
Originally Posted by
Roger Dylan
The only relevance of old time hacking to the Roamio (i.e. the current situation) is that it's still worth having a hacked s3/HD with the cci bytes disabled in your mix if you're still getting channels within the tuning capability of the s3/HD that have the cci bytes set. Once recorded on the s3/HD, shows from those channels can be transferred by standard means to the Roamio and your home net with full functionality.
For example my Cable provider is crippling 8 channels I'm paying for. Two of them they've gone to mpeg4 so they are lost (until the mpeg4 s3/HD hack surfaces, if ever) but the other 6, though crippled as directly recorded on the Roamio, are still useful in my home network via the s3/HD entry point.
But hacking older Tivos is ultimately a lost cause with mpeg4 inevitable. Again, absent the mpeg4 hack for the s3/HD.