[olug] Cox DVR questions...

[Adam Lassek]

Not at all. HDMI is just dual-link DVI with integrated audio. HDCP is
unlikely to ever happen on Linux, but that is only required for playing DRM
'protected' content. You can still do hi-def video over HDMI as long as it's
unprotected.

If you do want hi-def video, however, make sure the PC is very powerful. My
current media center is a dual-core pentium with 3Gigs of ram and an nVidia
8500 and it can't even do 720p.

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Will Langford <unfies at gmail.com> wrote:
<snip>

> Linux compatible HDMI might be... a misnomer.  HDCP + linux might be
> more... of an issue.  As it is, I DVI -> HDMI cable just fine.
>
> > My daughters have really latched on to some shows on "Noggin" (channel
> > 257).  Will any digital tuner card pull in this channel?   Is this
> channel
> > encrypted on the wire?
> > (If it's encrypted, then that implies that you're forced to purchase a
> COX
> > piece of hardware instead of using more commodity equipment.  Just
> doesn't
> > seem right if I'm already paying for the channels that I'd have to use a
> > "blessed" piece of hardware too...)
>
> While I don't have first hand experience attempting to look at digital
> tuning on cox, it appears the consensus is you're SOL... encrypted
> goodness.  As such, you need a tuner of some sort that can handle
> digital tuner cards.  A few exist, but are typically difficult to come
> by... and undoubtedly will be a Windows based solution.
>
> A more common solution is to use ir blaster devices to have your
> computer control the cable box.  This way you can get a nice solid
> state box from Cox (where a HD won't fail like my DVR is heh) and use
> the svideo out from it to feed into your PVR computer.  There are
> plenty of people here who have such setups working from MythTV.  The
> only draw back would probably be if you want multiple tuners in your
> computer, you'd need to get multiple boxes from cox (heat and desk
> space usage hogging heh).
>
> -Will
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