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[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by reggie14

Sage is in the middle of a beta cycle now, so it seems to be safe to say they haven't been working on DRM support.

We have no idea what Sage is doing with this, or any other upcoming feature. They may announce tomorrow a beta with DRM support, or they may never announce it.

[reggie14]

Originally Posted by tmiranda

We have no idea what Sage is doing with this, or any other upcoming feature. They may announce tomorrow a beta with DRM support, or they may never announce it.

Sure, that's possible, but it seems wildly unlikely. Wouldn't DRM support require major architectural changes to the backend and the video system? I don't think its much of a leap to say that's not going to come out in the middle of a beta cycle.

[panteragstk]

Originally Posted by reggie14

Sure, that's possible, but it seems wildly unlikely. Wouldn't DRM support require major architectural changes to the backend and the video system? I don't think its much of a leap to say that's not going to come out in the middle of a beta cycle.

Not knowing all that much about DRM I'd say that if Sage decides to add it wouldn't they just be able to add it for cablecard only recordings?

[sleonard]

Originally Posted by reggie14

Sure, that's possible, but it seems wildly unlikely. Wouldn't DRM support require major architectural changes to the backend and the video system? I don't think its much of a leap to say that's not going to come out in the middle of a beta cycle.

They could have already added the core backend support in a disabled state. They could be testing it in private beta or it could still be in internal testing before enabling it in private beta as they do with all features.

The point is that you wouldn't know if those 'major architectural changes' had already happened or not.

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[Monedeath]

Originally Posted by reggie14

Sure, that's possible, but it seems wildly unlikely. Wouldn't DRM support require major architectural changes to the backend and the video system? I don't think its much of a leap to say that's not going to come out in the middle of a beta cycle.

Given their history with SD, it is entirely possible they've already begun implementation of support for the Prime's providing of Copy Freely content. What stage they're in with regards to implementation is probably another matter. Considering they're incrementing the second digit in the revision number, it is possible that there is a bit more going on than we think there is(such as them already going after "copy freely" content from the Ceton Card).

That being said, there also is no reason for them to announce that they are beta-testing support for the Prime right now because nobody outside of a very limited group of developers/beta testers/media people are likely to have one in their possession right now. Those people are the only ones who would be able to take advantage of such support, and are probably under NDA's anyhow.

They may be working on support for it, and it isn't being advertised due to limited population/NDA's, or they might not have done anything for it just yet. Where their plans are to get this latest series of revisions finalized before starting in on the Prime and "Copy Freely" CableCard content.

[Monedeath]

Originally Posted by sleonard

The point is that you wouldn't know if those 'major architectural changes' had already happened or not.

They did increment from 7.0.x to 7.1.x so there were some significant changes made in their view. Of course, their change log also reflects reasonably significant changes that could justify that increment.