[PLUG] Comcast encrypted Collegeville PA 2014-02-26 or so?

[JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org>]

A few weeks ago on 2014-02-05 I noticed [1] that my HDHomeRun Config GUI 
says, for example: us-cable : 12 : 1001 0 (encrypted)
*But*, live TV on the actual TV *did* still work without any kind of 
converter box or cable-card.  And Myth started working again after a 
backend restart, but the "HDHomeRun Config GUI" did not.

Then on 2014-02-26 MythTV failed to record something on Comcast, and now 
TVs do not work either!  All they say is "scrambled," even on broadcast 
and PBS.

So my guess is they turned the flag on around the 5th, but didn't 
actually start the encryption until the 26th (give or take).

So, anyone else seeing this?  Or could it be some kind of "glitch" 
(yeah, right)?

And BIG thanks to Louis Kratz for the 2013-11 "Comcast, Cable Cards, 
Antenna, and HD-Homerun Experiences?" thread, and to those who replied 
to that thread.  Solely because of that, I did some prep work very 
recently, documented in 
http://lists.netisland.net/archives/plug/plug-2014-01/msg00022.html. 
And now that has paid off big time!

Assuming this doesn't mysteriously clear up in the next day or two, I'll 
just dump Comcast and be done with them.

Thanks,
JP

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[1] I noticed HDHomeRun Config GUI saying "(encrypted)" while 
t-shooting.  After power blips due to a bad UPS (ironically, not the 
huge ice storm), my Mythbackend failed to record 2 shows on Wednesday 
2012-02-05.  It tried, but got nothing.  Live TV from Myth did not work 
either, but live TV on the actual TV *did* work.  The "HDHomeRun Config 
GUI" could tune the LEAF antenna fine, but 
'/var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log' gave me stuff like "DTVMux: 
ParseTuningParams -- Unknown tuner type = 0xffffffff80000000".  Some 
ixquick.com [2] searching turned up various potential timing issues with 
0.25 (yeah, I never got around to using the Mythbuntu PPA.  Real Soon 
Now.  REAL Soon....).  And it looks like a simple restart of the backend 
fixed that.  MythTV Live TV and recordings both worked again, but the 
"HDHomeRun Config GUI" still did not.

[2] Not Google, and thanks to whoever it was at PLUG N in January who 
mentioned this.  I've tried to switch to DuckDuckGo several times but 
their results didn't work for me, but I've switched 99% to ixquick.com 
and love it!  Freaking "quotes work again!"

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