Currently if your cable company flags any channels as “copy-once” for DRM purposes, you can’t use JRMC to watch & record those channels. It’s not a stretch to state that the only thing JRMC lacks in comparison to WMC, is support of “copy-once” DRM cable-TV material. It turns out JRMC’s DVR and EPG are just about as easy as WMC was to set up (full disclosure I did not test JRMC when I wrote my media center article and stated that WMC was the easiest to set up it might be a tie). MC already includes a very mature and fully functional DVR with a traditional grid-based electronic programming guide (EPG) similar to what you would see in WMC. “MC” as they call it, is a full-featured, bells, whistles, and kitchen sink included, media center specializing in audiophile and videophile quality codecs and processing, as well as a nearly idiot-proof setup procedure. JRiver is a small software company with one product: JRiver Media Center. The second company who recently announced plans to develop a DRM-copy-once capable DVR for the HTPC set is JRiver, Inc. To learn more about SD’s DVR project, check out their support forums here. The Kickstarter is closed, so if you didn’t already sign up, all you can do now is wait to see what they develop. Although all signs indicate that they will deliver as promised, SD have hit a few snags and are currently at least 8 weeks behind schedule. To implement DRM content protection, SD is using DTCP-IP technology. SD is now actively developing their “re-imagined” DVR product with DRM copy-once cable-TV support, and Kickstarter backers have received some early versions of the software to try out. Silicon Dust, the creator of the HDHomeRun line of network/LAN TV tuners, is creating software for their tuners called HDHomeRun DVR, what they refer to as “the DVR re-imagined.” They conducted a successful Kickstarter campaign to drum up the initial funding for this project.
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