Niagara] 6416 DVR blackouts
don't forget too that some programming is encrpyted against recording. I know it happened to me 19 mins into the new Terminator Chronicles show at 19 mins, so I'm almost sure it's an encryption thing.
Sadly though, there's no way to be sure because its not like we can call up snap shots of what the network was doing at the particular time of the freeze up  |
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DrDog
VIP
join:2006-07-28
Fort Erie, ON | I have dvr'd every ep of the sarah connor chron, I have had no issues with any of the recordings, I don't watch network tv, so i always tape it so I can ffwd thru commercials |
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hdtvguy
So Much For Subtlety
Premium
join:2003-11-12
St Catharines, ON
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said by brorjace  :don't forget too that some programming is encrpyted against recording. This should never be because:
•1 As of summer 2006 the Federal Supreme Court struck down the ability of the FCC to mandate manufacturers to incorporate "broadcast flag" circuitry into their hardware
YEAHH FOR US!!
•2 Motorola was the only STB hardware manufacturer to incorporate broadcast flag technology
BOOOO FOR US!!
•3 Broadcast channels in the States should me marked "copy freely" CC1=(0x00), marking them "copy once" CC2=(0x02) is against FCC regulations.
YEAHH FOR US!!
So the problem to me is local DTV stations (that Cogeco uses) haven't bothered to stop using the broadcast flag. It is in the ATSC bitstream which Cogeco receives and at the headend remodulates it to QAM and sends it out to our Moto boxes which when seeing the RC_descriptor in the bitstream, now apparently does one of two things or both, stops the ability of the programmed to be viewed and prevents the box from redistributing the content, and the only way it has to do this is via 1394, i.e. FireWire.
If the RC_descriptor is now playing games with the ability to "copy freely" or "copy once" to the hard drive, these Moto boxes are soon going to become very NON-DVR, everyday STB's.
I now highly regret my decision to purchase the box outright versus renting it! |
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brorjace
join:2007-12-09
Hamilton, ON | reply to DrDog
HAHA good call dude  I HATE commercials :P But I'll bet it was a space problem on my DVR, I'm almost full so that might be where my problem lies) |
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