DCA Overwrite in VM & Copy-Once Content

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  • November 30, 2011 at 4:49 pm #26461
    nickp1

      Hello,

      Does anyone know if I can record & watch Copy-Once content in a VM if I use the DCA Overwrite with a CableCard tuner?

      I’d like to do that because if my HTPC is in a VM I won’t break my DRM on previously recorded programs when upgrading PC’s

      I plan on either using a SiliconDust HDHomerun Prime or a Ceton InfiniTV 4 in a separate machine and then use the network tuner software in the VM.

      Thanks,

      Nick

       

      December 1, 2011 at 2:51 am #31950
      mikinho

        You can record both and watch Copy-Freely on any system connected to your network; however, Copy-Once will not be viewable with the exception of a RemoteFx RDP session.

        December 1, 2011 at 2:38 pm #31951
        nickp1

          Michael,

          I was going to try to add a dedicated pcie passthrough video card to the VM and output only to that card.

          Do you know if there is any success in trying that?

          Thanks

          Nick

          December 1, 2011 at 2:51 pm #31952
          mikinho

            [quote=nickp1]

            Michael,

            I was going to try to add a dedicated pcie passthrough video card to the VM and output only to that card.

            Do you know if there is any success in trying that?

            Thanks

            Nick

            [/quote]

            I tried that and was able to get it to work but very inconsistently.  It resulted in intermittent drop outs and I couldn’t go more than 5-10 minutes without a HDCP error.

            I didn’t play with it long though and that was over a year ago so it may have improved.

            December 1, 2011 at 3:50 pm #31953
            nickp1

              OK, I might try it but it sounds to me Hyper-V and RemoteFX is my best bet.

              What hypervisor did you try the pcie passthrough in?

              Thanks

              December 1, 2011 at 4:42 pm #31954
              mikinho

                I was using XenServer.  I believe 5.x.  XenServer 6.0 may have better results.  I briefly tested with ESXi but at the time VT-d wasn’t working properly.

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