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TiVo Blog·Alex Raiano·about 1 month ago
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Being the geek that I am, I’ve been spending a little bit of time as of late looking for additional information about the Multi-Room Viewing (MRV) & TiVoToGo (TTG) copy protection issue that I  blogged about a couple of weeks ago . Low and behold, TiVo’s very own knowledge base has a rather  detailed article  which explains how TiVo determines whether or not a recording should have copy protection applied to it. As I alluded to in a  previous post , the whole copy protection thing really comes down to a simple flag known as the: Copy Control Information (CCI) byte.  From what I understand, all CableLabs certified devices are  required  to read this flag and implement copy protection accordingly (note that this flag only affects CableCard enabled devices, ie: Series 3 & TiVo HD).  Here’s a quick summary of what the flag values mean as well as how to determine your DVR’s current flag value (taken from TiVo’s  support article ).…

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