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<blockquote data-quote="2BitSculptor" data-source="post: 976991" data-attributes="member: 65661">The relevance was to the appearance of the &quot;unknown&quot; channels mentioned in the posts prior to yours. As to your dilemma, There has been some discussion about cablecard use in the prime. It seems, as is my understanding, there is &quot;proprietary&quot; code in the prime's firmware for cable that makes it near impossible for free open source software to access it. Commercial software pays the appropriate fees (that get passed on to the customer) to get access. MS Media Center is one such commercial product that is supposed to work with the prime. You would have to check with SiliconDust for a list of compatible software. It is an ongoing issue that is being looked at, but for now, I don't think the devs have any answer. We would hate to see you leave MediaPortal because of this issue, but the problem is understood. I don't know if there are similar issues with other tuners in regard to US cable. HDHR is a very affordable solution, if it works. Perhaps you can investigate other tuners compatibility issues.&nbsp;Another problem we face, the lion's share of the programming is being done in Europe, and there are no developers in the US that I know of, that are familiar enough in the TV-Server areas to contribute, and that also have access to all possible situations here.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="2BitSculptor, post: 976991, member: 65661"] The relevance was to the appearance of the "unknown" channels mentioned in the posts prior to yours. As to your dilemma, There has been some discussion about cablecard use in the prime. It seems, as is my understanding, there is "proprietary" code in the prime's firmware for cable that makes it near impossible for free open source software to access it. Commercial software pays the appropriate fees (that get passed on to the customer) to get access. MS Media Center is one such commercial product that is supposed to work with the prime. You would have to check with SiliconDust for a list of compatible software. It is an ongoing issue that is being looked at, but for now, I don't think the devs have any answer. We would hate to see you leave MediaPortal because of this issue, but the problem is understood. I don't know if there are similar issues with other tuners in regard to US cable. HDHR is a very affordable solution, if it works. Perhaps you can investigate other tuners compatibility issues. Another problem we face, the lion's share of the programming is being done in Europe, and there are no developers in the US that I know of, that are familiar enough in the TV-Server areas to contribute, and that also have access to all possible situations here. [/QUOTE]

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