[mythtv-users] [UK] - What's the best way to capture from a Sky digibox?

[Mike Perkins]

Richard Morton wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Officially hauppauge nova-s2-hd card can only capture content direct from
> the satellite dish lnb, not via a set top box. As such support for this
> method on this list is limited to freesat channels in the uk and not sky,
> which is what the poster was asking for.
> 
> There are probably ways of doing it with this card but whereas many other
> satellite providers accept and supply CAMs in order to enable generic settop
> boxes to be used with their satellite service, sky will only permit their
> own settop boxes to be used and they do whatever they can to prevent
> decryption of their channels on non-sanctioned hardware, even free channels.
> 
> The only capture method you will get support for with sky on this list is a
> hdhomerun due to the developers location and the legislation they have to
> abide by (DMCA)
> 
Just to make it clear, I think he means an HD-PVR, not a HDHomeRun. The latter 
is a DVB-T (Freeview) tuner, not a satellite tuner. An HD-PVR takes the video 
output of your Sky STB and encodes it in hardware, thus doesn't need a card or CAM.

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Mike Perkins