I can't imagine the cable industry inventing or adopting another DRM system at this point. TV over QAM is on its way out.


*Every* major operator has indicated that their future solution will be IPTV based in major industry events. Some (especially the smaller ones) by exiting the TV service ...

I think you said the problem in your post. Port their software. They are still in the software business and it would be a hefty price and or not able to due to patents.


TiVo, the consumer DVR company, has gone through numerous corporate MA&D over the years. One of the most recent changes was a ...

I was just thinking it might be nice if HDHomeRun supported IP TV. The implementation would be where I could add m3u entries from something like https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv/tree/master/streams and assign them channel names.

-Jeff


The majority of those m3u entries are not authorized by ...

They are not available until Oct 15.

It requires a completely new app implementation. Once we have one here we will verify if the OS provides the features and level of access needed to be useful.


This response suggests that Amazon did not reach out to SD to assist you in a migration before the ...

I set up my network with UniFi gear because at the time I needed something a bit more than a preconfigured modem supplied by my ISP, and Ubiquiti UniFi was recommended to me.


FWIW, while others mentioned broadcast discovery, all the modern tuners support IPv6 multicast discovery, and more ...

At some point Charter will upgrade you to a plant that uses HSC's, which are more robust. Their schedule continues to shift forward, but maybe, this time, it will eventually happen before EOY 2027 (your location could be at the beginning or end of that period, but Charter does not share ...

This whole process of regularly troubleshooting missing channels and such, is a real PIA.


Actually, all the operators agree with you, and they are all in various stages of eliminating Linear QAM (and that includes CableCARD support) and replacing their TV service with IPTV distribution ...

Spectrum says their only other option is to send out a tech, which I think is BS. But it is what it is.


Depends on the root cause, and there is little to no ability to check on the causes remotely (so they sometimes need boots in the home). TA's use a reverse band that is *extremely* noisy ...

I remember back in the day, like most everyone here, getting a couple of $40 coupons to buy a couple of Zenith converter boxes which had a very sensitive tuner. I still have both boxes too. LOL.
In today's money, the FCC should now give up a $200 coupon for a STB. ;)


Such converter boxes have ...

https://cordcuttersnews.com/the-fcc-will-allow-abc-cbs-fox-nbc-tv-stations-to-shutdown-free-atsc-1-0-switch-to-atsc-3-0-only/

That post is bullshit and Luke Bouma should be embarrassed. Absolutely nothing changed because of the FCC's public notice. It was literally just a restatement of all ...

nickk wrote: Fri Aug 29, 2025 6:28 pm

techpro2004 wrote: Fri Aug 29, 2025 6:13 pm Does this mean drm support will be released soon? thanks.

ATSC org doesn't make the rules for DRM.

But you at least get a voice at the ATSC table. Which can only be a positive.

very odd. 5 min ago I was getting 98 channels now it shows 83. I guess I have to invest in a lte/5g filter. which one is best for low-vhf. thanks.

fyi with the old antenna I was getting 120 channels.


EDIT: Looking at the specs for that antenna, it appears to have a preamp which already has a ...

That is correct. Matching is via public IP address and we don't know the public IPv4 address of a tuner that connects to our servers using IPv6.

Perhaps IPv6 capable devices (if they also have an IPv4 address) should also attempt to contact the servers via IPv4 to add those devices to the ...

Yes, I know SD recommends against using cloud based discovery (and I mostly don't use is, but I do offer it as an option for one of my apps). But I have observed a couple of what I consider to be anomalies (errors) in the results.

First, if one uses the IPv4 endpoint, or the default endpoint, which ...

The detailed dBmV / dB values are present within the current OTA tuners, they are just disabled unless you have a DEV unit. I upgraded to DEV units awhile back, it has helped me optimize my antennas immensely.


Well, then, maybe the TECH3-CC supports those additional values (nickk?)? If not, at ...