[u-u] What's a good digital capture card?

[uu at dclg.ca]

On 5/16/2016 8:58 PM, Ross Ridge wrote:
> David Collier-Brown writes:
>> I have an older MythTV that I used for analog, and just tried out an
>> antenna on my TC, with surprisingly clear results.  When I looked to get
>> a capture card for the PVR, however, things were less clear (;-))
>>
>> What have people been using for digital? I'm running MythTV on Ubuntu,
>> so it has to be linux-friendly.
> I don't think you have any of good options.  If your (Rogers?) PVR is like
> my Rogers PVR it encrypts its HDMI output with HDCP, so its not going to
> work with any HDMi capture card, at least not directly.  Apparently some
> people have found work arounds using devices that strip HDCP.
>
> If your PVR has component outputs it would be simpler to use an
> HD analogue catpure card.  The difference in quality isn't really
> noticible.  Far worse damage is done to the signal through repeated
> digital compression before it even gets to your PVR.
>
Read up: he said that he put up an antenna.  That signal is _not_ encrypted.

Not that I know about new capture cards, but the over-the-air signal is 
not encrypted.