Have Discovery macrovisioned some of their channels?

Up until very recently, I've been able to record them via my Lite-On DVD
recorder, but now when I try I get a 'protected content' message.

I can still record all the other channels I've tried, so ISTM it must be
something specific about them (Sky Ch.520-523).
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Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett

Paul Hyett wrote:

Up until very recently, I've been able to record them via my Lite-On DVD
recorder, but now when I try I get a 'protected content' message.

I can still record all the other channels I've tried, so ISTM it must be
something specific about them (Sky Ch.520-523).
--
Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett

Is the flight one a discovery channel? I used to have problems with it
when I had a Sharp DVD recorder, it kept coming up encrypted. I have
changed both recorder and sky box since then but it did allow me to
record once I got rid of the sharp or swapped the sky box, can't
recall which. Does it sometimes allow you to record for a short time
then tell you it's protected?
--
Paul (Need a lift she said much obliged)
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Stop and Look
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

Paul Heslop wrote:

Paul Hyett wrote:

Up until very recently, I've been able to record them via my Lite-On DVD
recorder, but now when I try I get a 'protected content' message.

I can still record all the other channels I've tried, so ISTM it must be
something specific about them (Sky Ch.520-523).
--
Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett

Is the flight one a discovery channel? I used to have problems with it
when I had a Sharp DVD recorder, it kept coming up encrypted. I have
changed both recorder and sky box since then but it did allow me to
record once I got rid of the sharp or swapped the sky box, can't
recall which. Does it sometimes allow you to record for a short time
then tell you it's protected?

I'm doing a test record, using an -RW as I used to when recordings
failed on Wings. I did a ten second or so record on each of the disc
channels and they didn't object, so I'll let them go for about five
minutes or so and see what happens.


--
Paul (Need a lift she said much obliged)
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Stop and Look
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

Paul Heslop wrote:


I'm doing a test record, using an -RW as I used to when recordings
failed on Wings. I did a ten second or so record on each of the disc
channels and they didn't object, so I'll let them go for about five
minutes or so and see what happens.

all four channels recorded for at least five minutes.

--
Paul (Need a lift she said much obliged)
-------------------------------------------------------
Stop and Look
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

"Paul Heslop" wrote in message
...
Paul Heslop wrote:


I'm doing a test record, using an -RW as I used to when recordings
failed on Wings. I did a ten second or so record on each of the disc
channels and they didn't object, so I'll let them go for about five
minutes or so and see what happens.

all four channels recorded for at least five minutes.


There seems to be a bug under which usually a few (but sometimes many)
channels appear protected.
Some have fixed it by a simple power off/on, others by a new card, others by
a macrovision removing scart.

--
Tumbleweed

email replies not necessary but to contact use;
tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com

In uk.media.tv.sky on Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Paul Heslop wrote :
Paul Hyett wrote:

Up until very recently, I've been able to record them via my Lite-On DVD
recorder, but now when I try I get a 'protected content' message.

I can still record all the other channels I've tried, so ISTM it must be
something specific about them (Sky Ch.520-523).
--
Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett

Is the flight one a discovery channel?

Not sure, but I don't watch that one.

I used to have problems with it
when I had a Sharp DVD recorder, it kept coming up encrypted. I have
changed both recorder and sky box since then but it did allow me to
record once I got rid of the sharp or swapped the sky box, can't
recall which. Does it sometimes allow you to record for a short time
then tell you it's protected?

Yes, it's done that once or twice. I've even tried starting the
recording on another channel then switching, but that doesn't fool it.
--
Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett

In uk.media.tv.sky on Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Tumbleweed wrote :

"Paul Heslop" wrote in message
...
Paul Heslop wrote:


I'm doing a test record, using an -RW as I used to when recordings
failed on Wings. I did a ten second or so record on each of the disc
channels and they didn't object, so I'll let them go for about five
minutes or so and see what happens.

all four channels recorded for at least five minutes.


There seems to be a bug under which usually a few (but sometimes many)
channels appear protected.
Some have fixed it by a simple power off/on

Hadn't thought of power-cycling the Sky box - will try that.
--
Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett

Paul Hyett wrote:

In uk.media.tv.sky on Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Paul Heslop wrote :
Paul Hyett wrote:

Up until very recently, I've been able to record them via my Lite-On DVD
recorder, but now when I try I get a 'protected content' message.

I can still record all the other channels I've tried, so ISTM it must be
something specific about them (Sky Ch.520-523).
--
Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett

Is the flight one a discovery channel?

Not sure, but I don't watch that one.

I used to have problems with it
when I had a Sharp DVD recorder, it kept coming up encrypted. I have
changed both recorder and sky box since then but it did allow me to
record once I got rid of the sharp or swapped the sky box, can't
recall which. Does it sometimes allow you to record for a short time
then tell you it's protected?

Yes, it's done that once or twice. I've even tried starting the
recording on another channel then switching, but that doesn't fool it.
--
Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett

I wish i could recall which it was, whether it was the dvd, the box or
both, as i replaced both around the same time.... Ah, I posted this
back then

"Well, I decided I had had enough of flickery picture so am returning
the Sharp dvdr/vhs and have now got a Panasonic. I tested Discovery
wings first chance I got and recording for longer than seven minutes
was done without a glitch. I'll have to try for a little longer when I
have a spare minute but it looks as if the problem was between the
sharp and my digibox."

--
Paul (Need a lift she said much obliged)
-------------------------------------------------------
Stop and Look
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 07:42:14 GMT, Paul Hyett
wrote:

In uk.media.tv.sky on Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Tumbleweed wrote :

There seems to be a bug under which usually a few (but sometimes many)
channels appear protected.
Some have fixed it by a simple power off/on

Hadn't thought of power-cycling the Sky box - will try that.

That worked on my Panny over Christmas when it decided that Channel 4
was Macrovisioned.
--
Stephen M Baines

http://www.alledal.nu
http://gallery.vollans.co.uk/

In uk.media.tv.sky on Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Stephen M Baines wrote :
On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 07:42:14 GMT, Paul Hyett
wrote:

In uk.media.tv.sky on Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Tumbleweed wrote :

There seems to be a bug under which usually a few (but sometimes many)
channels appear protected.
Some have fixed it by a simple power off/on

Hadn't thought of power-cycling the Sky box - will try that.

That worked on my Panny over Christmas when it decided that Channel 4
was Macrovisioned.

It didn't work in my case, though.

I'm beginning to think it may be a dodgy scart though, as I could record
the problem channels on my old VCR.
--
Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett