Directivo, TivoNET, and ExtractStream

[markb@y...]

--- In ExtractStream@y..., tivo_extract@p... wrote:
> As for DirecTV supporting macrovision, I am pretty sure that all of 
> the directv broadcasts are encoded with macrovision.

Well, some of them certainly are not, since I've recorded stuff off 
DirecTV in the past. From what others have said, DirecTV does 
support Macrovision, though.

> If I were directv, I definitely wouldn't broadcast a clear MPEG2 
> stream.

They don't. It's encrypted. This has nothing to do with 
Macrovision. DirecTV encryption is there to prevent signal theft, 
while Macrovision is there to prevent VCR recording. Macrovision is 
an analog signal, and therefore must be added in by the receiver 
after decoding the digital signal.

-Mark