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by SpiceWare
Sat Jul 26, 2025 5:57 am
Forum: ATSC 3.0 Forum
Topic: Encryption
Replies: 735
Views: 1095845

Re: Encryption

decaym wrote: Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:44 pmTo put it another way, do you believe Pearl would have tried this move if we had "President Harris" in office right now?
Considering this DRM fight started long before January 20, 2025 I don't think it matters which party holds the top office.
by SpiceWare
Thu Aug 08, 2024 8:12 am
Forum: ATSC 3.0 Forum
Topic: Encryption
Replies: 735
Views: 1095845

Re: Encryption


To be pedantic, this is not 100% true. Enphase iQ8 inverters can do what they call 'solar backup', which can form a microgrid and provide power without batteries.

Thanks for the info, hadn't heard of those. Looks like they came out in late 2021 , my system was installed March 2019 .

This only ...
by SpiceWare
Wed Aug 07, 2024 7:59 am
Forum: ATSC 3.0 Forum
Topic: Encryption
Replies: 735
Views: 1095845

Re: Encryption


If the internet went out during a disaster, most likely the power would too, so who cares?


There are many people like me who have backup power. Mine's via solar with battery*, others use gas powered generators, or natural gas powered generators.

I'm in the Houston area and lost power the first ...
by SpiceWare
Tue Nov 15, 2022 10:25 am
Forum: Downloads & Instructions
Topic: Synology SPK for DVR Record Engine
Replies: 667
Views: 1915480

Re: Synology SPK for DVR Record Engine


did you move recordings using the macOS finder, from the old to the new partition? I copied my old recordings using the synology DSM file manager, and it took only few seconds (files moved from the old to the new partition)


I used Finder. I moved 12 TB of recordings from a Drobo 8D (Thunderbolt ...
by SpiceWare
Mon Nov 14, 2022 9:38 am
Forum: Downloads & Instructions
Topic: Synology SPK for DVR Record Engine
Replies: 667
Views: 1915480

Re: Synology SPK for DVR Record Engine

I ended up pointing it to a new directory for new recordings, then copied over all the recordings from the initial directory. Took a few days. That finished on Friday, after which I copied over the new recordings, then uninstalled the DVR from my Mac. Surprisingly, the uninstall process did not ...
by SpiceWare
Mon Nov 07, 2022 4:17 pm
Forum: Downloads & Instructions
Topic: Synology SPK for DVR Record Engine
Replies: 667
Views: 1915480

Re: Synology SPK for DVR Record Engine


We have just released an official Silicondust package for Synology:


Nice!

I've done a new install on my Synology DS1821+, it's never been used as a DVR before. Was simple to install, and appears to be working - in File Station I see HDHomeRun, configuration file, log file, Live TV directory ...