[mythtv-users] MythTV 0.21 and seca3 encryption on DVB-S

[Jelte Veldstra]

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 2:14 PM, bram kortleven <bram at antwerpen.be> wrote:

>  Over the past few days I've been struggling with this issue:
>
> I have a DVB-S setup, with a TV Vlaanderen Subscription, which uses Astra1
> for transmission of both FTA and encrypted channels.
>
> I had a lot of troubles getting a succesful scan in MythTV -setup, but
> found out I couldn't get a 'Lock' when the CAM was inserted in the CI.
>
> This setup did work on Kaffeine on the same machine, so hardware-wise it
> looks OK. In Kaffeine I could watch the encrypted channels without any
> issues.
>
> When pulling out the CAM module of the CI, starting a new scan, I
> immediately found lots of channels.
>
> When watching TV, I always (on DVB-T and DVB-C, both FTA-only), I get
> (LAM), but when trying to watch the DVB-S channels (the FTA ones that is), I
> only see (l _ _) (the 'l' in small, not in capitals)
>
> Anyone any idea if it is the card, which uses the new *seca3* encryption,
> or if it is MythTV or some module or driver that only MythTV seems to use,
> that is blocking my lock?
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
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Could it be a permissions issue on the DVB hardware? Does the mythbackend
process have access to the right dvb device files and is it pointed to the
right device files?

One thing to try is to tell MythTV that this DVB-S adapter is for FTA
channels only. Then update the channels table to only have DVB-S FTA
channels and see if that works. That way you can rule out issues regarding
decryption.

Yesterday I received my Seca3 replacement smartcard. I can confirm that it
works with MythTV (Phoenix smartcard reader, NewCS 1.65, open-sasc-ng r63
and MythTV 0.21 fixes). This setup may seem dodgy to some, but is fully
legit and not breaking the subscription terms.

Regards,


Jelte
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