[mythtv-users] Recording from Sky?

Mike Dent mcdent at gmail.com
Mon Jan 12 13:59:52 UTC 2009


2009/1/12 Nick F <nikos.f at gmail.com>:
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:27 AM, Adam McCarthy <ug32axm at cs.bham.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>>
>> It is possible to take Sky directly into a DVB-S card in both NZ and UK,
>> and use a CAM to decrypt the stream as long as you have a legitimate
>> subscriber card.  Unfortunately though this is against Sky's terms and
>> conditions -- you must use the box which the card was activated in.
>
> I used this method when I lived in the UK.  It's pretty easy.  You get a
> DVB-S card and a CI and CAM.  You put your (VALID) sky viewing card in the
> CAM and you can capture it directly in Myth.  It works well, and the quality
> is a lot higher than capturing the output of a sky box (in either tivo or
> through a pvr).  I did have to reset my backend every week or so for some
> unknown reason (or I would get a scrambled picture) and every 6 weeks or so
> you need to leave your Sky card in a sky box for when the keys get updated.
> Works with premium channels (such as Sky Sports), but I never tried it with
> the HD service.
>
> While it is technically may be against Sky's terms and conditions - European
> law does require satellite providers to allow for alternate reception
> equipment.  Sky has chosen to ignore this.  So while the legality is grey -
> since this hack works only with a valid subscription card (and fully paid up
> subscription) I think it falls squarely on the correct side as far as I'm
> concerned.  It's exactly what you'd get with a PVR card, only with better
> quality.
> _______________________________________________

Thanks Nick. Yes no problem with the valid Sky subscription
I have been a loyal and eager viewer of this wonderful service since 1992 .

Can you share which DVB-S card you used? Also what is a CI and CAM.
Some kind of card reader I am guessing?

mike


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