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HDMI IN from cable box

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Im building a HT PC and I was hoping I could connect my HD cable box to the PC, so I could watch SD/HD TV in Windows. My cable box has DVI out, which I then convert to HDMI, and feed that into my PC via BlackMagic Intensity card. The question is.... will that work? I heard HD channels are encrypted in some places. Im located in Toronto, and my provider is Rogers.
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Im building a HT PC and I was hoping I could connect my HD cable box to the PC, so I could watch SD/HD TV in Windows. My cable box has DVI out, which I then convert to HDMI, and feed that into my PC via BlackMagic Intensity card. The question is.... will that work? I heard HD channels are encrypted in some places. Im located in Toronto, and my provider is Rogers.
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You need to use FireWire on the cable box to record from. The firewire signal is an MPEG stream that your computer can record.


Many channels are encrypted not all.


I used to use this way, now I use the HDHomeRun which is much better, not sure if it works in Canada though
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I dont really want to record. I just wanna be able to watch.
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