[mythtv-users] Technotrend C-2300, LOCK but no data on encrypted channels

[Hugo Sigurdson]

On 01/19/2011 11:09 PM, Joe Hickey wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Greg Oliver<oliver.greg at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Mattias Vik<magion at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> I'm not trying to do anything illegal at all, I have a CI-interface, a
>>> Conax CA module and a subscription with a card from my cable provider.
>> You are trying to bypass encryption from your provider.  How you see
>> that as not illegal is beyond me..
>>
> I just read this thread (catching up) but I didn't get impression he's
> trying to "bypass" encryption at all, it sounds like his provider
> (clearly not in the US) has provided all the necessary gear such that
> he should be able to receive these channels in the equipment of his
> choice.
>
> However -- I can't help here either -- as I also live in the US where
> the idea of receiving content that you subscribe to on the equipment
> of your choice is indeed illegal, and it's basically unheard of for a
> cable company here to allow such a thing.  But I like to think there
> are places in the world where that is not the case....
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I can confirm that this is legal in Sweden, the softcam is a bit of a 
grey area, but as long as you have a subscription card from the cable 
provider and use it with a CI-interface it's perfectly legal.

Regarding the softcam, it's usually legal when used in combination with 
software provided by the tuner card manufacturer but I haven't seen any 
software like that in Linux.

The cable provider in question even state on their site that you can use 
any DVB-C unit you like, but they only grantee function with units sold 
by them or a few other brands (Samsung and Sony TVs for example).

They do have some limitations when using hardware that they didn't 
provide, HD content is blocked.

/Hugo